this could high key be a good idea for a series, learning about a dish and how it’s prepared in other countries, only to make your own version at the end
A little note on the Mexican chocolate (from a Mexican woman): the most traditional version is actually made with water not milk because the Aztecs didn't have any dairy.
That's more into the southeast part of my country. My mother-in-law's parents are from Merida, and she grew up having hot chocolate this way. Aztecs are often associated with the central part of the country. In Mexico City and nearby places, we use milk for the hot chocolate - but your mileage may vary; it's a big country 😉
I cannot say enough how much I appreciate that you emphasize becoming a student before a teacher! Thanks for taking the time to learn all of these different techniques and recipes and for sharing it with us! Your hot chocolate recipe seems like the perfect goldilocks combination! Can't wait to try it!!
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The Mexican hot chocolate variation I enjoyed the most had a touch of cayenne in addition to cinnamon, it just sort of opened it up from being a sugar bomb to a more well-rounded flavor profile
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Timestamps for each Hot cocoa: 0:28 : Hot cocoa (American) 1:41 : Chocolat Chud (French) 3:43 : chocolata Calda (Italian) 5:41 : Chocolate Caliente (Mexican) 11:18 : Original recipe (Mashup of all recipes) 12:53 : Wake-up version 13:10 :Adult version/baily's
I remember the first time I was on a school trip to the netherlands and when we ordered hot choco the waiter served us hot milk with pieces of chocolate on the side of the cup... Dutch style :) That opened a new world for me. 🥰
Have faith in JESUS CHRIST as LORD and SAVIOR for HE SAVES from hell❗️ *What is the Gospel?* The true gospel is the good news that God saves sinners. Man is by nature sinful and separated from God with no hope of remedying that situation. But God, by His power, provided the means of man’s redemption in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of GOD, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Romans 10:9 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. JESUS CHRIST can come anytime! Just Believe ❤️ Love you and GOD BLESS
Well I'm Dutch native and this is not a common thing to hear haha, sounds nice tho. I think that we mostly use dutch processed with milk, nesquik instant with milk or Chocomel (brand).
as a college student these videos seem like they take a lot of work to do (which they do) but you do it so well and it makes me want to try it! I got into cooking this fall and I truly love it
I think you should always try it from scratch at least once- and then you can start pre-making/freezing all the parts. My example is cookies: sure you could do it all in one sitting, but it's way easier to mix the flour, baking soda, salt, and put it in a jar-- so the next time you want cookies, there's no taking and measuring all the ingredients, just mix the jar with butter, sugar, eggs, and bake
You hit an interesting topic when you mentioned French style being "velvety". Most French recipes call for that. The French figured it out: texture is the conductor of flavor. One thing I'd try is fresh ground nutmeg on top of the whipped cream. If you have a good sense of smell, that could be interesting.
French person here but I am no chef or whatsoever just and amateur who loves to cook and bake and this is true and what makes it velvety and richer is the fat ! fat conducts flavor !
I always have a jar of a decent dark rum at home in which I put a vanilla bean or a vanilla bean and a tonka bean. Adding one or two teaspoons of it into hot chocolate really elevates the taste.
The Italian hot chocolate is so decadent but to be fair they usually serve it in a really tiny cup so it makes sense LOL. I personally love hot chocolate with chili, you should definitely give it a try some time!
Whipped. The word you were looking for is whipped. Whip is an action, its what you do to cream, to make it whippED. The English language is dying a slow freaking DEATH.
So a tip, I am American so this is primarily what I have found with Swissmiss, any recipe that can use either water or milk, use water, but add a bit of coffee creamer or heavy cream. It give a better taste than just water, and circumvents some of the loss of taste that milk brings when heated due to the enzymes breaking down.
My mama maid a southern type that we called chocolate gravy. Just good hot chocolate thickened we ate it with waffles sicks dipped, served in like soup mugs. So yummy my kids favourite. I love it with a crispy croissant.
