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For the last few years, many of us at ChefShop.com have been using our favorite dark chocolate couverture, and adding them to steaming milk - melting chocolate combines more easily with liquid than cocoa powder does, and it has a smoother more satisfying mouth feel. The cardinal rule is: THE BETTER THE CHOCOLATE YOU START WITH; THE BETTER YOUR HOT CHOCOLATE WILL BE.

Essential Pantry's Creamy Hot Chocolate is made from the same Venezuelan Criollo cocoa beans as their Dark Drinking Chocolate, but it only contains 49% cocoa solids. What makes this hot chocolate "creamy" is the addition of cream from the milk of Swiss cows. The cream allows the full cocoa flavor coming through without being too bitter or too sweet and provides a smooth finish, and I would recommend it for those who don't like their hot chocolate too bitter.