Ghirardelli Chocolate Premium Hot Cocoa Mix, 32-Ounce Packages (Pack of 2)

This is probably one of the best tasting hot chocolate mixes on the market and I have tried many. The price has gone crazy high since I bought it, making it not very affordable, which is a pity.

Best hot chocolate out there! Super rich! And great price point! Will be getting during the cold seasons!

Admittedly, this is hot cocoa for ease and convenience. You can get better cocoa at Jacques Torres or other specialty shops, and you can make a better cup at home with high-quality ingredients and a lot of time and effort.However, I don't understand the comparisons to Swiss Miss. This is so much better that instant cocoa is available at the local grocery store. It has a wonderful rich chocolate flavor, is not overly sweet, and has a very good body and mouth feel.

Tastes great and good for your heart. I mix it with coconut water

I usually drink Swiss Miss cocoa in the winter after around 2:00 or later because I don't want the caffeine from a cup of coffee. I prefer coffee but I also like to sleep at night so cocoa is a tasty and warm welcome afternoon cup of pick-me-up. After years of drinking one brand I thought "Well, might as well give something else a try, you won't know if you're missing out otherwise."So I bought a bag of this Ghirardelli cocoa mix and was far from overwhelmed.I make cocoa in a large mug. I fill the mug halfway up with hot water from my hot water dispenser. I put the cocoa in the water and stir it good until it's all dissolved. I then fill the mug up with whole milk and microwave it for a minute and thirty seconds. This goes for whatever kind of cocoa I'm making. The whole milk when mixed with the hot water and cocoa gives me the same result (more or less) as if I'd used 2% milk alone and this method is much easier than heating milk and risking scalding it. Doing it this way takes about 3 minutes from the decision to have a cup of hot cocoa to sitting at my desk with a steaming mug of cocoa on a coaster. So I probably would not drink as much hot cocoa as often if I had to put more time and effort into the process. I'm not what I'd consider a "connoisseur", this just makes a cup of great hot cocoa fast and easy.This Ghirardelli brand tastes OK but I don't like it as much as the Swiss Miss so I'll be going back to that when this package is exhausted. It tastes good but not great. I don't see it being so good that I make a brand switch because of the flavor. I think it's more a matter of personal tastes than anything else. It's not like this stuff is some sort of esoteric exotic gourmet chocolate that brings an amazing new and better experience, it's just different. I usually use two heaping teaspoons (actually it's a heaping sugar shell that belonged to my Grandmother) of mix in my hot cocoa. Three tablespoons seems a bit much. Sometimes I throw a rounded teaspoon of powdered coffee creamer, like Nestlé's Caramel Latte or some such, in just to mix things up a little.

Great chocolatey flavor! Not your typical hot cocoa mix!!! Feel confident to serve this at a nice Christmas party. I filled my large coffee pump dispenser with very hot water a couple hours ahead of time. Emptied my dispenser then added my mixed (mix well!) hot cocoa. Stays hot for hours. So good!!

This is the best hot chocolate ever.. makes for great mochas mixed with instant coffee and hot water.. very yummy.. definitely ordering on regular basis..

Best hot chocolate from powder yet. Nice and creamy. Excellent chocolate flavor