Hey friend , so Mexican hot chocolate is often used with water and the molinillo is used to aírate the hot chocolate so it’s nicer to drink so on milk it light not make a different but on water it does haha… also props for trying to do it with a whisk… It probably works the same way but just takes longer
in italy, we like our chock thicc 👌 ~infact another version uses flour instead of cornstarch so it becomes something like a hot pudding, that is delicious. sure you can’t just do your basic sip sip (it’s more like a big slurp) but let me tell you that it’s amazing
There is a restaurant near me that makes it that way. I have never had any of the other desserts, because it is so fabulous! I always look for an excuse (for someone who wants hot chocolate) to go there and have it! It's like motor oil consistency
How do you order it? I always said Cioccolata Calda but they serve me the stupid powdered stuff every time--no matter if I'm in Sicily or in the Central part of Italy. And then I see them serve others the thicker stuff! I don't go to tourist spots and I travel with my family who lives there.
i heat milk and a little cream in a pot, scoop in coco powder, sugar, fresh crushed cloves, fresh crushed cinnamon and fresh ground nutmeg. Then i hit strain out any little particles from the spices and hit it w the immersion blender so it become foamy and light
@@anintiss9856 I can actually tell you. What they know as french chocolate in the states..... is actually how we drink it in Spain, usually along with churros (or buñuelos in Valencia) to dip in it. An absolute classic of a Christmas breakfast!
@@NeoChronoid no, the Spanish one used for Churros is way thicker, it's more like a dipping sauce, very different than the so called Franch one he prepared
I do the slurry technique with swiss miss, always liked it but didn't realize that step further enhanced the drink, it is 'foamier'! I find it also helps with the problem of dry powder getting stuck to bottom of the cup
I discovered your videos this morning. Blows my mind as I spend most of my days watching Matty, Josh, Sam, Babish, etc. You are hands down the most relatable out of the bunch, and I literally cannot stop watching your videos. So far today I've decided that I'm going to be making onion dip tomorrow, hot chocolate for Christmas, and probably braised short ribs sometime this upcoming weekend. Well done on your content man, very impressed.
Maybe you should try and make Haitian chokola. It uses cacao, cinnamon, anisé, vanilla, evaporated milk, and sugar. It's delicious. Drink it with some bread (buttered or plain).
I remember when I tried Italian hot chocolate for the first time. It felt like I was simply drinking melted chocolate, which I tbh, might've been doing. I think that we in general differentiate between hot cocoa and hot chocolate here (Norway) and probably in other European countries (like Italy) as well.
I love chocolate and hot chocolate. I have never had most hot chocolates, but they all look good even if they are more of a something you would eat with a spoon instead of drinking. I think the best part about chocolate is there is a flavor of chocolate for anyone.
Piloncillo is Raw Cane Sugar, so demarrara sugar is an excelent replacement. Also no one in Mexico uses chile in their chocolate. Whoever tells you they do, it's not true, that's an american adaptation. As an extra, piloncillo is pronounced pee-lone-see-yo and molinillo is pronounced mole-in-e-yo Good video, the italian chocolate seems interesting to me :D
I'm french and with my family, we do this type of French Hot Chocolate especially for the day of Christmas. My mom's secret : a shot of whisky while the chocolat's cooking for extra flavor !
If you're gonna do Swiss Miss, you gotta get the separate marshmallow pack, or just buy a canister of them. I usually use more mix and less milk to make it thicker.
Dude you bought the wrong box of Swiss miss. You have to get the marshmallow Lovers that's the one that comes with the separate marshmallow pack then they don't melt before you drink it
I've always just made hot chocolate with water instead of milk. I just slowly add hot water to cocoa powder and also add brown sugar and vanilla extract. I also like to steep green tea bags in it as well, but that is more for caffeine then Flavor. Always turns out great.
