Sometimes I'm not in the mood for coffee or tea, particularly in the evening when I want to relax with a sweet, dessert-like drink without worrying about caffeine that will keep me up late at night. I usually go for a nice mug of hot chocolate, and Nestle's chocolate expertise makes their Carnation hot chocolate series a safe bet.



This is not cocoa powder, this is a pre-sweetened hot chocolate mix to which you simply add hot water and stir. In my opinion though, preparing it with hot water makes the drink a little thin, so I prefer to warm up some milk in a pan on the stove and mix it with the hot chocolate mix instead of water. That results in a richer, creamier chocolate drink. You could also heat milk in the microwave and then mix it with the powder, but I personally prefer stove-heated milk.



You may not want to drink this hot chocolate every night, because it is sweetened with sugar and could make you put on a couple pounds if you drink it all the time. But it does make a nice treat and is a good coffee alternative when you want to relax and wind down, rather than wake up and get down to business.





Buy Nestle's Dark Hot Chocolate