epic hot chocolate

I made this hot chocolate and it truly is amazing!! The best hot chocolate I have ever had and I have tried quite a few recipes.<br /> I did one thing different, instead of using 100g of plain chocolate I used a 120g bar of "Galaxy" milk chocolate. It tasted awesome, with a warming very slight malty taste and the rich galaxy flavor really came through. Even if you hate Horicks you will love this.<br /> I am going to be a grandma soon, whoop!! And I already know that grandmas hot chocolate is undoubtedly going to be the best ever! (well Jamies.....with my Galaxy)

Hi we made it boxing day got everything turned out spot on, my partner was wondering if you can change the dark chocolate for normal milk chocolate because she is'nt keen on the dark??? if so what do i need? <br /> Thank you

Ive not made it yet, but would you think that adding more cinnamon is ok? I want to make it more cinnamon-y because I am making a cinnamon truffle for my Advanced Higher in high school. I want it to combine together. I thought it would be hard to find cinnamon Hot Chocolate, but this sounds good. I just dont know whether the cinnamon would be overpowering, or will it be ok?

Sounds Great. I like to make mine with solid dark chocolate, unsweetened cocoa powder, cinnamon,clove,ginger,cayenne pepper,and orange peel. Really warms you up, just go easy on the clove and orange

Horlicks has it's own distinct flavour, and cannot really be substituted with anything else like ovaltine(which is nothing like it at all)<br /> Magdalena, no, powdered milk is just milk and once again nothing anything like Horlicks.<br />

I just made this as an afternoon treat for myself and the kids and it went down a storm. It's absolutely gorgeous, so chocolatey and thick. You have to keep cooking and whisking it on a fairly high heat for a few minutes to get it to thicken up like Jamie's did..that's what makes the difference.

Just made it without Horlics (dont have any) I substituted Horlicks and cornflour with equal quantities of custard powder and a little bit more sugar - it was yummy!.I threw in a small piece of chocolate (not grated) which melted in well. Just made one cup in microwave.<br /> I used teaspoons as a measure and used three heaped teaspoons for one cup.

No Horlics in the house, but just tried it by substituting Horlics and Cornflour quantities with custard powder and a piece of (ungrated) chocolate - its yummy! I also added a bit of vanilla syrup, though have to be careful if you don't want it too sweet <br />

Yuk, sorry but i hated it. Waste of good chocolate.

I have just made this amazing Hot Chocolate - used it as a sauce for over Vanilla Ice Cream - Sooooooooooooo Delicious. When making always whisk the mixture into the milk to prevent any lumps and always bring to the boil completely or it will not thicken.

Hey just wondering how much 2 pints would make as I dont want to make loads in 1 go so if I wanted to use 1 pint would i use 5 tbsp of the mix and with 1/2 pint 2.5 tbsp?

I agree that its too malty and want to know what the secret is to making it so thick and <br /> chocolately. i will admit i used a cheaper quality of chocolate but added double the amount but all other ingredients were as the recipe states. really gutted ut hasnt turned out the way jamies did. help!! <br /> <br /> <br />

This drink lives up to its name it so so tasty!<br /> I decided to use half the amount of mix jamie said with just 1 pint of milk and like other people have said it just didnt thicken so I added some more cornflour which made it too lumpy but eventually after straining it, it was delicious!!!<br /> Defo worth the half hour i spent grating chocolate!<br />

Firstly, I'm a big fan and ultimate foody... anything that I have tried to date from your programs or online recipes have been absolutely awesome.. so.. the day before Christmas Eve, I prepped the epic chocolate mixture to have ready for Christmas morning and have to say, come Christmas, I was really disappointed with the result.<br /> <br /> I guess my gripe is that the drink was just too Malty.. not chocolatey enough and just didn't satisfy to justify the consumption of all those calories! <br /> <br /> Mince Pie cookies were awesome P.S. - went down a treat and would highly recommend to anyone!

does the left over powder need to be kept in the fridge?<br />

I have made this and it is lush - you could try malt syrup/extract instead of horlicks? to get the same maltiness. the cinnamon is not s strong taste it is just a hint of something but i dont think it would ruin the hot choc if omitted.<br /> Now have a big jar of the mix to use whenever we fancy a choccy hit :-)

