Best hot chocolate for buying 2025, proven and tested

Authentic hot chocolate is therefore made of chocolate, regardless of the strength or color they like. It can be a bar that you rub you at home; was ready; Sold in pieces, flakes, drops or slices; And even sold on a stick to enforce hot milk.

Read on to discover our first -class hot chocolates to create immediate heating drinks. If you want to prefer to make your own new, see our classic Hot chocolate recipePresent Slow cooker hot chocolate or a Hot chocolate stirrer.

Best hot chocolate for purchase at a glance

• Best luxury milk hot chocolate: Hotel Chocolat milk 50% hot chocolate drink, £ 14.95
• Best budget hot chocolate powder: Green & Blacks Bio -hot chocolate, £ 6
• Best sweetened hot chocolate: Spice kitchen hot chocolate, £ 6
• Best Small-Batch drinking chocolate: Bullion single-Urprising chocolate, chocolate, £ 14.95
• Best hot chocolate bombs: Cocoba hot chocolate bombs, £ 14.95
• Best simple drinking chocolate: Cozy chocolate original chocolate drink chocolate, £ 2.50
• Best for coffee fans: Modern standard 52% hot chocolate, From £ 6

Best hot chocolates for buying in 2025

Hotel Chocolat milk 50% hot chocolate drink

Available by Hotel Chocolat (£ 14.95)Present John Lewis & Partners (£ 15)Present Very (£ 29.90 for two packs)Present Amazon (£ 29.90 for two packs)

Best luxury milk hot chocolate

In most main streets and shopping centers in the UK you will find a hotel chocolate. From a small start in 2004 it now has 106 shops and cafes and a strong online presence. It has a large selection of chocolate, including drinking strength.

We test the very popular Milky 50%, which is milder than 70% and is more suitable for those who prefer a less sweet drink. This set is equipped with 10 single-care bags of hot chocolate flakes-if you already have one Hotel Chocolat together with -and it is also vegan -friendly and gluten -free.

In our test, the flakes melted in a moment and the quality of the chocolate appears through. There are also several other interesting flavors to choose from, including a fairly tempting salted caramel.

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Green & Blacks Bio -hot chocolate (300 g)

Available by Amazon (£ 6)Present Sainsbury’s (£ 6)

Best budget hot chocolate powder

In supermarkets in Great Britain you will find Green and Black’s hot chocolate. It receives points for the availability and the price that the lowest in the test.

The package proposes to mix 4-Tl-hot chocolate powder in 250 ml distributed half-kim milk or to use the same ratio and the same heat in the microwave for 1 min 40 seconds.

We try both methods and in both cases the drink is very light and a little boring – a tester says that it only tastes hot milk. We have increased the number of teaspoons with much better results – it is creamier and chocolate.

The microwave recipe also works well, but pay attention to the risk of burning the chocolate unless the microwave is used exactly.

From the brands “Off The Supermarket Shelf” in the test, this is our favorite because it is less sweet and has a more pronounced taste. In any case, it is worthwhile to have a tub of it in the closet. Organic, fat -reduced cocoa powder.

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Spice kitchen hot chocolate (100 g)

Available by Spice kitchen (£ 6)

Best sweetened hot chocolate

This self -proclaimed “yummiest” hot chocolate is a powder made of fat -reduced 25% cocoa powder and sugar. Spice Kitchen suggests mixing the powder with water to create a paste before adding hot milk.

The fine powder quickly mixes with the heated milk and melts quickly. The result is a more cocoa -like drink, perfect if you like a lighter but still chocolate taste. There is a high praise for the taste, although a few testers find it a little too sweet.

We also like the ethics of the mother-son team behind Spice Kitchen, who produce award-winning spices, spices and gin. By selling their products, they help children in India to get nutritious lunch meals through the Akshaya Patra Foundation. Milk and gluten-free, high sugar.

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Bullion Single-Urffragchkolade (250 g)

Available by Bullion Chocolate (£ 14.95)

Best small-batch drinking chocolate

Award excellent Bullion Chocolate is a relative newcomer to the chocolate business, which was founded in 2016 by Max Scotford in Sheffield. It follows the bean-to-bar approach for chocolate production and is one of just one handful that uses manual, small techniques to get the best out of the cocoa.

When opening the chocolate package, we are greeted with a shaft of heavy chocolate. A peep inside shows some serious pieces that are embedded in the powder.

We test a 50% single -urprung chocolate from Santo Domingo, Ecuador -the only hot chocolate -max that is currently doing. He suggests 30 g chocolate with hot milk (to mix an unspecified amount – we use 200 ml) while stirring until the chocolate melts.

We follow these instructions and find that the chocolate melts very quickly and very impressed by the rich, thick texture, the depth of taste and creaminess.

For 50% chocolate it tastes much deeper and darker with a beautiful sweetness. Like a good wine, Max Tasting offers grades – you can expect roasted nuts, butterscotch and vanilla. Not suitable for vegans contains sugar.

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Cocoba hot chocolate bombs

Available by Not in the high street (£ 14.95, set of 3)Present Cocoba (£ 10.95, 3) set)

Best hot chocolate bombs

Celebrate a special occasion with these funny hot chocolate bombs from Cocoba. Simply let the bomb fall into a cup of steaming hot milk and watch how magic occurs when the chocolate melts and the mini marshmallows released in the middle.

The creamy pure Belgian milk chocolate melts lightly and ensures a rich and smooth texture. It is on the sweeter side, but subtle enough for adults to enjoy them with the children. This triple pack makes a great gift or a stocking filler for Christmas.

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Cozy chocolate original chocolate (160 g)

Available by Cozy chocolate (£ 2.50)

Best simple drinking chocolate

Cozy chocolate is a small homemade hot chocolate business in the heart of the landscape of Worcestershire. It makes hot chocolate in a number of flavors with the aim of “creating the perfect cozy moment in a cup”.

Its 62% chocolate is a handmade and hand -locked drinking chocolate with a rich, dark color. There is no specific amount of milk in its recipe, so we used 200 ml and 4 teaspoons of chocolate.

The chocolate disappears into the milk at a moment and shook with a few stirring. A delicious aroma conjures up smiles that he smiles all -round. This is a beautiful, deep drink with a velvety texture. It does justice to its name – we want to put down and enjoy immediately. Suitable for vegans can contain milk.

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Modern standard 52% hot chocolate (200 g)

Available by Modern standard (£ 6)

Best for coffee fans

Modern Standard is primarily a coffee company, but offers hot chocolate directly from a family company in Manizales, Colombia. In order to compensate for social effects, 10P is available from every purchase to a local project for social effects.

The chocolate is a light -colored powder with an intense, chocolate aroma. Modern Standard uses Cacao Fino de Aroma Beans (a classification of the international cocoa organization), which is the gold standard of all cocoa produced worldwide.

It recommends dampening the hot chocolate that only works for those with one Coffee machine With a steaming wand. We make a paste with chocolate and milk and then sank scattered milk (approx. 70 ° C). Modern Standard recommends a 9: 1 milk chocolate -ratio, which is practical if you have to make a large amount.

The texture is slightly grainy, but this does not affect the taste that is wonderfully deep, strong and quite nutty, even with an additional sugar. This hot chocolate is delicious. Milk -free, suitable for vegans, with an added sugar.

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How we tested hot chocolate

We have made every hot chocolate mixture both with milk and milk-fermented milk. For every chocolate sent to test, we used the amount and recommended recipe instructions from the company. We have achieved the hot chocolate against the following criteria for our test matrix:

• The taste
• consistency
• Mix
• How easy it is to prepare yourself
• How long does it take to do

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