A comment from a lil Mexican girl, two very very very popular chocolate bars for hot chocolate in Mexico are chocolate Ibarra and chocolate Abuelita, in case you wanted to try those, they are the most used in my area and in my family
For referencem the italian one with startch can be very drinkable. I use to work in a cafe that had all kinds of fancy espressos and one of the things they served (they bough it from the coffee/machine supplier) was a powdered italian style hot chocolate and it had startch in it. As you said it was much more dense kind like a pudding, but very drinkable and I distinctly remember really liking the mouth feel it gave. I would recommed you retry that recipe but decrease the starch a little if you found it too thick
There is an Italian restaurant near me that makes hot chocolate or Italian hot chocolate. If you know, you know.... The starch that they use as potato starch. If it is not thick enough to your liking, as you said, like pudding. you just make a 😔 and they take it back into the kitchen and make it thicker for you! I've never had any of their other fabulous desserts there because I am so happy with eating that chocolate that I want nothing else
@@NoOne-fe3gc we had a student from Venezuela whose father was Italian, pretended not to speak any English. Every time he came into town, he would go there and the ladies would make him whatever he wanted, even if it was not on the lunch menu. That student was the one who taught me it was potato starch, after I took her there one cold winter day when she was bumming out. She wound up having her graduation party on the pizzeria side. I got to take home the leftover spinach/broccolini rabe dish 😋
the Mexican wooden mixing thing is very similar to a mathni which is basically the same thing but Indian. Mexico and India have many things that are similar
This is the first video I’ve seen from your channel and I want to just say that I love how you not only try to get ingredients that are most accurate but also you put in the time to research how the different drinks are made and (with the Mexican hot chocolate) what the different methods represent. Definitely got yourself a new subscriber!
My own homebrew hot chocolate always used a pinch of cayenne and cinnamon, so you can imagine my delight to find out mexican spiced chocolate was a thing❤️❤️
I honestly don’t know if I’ve ever had a hot chocolate that contained actual chocolate as opposed to cocoa powder. It’s not a drink I commonly order as opposed to “make” at home(and by make I mean mix a packet). I’ll say that as far as cheap mix goes, Swiss Miss is the way to go(over that other big brand who’s name is eluding me now). Much better flavor.
Here is mine, which I have crafted and adjusted over a decade during my own use: "Canadian Hot Cocoa" 1 Tsp Crushed Nescafe Powder (Decaf if you don't want caffeine) 3 Tsp Pure Cocoa Powder 1/3 Tsp Turmeric Powder 1/3 Tsp Powdered Cinnamon (or less, to taste) - "A pinch" 1/4 Tsp Powdered Nutmeg (or less, to taste) - "A pinch" 1/3 Tsp Salt 1 drop of Vanilla Essence 1 Tbsp Honey 1.5 Tbsp Maple Syrup (Add more or less of this to tweak sweetness to your taste) 1-2 Cups of Milk (Depending on how thick you want it, I just use a big ceramic mug full of milk - "1 Mug") 2 Mugs 1. Mix the dry ingredients first in the mug you want to drink from. (This mug should be equal or slightly bigger to your milk mug). Add the Nescafe first and crush it with a spoon, then the rest. 2. Add the vanilla, honey, and maple syrup to emulsify the dry ingredients. Stir well until it is of an even thick, but liquid, consistency. 3. Heat the mug of milk (I use the microwave, but the stove works too) until it forms a skin on top. 4. Gently remove the skin with a toothpick and pour the hot milk over the emulsion you created. 5. Stir well until no floaty chunks of emulsion remain, and the bottom of the mug has been scraped clean of the emulsion. Serve immediately. This mix holds its heat well, though, so it will stay pleasant for a decent amount of time.
