# Do you make your Hot Chocolate with water or milk? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 15, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887 "2005-01-15T18:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/1 "2005-01-15T18:01:24Z")
I’d always made it with water…or rather my mother always made it with water when I was kid. I hadn’t even ever heard of using milk for making hot chocolate…at least, not until I went to Canada 2 years ago. It was there that I first saw people doing this. I thought it was a bit odd at first, then thought that it did make sense considering that a cold chocolate liquid would probably be chocolate milk. Still, I couldn’t bear to try it (also considering that I hate milk with a passion). I stuck with my regular water ingredients my entire time up there. I also found that others use water as well and, upon telling them that a lot use milk instead, they looked at me weird. I nodded. “Yeah, I know. Weird huh? But different strokes for different folks” ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/2 "2005-01-15T18:07:25Z")
I thought the type of chocolate for water-based drink differed from the type of chocolate for milk-based drink. Anyway, I MUCH prefer milk-based hot chocolate ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/3 "2005-01-15T18:14:10Z")
I make hot chocolate with 1 cup of milk, 1 tsp cocoa powder (usually a little more toward the “heaping” than the “level”), and 1 tsp sugar. (If you’re going to try this yourself, make sure to put the cocoa and sugar in the bottom of the mug and then add just a couple teaspoons of milk and stir it to make a paste and eliminate all the lumps. Otherwise, you end up with lots of clumps of cocoa powder floating around.) The instant mix is okay, but it’s a little too sweet for my taste, and it seems like we’re always running out of it, anyway, whereas we always have milk and cocoa powder and sugar on hand. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/4 "2005-01-15T18:17:40Z")
I always use coffee. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/5 "2005-01-15T18:25:16Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > I always use coffee. Yum. instead of water or milk!? bllech()\*&!" ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/6 "2005-01-15T18:27:43Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > instead of water or milk!? bllech()\*&!" Haven’t you ever had a Mocha at a coffee shop? They’re basically hot chocolate made with coffee. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/7 "2005-01-15T18:30:34Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Haven’t you ever had a Mocha at a coffee shop? They’re basically hot chocolate made with coffee. Yum! But there is water in there somewhere right? Damn that’s just reminded me… I meant to get a coffee before work. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/8 "2005-01-15T18:42:23Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > But there is water in there somewhere right? Other than the water used to make the coffee? Not when I make it, and I doubt when coffee shops make it they add water. Why would you want to water it down? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/9 "2005-01-15T18:45:36Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Other than the water used to make the coffee? Not when I make it, and I doubt when coffee shops make it they add water. Why would you want to water it down? Sorry I didn’t intend to whoosh you. I was hoping there was atleast _some_ water in the equation somewhere. I was making a joke, being sarcastic/pedantic to **Bear\_Neno** statement that between using water and milk he uses coffee. pure coffee. Not ‘coffee’ in the sense of made coffee, i.e. coffee and water. ---
**Author:** ![TitoBenito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@TitoBenito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitoBenito)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/10 "2005-01-15T18:46:40Z")
I’m weird. I use both at the same time. 1/2 water 1/2 milk. I like the milk but it can make my stomache hurt if I drink too much, so my mixture works for me. Nice and creamy but not too thick. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/11 "2005-01-15T18:53:27Z")
I haven’t had Hot Chocolate for years and years. But if I were to make some, I would make it with milk. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/12 "2005-01-15T19:30:28Z")
Ghirardelli hot chocolate. With milk. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/13 "2005-01-15T20:17:34Z")
All hot chocolate has milk in it. No, really, the mixes use powdered milk. That’s why you can use water in them without them tasting like cocoa powder dumped into water. At any rate, when I use mixes, I make them using mostly water, but with a bit of milk or (preferably) half and half mixed in. It makes it taste richer and creamier, more satisfying, so I drink fewer cups. When I make it from scratch, I like to use whole milk, or at least add some half and half to the reduced fat milk. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/14 "2005-01-15T20:23:38Z")
Milk is the only way, and anyone who uses water is a heathen, I tell you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/15 "2005-01-15T20:30:43Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > I make hot chocolate with 1 cup of milk, 1 tsp cocoa powder (usually a little more toward the “heaping” than the “level”), and 1 tsp sugar. (If you’re going to try this yourself, make sure to put the cocoa and sugar in the bottom of the mug and then add just a couple teaspoons of milk and stir it to make a paste and eliminate all the lumps. Otherwise, you end up with lots of clumps of cocoa powder floating around.) This is exactly how my mom makes hot chocolate. We’ll buy the powder stuff sometimes for in a hurry drinks, but this is the best way. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/16 "2005-01-15T20:31:24Z")
Hot chocolate made with water without milk? _ **reaches for crucifix and bottle of holy water, advances on Idle Thoughts** _ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/17 "2005-01-15T21:03:41Z")
Mostly I use water, although I grew up using milk and never even thought water was possible until a friend mentioned it. Nowadays, though, it’s usually water-it’s easier to clean out the measuring cup used to heat the water and you don’t have to watch to make sure it doesn’t scald. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/18 "2005-01-15T21:08:48Z")
Anecdote: I’ve had both, and find that having it with water is completely bland and tasteless. Having it with milk is like there’s a party in my mouth and everyone’s invited and they have naked twister. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/19 "2005-01-15T21:13:56Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Anecdote: I’ve had both, and find that having it with water is completely bland and tasteless. Having it with milk is like there’s a party in my mouth and everyone’s invited and they have naked twister. Wow! I wanna know what kind of milk you’re using!!! ---
**Author:** ![daydreamer23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@daydreamer23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daydreamer23)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/20 "2005-01-15T22:09:59Z")
i use milk, it makes it cremier. umm 😃 i want one now ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887.md?page=2)