Its good but I am still waiting for privy ankh to make it<br /> <br /> Might go Starbucks

legend.

for anyone in the u.s use timmy hortons instead of horlicks...should work just the same....and anyone else if you can get ovaltine...use it..the malted milk flavor is kinda the same...and you can get a choccy variety of ovaltine!!hope this helps!!<br />

Hi, is the Horlicks really needed because I have Coeliac disease :( grrr so can't have Horlicks.. or is there a Gluten Free alternative to Horlicks ? This sounds sooo delicious!!

The TV recipe has different quantities from the one above. The TV version says 4-5 tbs for 2 pints and this says 10 tbs for 2 pints. I tried the tv recipe and it didn't thicken.......now I know why.<br /> <br /> C'mon Jamie - you and your team should not be making mistakes on TV like this !!!!

hi does the cinnimon really mater because i really dont like cinimon

Hello (:<br /> Well, I'm from Portugal, and I really want to try this recipe on Christmas morning, to make a good breakfast, but we don't have Horlicks, and I don't really know something similar to that, can you tell me if this ingredient is really important for this recipe?<br /> Thank you*

I had to google what Horlicks was, and was thinking, oh, the US equivalent would be Ovaltine, but Wikipedia insists that it's similar but not the same. Does anyone have any experience substituting one for the other - does it turn out well? Thanks! :)

Just tried this and it took the whole batch of recipe powder with the amount of milk shown to make it as thick as on the programme. We prefer our hot chocolate sweet so when making again would probably put in extra icing sugar. It makes masses and it's really rich so would probably only make up half to drink next time. We looked far and wide to find hot chocolate as thick as we had when skiing in Italy and this finally hits the mark!!

I have just made this as it looked so good when Jamie did it. I found grating the chocolate hard work so went to chopping it finely, thought it would melt the same. Also used 3 tablespoons to pint of milk as someone suggested and it tastes nice but didn't thicked as Jamies had, simmered it for a few minutes but got no thicker. Also makes it very hot so you have a little wait for it to cool!!

Tiara. I'm from Kuching as well. I find that either Vochelle cocoa powder from the supermarket or the cheap generic cocoa powder you can get from DIY cake shops work better than Cadbury cocoa.

If it's not thickening maybe you're not letting it bubble long enough after adding the mix. RuthM, if you just heat the milk in the microwave and then add it won't thicken, cornflour has to boil to thicken, it's like custard powder.

Tiara you can use any cocoa that is available in the supermarket. Just grab the one that looks like the best quality. I used Cadbury brand cocoa and dark chocolate. Turned out great.

hi,,is there anything that i can used besides the quality organic cocoa? because i dont think that quality organic cocoa are in our market..i'm from kuching,Sarawak..

Hello! I'm from Denmark, and it seems this horlicks has been banned here. Is it possible to make without, or use something else? Thank you!

have noticed that jamie uses less of the mix on the show than it states on the web site - could this be why it is turning out less thick for people?<br />

Just made this for me and hubby and we LOVED it! I only used 3 tablespoons of icing sugar in the mix as we don't like very sweet hot chocolate and that was fine. I may reduce the amount further for the next batch. I gave up buying hot chocolate a few years ago as it was really disappointing and now just have an occasional cup of cocoa. I'm delighted to now have this scrummy hot chocolate mix, it's a lovely winter treat! <br /> <br /> I heated semi skimmed milk in mugs in the microwave and stirred in two heaped tablespoons of mix per mug as we do like our hot choc chocolatey rather than milky - it was perfect! Very nice texture, smooth and silky. Perfect to drink but perhaps not thick enough to dip stuff into. Ours definitely wasn't as thick as Jamie's on the TV programme. However, that doesn't matter to us as we're only going to be drinking this and not dunking anything in!

Just made it and it is.......LUSH, we onlyused three heaped table spoons and it turned out lovely, it wasnt as thick as jamies but we wasnt dipping anything in .