looks delicious! But if you want simple, healthy and easy to make pure hot chocolate, use pure cacao powder (lots on amazon) -not the processed cocoa. In a pot add 1 cup water, 2tbsp cacao powder, cane sugar. Bring it to almost boiling point when cacao becomes frothy and starts to rise, then turn off stove (if you don't turn off the stove, the chocolate will overflow). Let it sit few minutes.....you can add milk, cream, or half & half. I prefer coconut cream. I like it bitter but you can adjust cacao and sugar to your liking. So yummy and healthy. Can't live without hot chocolate😋💕
Hey dawgg, I love your videos as usual. Some advice from someone who's grown up around Spanish his whole life is when you see two "L's" next to each other in a Spanish word, it makes a "y" sound. Hopefully that helps with pronunciation in the future
For Swiss Miss, it’s very important to only use six ounces of hot water per packet, as per the instructions. If you use 8 ounces, it’s way too watery. Anyway, all the others you showed look much better, obviously!
For anyone interested in mexican hot chocolate, I recommend Ibarra Hot Chocolate. It's just 4 ingredients, and is 100% owned and produced in Mexico. Abuelita is also good, but is more processed and is owned by Nestle.
I used to use a whisk for my hot choc & cappuccino but I’ve switched to a cafetière, I push the plunger up & down to froth. Trust me it’s a life changer!
Swiss Miss is not "american hot chocolate". its just a pre-packaged product. 1/2 cup of whole milk, 1/2 cup heavy cream, 1-2 full bars of milk chocolate melted in, marshmallows added right off the stove is how americans make it from scratch.
I’m from Louisiana and my grandparents always did their hot chocolate with 1/2 cup of sugar, as many cups of milk and 2 tablespoons of the Hershey cocoa
So, Panela or as it's referred to in Mexico, piloncillo is what he's talking about. If you have a Mexican store around you, or live in a border town, you'll probably find it. Get the darker kind, it's delicious even on its own. My personal hot chocolate like drink, from Mexico, is called Champurrado and it is this wonderfully spicy, warm... Just wonderful atole that feels like a hug for the soul -- really delicious especially now when it's a bit colder.
@@Geekchica but a common brand for people who aren't from Mexico is Goya, and they call it panela. So for people who don't speak Spanish, if they see panela on a package that isn't cheese, then they're good!
If you have an espresso machine you can use the vapor wand to mix, heat and air the hot chocolate, I used a 50/50 mix of cocoa powder and 60% chocolate coins, and if you want THiCKness add a pinch of corn starch to it, I love chocolate italiano
I make my hot chocolate more like the Italian style, hot milk (sometimes I exchange some of the milk with heavy cream) unsweetened cocoa powder , sugar to taste, cinnamon and gloves for seasoning.
Don't sell out buddy. It's not just the amazing recipes, but your "one on one" style of presentation that captures your audience. Some company might want to back you and ride the wave of your great show, but don't change it up too much. Keep it authentic. Great job. Keep inspiring us.
The Italian one reminded me to the spanish one. Both are thick and in spain that thickness marches perfectly with churros as the chocolate in that saucy state stays perfectly glued to the churro
I love watching people cook more than actually cooking. I enjoy cooking when I find the time, but I work full time in a demanding position. I hope to cook more in 2024! New to your channel. I love hot cocoa! It reminds me of going to Santa’s Village in the San Bernardino mountains (now defunct) as a girl in the 80’s. If I recall correctly they added both marshmallows and whipped cream. It was sooo good. It may have just been Swiss Miss, but most things seem to taste better as a child. It’s so much more enjoyable when it’s really cold out. Merry Christmas to you and yours.❤👍🏼
Thank you for this video, I've been looking to improve my chocolate making skills I live in the land of the Tequila and the Mariachi. I loved the bit about Mexican hot chocolate! That one hit really near home because I like to make hot chocolate for my wife and kids on cold winter nights (Mexican cold nights which would be like a fresh evening for you 🤭) I'm actually quite good using the molinillo but it took me a lot of practicing (I'll tell you a secret; many people cheat using the blender) BTW; it's piloncillo (pee-lon-see-yo); Mexican grannies like to use it a lot =) Would you consider a follow and include Spanish hot chocolate? It's very thick and you can have it with a churro; in Madrid, the Chocolatería San Ginés is open very late into the night so people going out to the clubs go there before partying Thank you for the hard work, I really appreciate all the effort you do.
