# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/41 "2005-01-16T08:55:04Z")
Milk, sometimes coffee. Watered hot chocolate tastes too bland to me… but then again, I’m Canadian. I like poutines and Nanaimo bars, and butter tarts… or or… butter _pecan_ tarts! Or Tim Horton’s Maple Pecan Danish… ~homesick~ ☹ Milk. Milk for me. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/42 "2005-01-16T10:54:32Z")
Valhrona 70% dark chocolate, cut up into small pieces 2 tbsp of sugar Heavy cream, scalded mix together and drink. Proceed to nearest hospital for open heart surgery. I know I’m technically drinking a ganache and not a hot chocolate but I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/43 "2005-01-16T11:27:33Z")
**abomination** n 1: a person who is loathsome or disgusting 2: hate coupled with disgust [syn: abhorrence, detestation, execration, loathing, odium] 3: an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorence; “making hot chocolate with water is an abomination” ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/44 "2005-01-16T11:28:49Z")
I prefer milk. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/45 "2005-01-16T11:59:07Z")
I’m a milk person myself, with a bit of half and half mixed in. I can make it more or less decadent depending upon my mood. I also like it mixed with coffee. Of course the true way is the Aztec Chocolatl drink: Chicken stock, cocoa, red pepper, vanilla and cinnamon. That stuff will grow hair where none existed. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/46 "2005-01-16T17:48:27Z")
Some people are really uppity about their hot chocolate choices. Gosh, forgive me for liking the “abomination” that is Swiss Miss. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/47 "2005-01-16T17:51:28Z")
Even if I make packaged hot chocolate I use milk, mostly because I hope that drinking milk instead of water will make the hot chocolate healthier because, hey, I’m getting my calcium, right? Right??? ---
**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 16, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/48 "2005-01-16T18:11:26Z")
> [@racinchikki](#): > > Some people are really uppity about their hot chocolate choices. Gosh, forgive me for liking the “abomination” that is Swiss Miss. Maybe you can make a contribution to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296545). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/49 "2005-01-16T18:59:58Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > If it’s the Paladín mix I bought in Spain and have been hoarding preciously (it’s not just hot chocolate, it’s _chocolate_ – thick as pudding and hot as sin), it’s hot milk. Y’know, you can get a reasonable facsuimile of Spanish _chocolate_ once your stash runs out by making hot chocolate the regular way, but adding a bit of cornstarch mixed with cold water when you’re done heating the milk and mixing in the chocolate and sugar. That’s usually what thickens pudding, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/50 "2005-01-16T21:00:01Z")
**Eva** , if you ever need a bitch, let me know. ---
**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 16, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/51 "2005-01-16T21:03:07Z")
A tip-never try peanut butter in hot chocolate. ---
**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 18, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/52 "2005-01-18T20:05:25Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > A tip-never try peanut butter in hot chocolate. What’s the outcome? ---
**Author:** ![Furry\_Mongoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Furry\_Mongoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furry_Mongoose)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/53 "2005-01-18T20:28:13Z")
Well - when my father made it when I was younger he always made it with milk but when I make it I usually use water but add a Latte Creamer to it to make it lovely and frothy! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/54 "2005-01-18T20:59:46Z")
Well, I’m lazy (you can just think of me as very busy, if you’re inclined toward generosity), so I use instant hot cocoa mix. It does already have powdered milk in it, but made with just water, it’s too wimpy. I make it with about 2/3 water, then top it off with milk. ---
**Author:** ![meara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@meara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meara)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887/55 "2005-01-19T05:31:10Z")
My personal recipe: 1. Get a mug 2. Dump a packet of cocoa mix in the bottom 3. Fill with whipped cream (from a can) and stir a little 4. Microwave a cup of water 5. Pour the hot water into the mug and stir until it’s all nice and frothy 6. Add more whipped cream on top (you can never have too much whipped cream!) 7. Add a few chocolate sprinkles YUM! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-hot-chocolate-with-water-or-milk/284887.md?page=2)