Just made this for my kids. Really disappointed as did not thicken at all. Has anybody had the same problem? Will try again with more cornflour perhaps?

Just made this for my 4 children and tried it myself) and i gotta say it was LUSH i mixed the ingrediants exactly as jamie states but used 1 pint of milk and 5tbsp of the powder! will NEVER make hot chocolate any other way!!

Just tried this recipe after watching the program.... absolutely fab. It was lovely and thick and very very chocolaty.....scrummy

Made this today and it is awesome! i did double of everything so i had more to hand when i need it. i added 10 tablespoons to the milk as directed. then i added 100g of chocolate which i had already melted. this is gorgeous but you only need a little bit. i tried to fill my cup up but its just too filling so you only need a little. Also made the gridle waffle to accompany this and it is as Jamie says...off the scale. Kids loved it and were absolutely stuffed! :-)

i was drooling when i saw this on the tv so couldn't wait to try it. but man was i disappointed. the recipe says ten heaped tblsp for 2 pints - i used 4 heaped tbsps for 2 small mugs and it still didn't thicken. using any more would have made it too sweet and sickening. i dunno jamie... i might try and tweak this till it works, but for me this recipe didn't. :-(

Hi Myself and my daughter are unable to have any dairy, I am able to use soya milk and Chocolate in replace of dairy, but cannot have horlick's, do you have suggestions of any alternative,

Can I use milk chocolate instead of dark chocolate?<br />

Can I use milk choclate instead of dark?

Saw this on tv last night and it does look fab, I want to do this with the waffle for Xmas eve with the kids, but worried about the about of Baking powder in the waffle. I am sure he said 2 heaped TABLE spoons, only surely that would taste bitter as hell, and given my kids Baking Powder poisoning??? Can someone point me in the direction of the Waffle receipe in written form so I can check! Thanks

Hi Magdalena, Horlicks is a malted hot drink. It is available in chocolate flavor but Jamie used the original flavour, presumably with 100g of chocolate and 4 spoons of cocoa you don't really need the chocolate fllavouring in the Horlicks! There would be no point in substituting anything as it is there for the flavour, which is delicious in this hot chocolate so I would really recommend trying it! If you can't find it, there are geneerallly cheaper versions around, butt if not just leave it out. Also I would go with the 4-5 tbsp in 2 pints of milk (not 10), as that is what we see him using in the demonstration.

Will be making a jar with the powder in it. is it too thick to drink as normal chocolate?

I've found a waffle recipe on Jamie Olivers website which looks very similar to the one he used in this TV programme. He made the mix and then made one gigantic waffle in a griddle pan, cooking it for 8 mins on each side. Looked amazing! And the "epic" hot chocolate looks yummy! Here's the link for the waffles: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/other-recipes/griddle-pan-waffles

How long will the powdered hot choc last for? Also for 1 mug of milk how many table spoons <br /> Should I use? Ta x

waffle<br /> altho i will be looking for THAT recipe in a mo!

Hi... Has anybody tried this yet.<br /> <br /> The recipe says 10 heaped tablespoons of mix for 2 pints of milk.<br /> I've just watched the program on television and Jamie says to use 4 to 5 heaped tablespoons for 2 pints of milk.<br /> <br /> Which is it ?

@ Laura, Just watched him make this on tv, it was a big waffle he made

Laura just watching the program on tv, he made a waffle and cut it into strips to dip in the hot chocolate, looks yummy, think we will make for Christmas!

What's the waffle recipe? X

Hi Laura the food with the epic hot chocolate is Jamie's waffles

Hi Laura, it's a waffle and maple syrup on the board, just watching the program, looks amazing!

Looks yummy - what is on the board that is being served with it?

Hi Magdalena,<br /> Horlicks is a brand of malted chocolate. It's not something you would be able to taste it should just compliment the rest of the ingredients to give it a thicker, fuller flavour. <br /> Hope this helps!

Hi, I'm from Poland. It's rather hard to buy Horlicks here in Warsaw (it's also little bit disgusting for me).<br /> Is there anything I could use instead? Powdered milk maybe?<br /> <br /> I'm sorry if my English is bad, it's not my first language.