Amazing! Just one small correction, in the syphon it probably wasn't CO2, but N20 charge instead. Just mentioning it as both are available, but CO2 adds gas and N20 does exactly that, just so people don't get confused! Tried it tonight and it was amazing! Thanks dude !
this could high key be a good idea for a series, learning about a dish and how it’s prepared in other countries, only to make your own version at the end
i would totally watch the hell out of this. count me in
Yes please!
yes!
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That is a genius idea
A little note on the Mexican chocolate (from a Mexican woman): the most traditional version is actually made with water not milk because the Aztecs didn't have any dairy.
interesting
oh so more like a soupe, chocolate soup
That's more into the southeast part of my country. My mother-in-law's parents are from Merida, and she grew up having hot chocolate this way.
Aztecs are often associated with the central part of the country. In Mexico City and nearby places, we use milk for the hot chocolate - but your mileage may vary; it's a big country 😉
Yum! In Serbia we make it with water as well, and not milk. I like it both way
Lllama milk doesn't count?
Before I teach a thing I have to become a student first, wise words!
Yep. True
In martial arts there is a saying “ only the student can beat the master”.
This is what I love about him most, he learns history and technique then teaches us in such a understandable manner.
For viennese hot chocolate we add: dark chocolate, cocoa powder, vanilla and cinnamon, milk thickened with egg yellow 🥰 warms you up in winter
You used viennese music so i felt inspired to share 😄
I like the idea of thickening the milk with egg yolk, rather than corn starch. I'm allergic to corn starch.
Muss ich mal probieren 😁🤔
I like the egg yolk reminds me of a chocolate eggnog
Whiskey also warms you up in the winter hehe
The Mexican hot chocolate works well when you put the chocolate in the milk, heat it, then put it in a blender. Super foamy😻
Thank you so much for this✨
Yes! I use my immersion blender so it’s nice & smooth
You're super foamy
@@suedeB05 🤨
Shake it not stirred
I cannot say enough how much I appreciate that you emphasize becoming a student before a teacher! Thanks for taking the time to learn all of these different techniques and recipes and for sharing it with us! Your hot chocolate recipe seems like the perfect goldilocks combination! Can't wait to try it!!
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The true gospel is the good news that God saves sinners. Man is by nature sinful and separated from God with no hope of remedying that situation. But God, by His power, provided the means of man’s redemption in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of GOD, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Romans 10:9
9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
JESUS CHRIST can come anytime!
Just Believe ❤️ Love you and GOD BLESS
@@tama3442 amen!
Frenchman here, this is the way we do it, and it's lovely
The Mexican hot chocolate variation I enjoyed the most had a touch of cayenne in addition to cinnamon, it just sort of opened it up from being a sugar bomb to a more well-rounded flavor profile
Have faith in JESUS CHRIST as LORD and SAVIOR for HE SAVES from hell❗️
*What is the Gospel?*
The true gospel is the good news that God saves sinners. Man is by nature sinful and separated from God with no hope of remedying that situation. But God, by His power, provided the means of man’s redemption in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of GOD, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Romans 10:9
9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
JESUS CHRIST can come anytime!
Just Believe ❤️ Love you and GOD BLESS
@@tama3442 sir this is a wendy's
@@Rubyllim absolutely underrated
@@Rubyllim damn good one
@@Rubyllim LMAO!!
Timestamps for each Hot cocoa:
0:28 : Hot cocoa (American)
1:41 : Chocolat Chud (French)
3:43 : chocolata Calda (Italian)
5:41 : Chocolate Caliente (Mexican)
11:18 : Original recipe (Mashup of all recipes)
12:53 : Wake-up version
13:10 :Adult version/baily's
For the italian it's cioccolata calda, not chocolata.
Chocolat ChAud for the French one
Thank youuu, why don't more people use chapters in their videos??
