1 pound (16 oz) - Italy - Organic

If you like hot chocolate and are always disappointed when you make a cup of some powdered mix, then this is the drinking chocolate for you. It is easy to make and you'll get delicious results using whole milk, skim milk or coconut milk.

a quick history of chocolate
Chocolate was consumed solely as a beverage by the Central and South Americans when the Spanish explorers came to the New World. For centuries after the Spanish brought it back to Europe it was still enjoyed solely as a beverage, and its use spread like wild fire. It most likely was not diluted with milk.

It wasn't until the Dutch developed a process to remove the cocoa butter in the 18th Century - a cocoa bean is approximately 55% cocoa butter - and process the cocoa powder to make it recombine more easily with the cocoa butter and liquid that hot chocolate became easier to make.

Why the history lesson? Well we've come a long way since then, making drinking chocolate out of whole beans that is. Many grew up with their mom whisking Hershey's cocoa powder and sugar into hot milk. Now, start with the real thing - solid semi-sweet chocolate. Or, if you don't feel like a hot beverage or you're in a hurry -- just eat it!