3 is not italian, is romanian
I like the Italian version the best. I like thick milkshakes and believe the same for the cocoa drink.
I remember the first time I was on a school trip to the netherlands and when we ordered hot choco the waiter served us hot milk with pieces of chocolate on the side of the cup... Dutch style :) That opened a new world for me. 🥰
Yah they did this in France too!
Have faith in JESUS CHRIST as LORD and SAVIOR for HE SAVES from hell❗️
*What is the Gospel?*
The true gospel is the good news that God saves sinners. Man is by nature sinful and separated from God with no hope of remedying that situation. But God, by His power, provided the means of man’s redemption in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of GOD, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Romans 10:9
9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
JESUS CHRIST can come anytime!
Just Believe ❤️ Love you and GOD BLESS
Well I'm Dutch native and this is not a common thing to hear haha, sounds nice tho. I think that we mostly use dutch processed with milk, nesquik instant with milk or Chocomel (brand).
@@tama3442 You okay? Thats a really random thing to put on a hot cocoa video. Maybe save it for when people ask and try not to spam people with it.
as a college student these videos seem like they take a lot of work to do (which they do) but you do it so well and it makes me want to try it! I got into cooking this fall and I truly love it
I think you should always try it from scratch at least once- and then you can start pre-making/freezing all the parts.
My example is cookies:
sure you could do it all in one sitting, but it's way easier to mix the flour, baking soda, salt, and put it in a jar--
so the next time you want cookies, there's no taking and measuring all the ingredients, just mix the jar with butter, sugar, eggs, and bake
The French one seems easy actually
You hit an interesting topic when you mentioned French style being "velvety". Most French recipes call for that. The French figured it out: texture is the conductor of flavor. One thing I'd try is fresh ground nutmeg on top of the whipped cream. If you have a good sense of smell, that could be interesting.
Nutmeg in choclate milk is such an insane upgrade. I can‘t drink choclate milk without it anymore^^
French person here but I am no chef or whatsoever just and amateur who loves to cook and bake and this is true and what makes it velvety and richer is the fat ! fat conducts flavor !
THAT'S one of my secret ingredients 😅
Requires quality milk, or better, use sweet cream
I always have a jar of a decent dark rum at home in which I put a vanilla bean or a vanilla bean and a tonka bean. Adding one or two teaspoons of it into hot chocolate really elevates the taste.
i see we have a man of culture here (or maybe a woman??)
So you have a favorite dark/ spiced rum? I've been trying to find one I fancy but not much luck
@@Alyssa-cy1rt Have you tried Sailor Jerry? It’s a favourite in our house. Kraken is good too, but not neat, great with a mixer.
The Italian hot chocolate is so decadent but to be fair they usually serve it in a really tiny cup so it makes sense LOL. I personally love hot chocolate with chili, you should definitely give it a try some time!
An above and beyond way to tackle the subject - I laughed every time you put in just enough whip cream to make the hot chocolate perfectly overflow.
Whipped. The word you were looking for is whipped. Whip is an action, its what you do to cream, to make it whippED. The English language is dying a slow freaking DEATH.
@@mermaidatlantica Are you always this much fun or is today an extra special day?
@@mermaidatlantica who hurt you
Picture perfect
by the end I was getting so tilted by this because it was always making such a mess! 😂🤣
So a tip, I am American so this is primarily what I have found with Swissmiss, any recipe that can use either water or milk, use water, but add a bit of coffee creamer or heavy cream. It give a better taste than just water, and circumvents some of the loss of taste that milk brings when heated due to the enzymes breaking down.
My mama maid a southern type that we called chocolate gravy. Just good hot chocolate thickened we ate it with waffles sicks dipped, served in like soup mugs. So yummy my kids favourite. I love it with a crispy croissant.
Bless your maid.
Hey friend , so Mexican hot chocolate is often used with water and the molinillo is used to aírate the hot chocolate so it’s nicer to drink so on milk it light not make a different but on water it does haha… also props for trying to do it with a whisk… It probably works the same way but just takes longer
in italy, we like our chock thicc 👌
~infact another version uses flour instead of cornstarch so it becomes something like a hot pudding, that is delicious. sure you can’t just do your basic sip sip (it’s more like a big slurp) but let me tell you that it’s amazing
There is a restaurant near me that makes it that way. I have never had any of the other desserts, because it is so fabulous! I always look for an excuse (for someone who wants hot chocolate) to go there and have it! It's like motor oil consistency
@@LindaC616🤮🤮🤮
How do you order it? I always said Cioccolata Calda but they serve me the stupid powdered stuff every time--no matter if I'm in Sicily or in the Central part of Italy. And then I see them serve others the thicker stuff! I don't go to tourist spots and I travel with my family who lives there.
The Italian and French style are the two best IMO. The thickness, flavors and textures are so different from most others in the world.
i heat milk and a little cream in a pot, scoop in coco powder, sugar, fresh crushed cloves, fresh crushed cinnamon and fresh ground nutmeg. Then i hit strain out any little particles from the spices and hit it w the immersion blender so it become foamy and light
I think the French one looks the best! And easiest to make. Gonna have to try it soon!
we dont drink chocolate like that in france ..... wtf is that recipe
@@anintiss9856 I can actually tell you. What they know as french chocolate in the states.....
is actually how we drink it in Spain, usually along with churros (or buñuelos in Valencia) to dip in it. An absolute classic of a Christmas breakfast!
@@NeoChronoid no, the Spanish one used for Churros is way thicker, it's more like a dipping sauce, very different than the so called Franch one he prepared
I do the slurry technique with swiss miss, always liked it but didn't realize that step further enhanced the drink, it is 'foamier'! I find it also helps with the problem of dry powder getting stuck to bottom of the cup
I discovered your videos this morning. Blows my mind as I spend most of my days watching Matty, Josh, Sam, Babish, etc. You are hands down the most relatable out of the bunch, and I literally cannot stop watching your videos. So far today I've decided that I'm going to be making onion dip tomorrow, hot chocolate for Christmas, and probably braised short ribs sometime this upcoming weekend. Well done on your content man, very impressed.
All right, scratch that, I'm making stroganoff this weekend now. Braised short ribs Wednesday...
you need to use chocolate de la abuela its a classic and get a molinillo
this videos was great i enjoyed it thank you for sharing some choco wisdom
Maybe you should try and make Haitian chokola. It uses cacao, cinnamon, anisé, vanilla, evaporated milk, and sugar. It's delicious. Drink it with some bread (buttered or plain).
I have used Swiss Miss as a mix in my coffee for years nowc.. love it every time
I remember when I tried Italian hot chocolate for the first time. It felt like I was simply drinking melted chocolate, which I tbh, might've been doing. I think that we in general differentiate between hot cocoa and hot chocolate here (Norway) and probably in other European countries (like Italy) as well.
Same in the US.
Because Italy uses potato starch to thicken theirs 😋
Yes, we also have hot chocolate and hot cocoa in Slovenia
Italians do everything better. Passion in everything they do is in their DNA.❤
Nice. Thanks. My recipe starts with organic cocoa powder stirred into thick honey. Then add heated milk, microwave means easier cleanup.
Bailey's makes hot chocolate taste great. Every year on the first snow day, I'll do hot chocolate with bailey's
Amarula instead of Baileys would do well.
When I'm feeling frisky in the Fall I add pumpkin spice bailey's because I'm a basic bitch
Baileys is my weekend coffee creamer.
I miss doing this, or butterscotch schnapps! I'm sober now and can't do it anymore. But it was definitely my favorite part of the Holidays
Oh Yea! Irish, Bourbon, or Rye Whiskey would do well, also.
I love chocolate and hot chocolate. I have never had most hot chocolates, but they all look good even if they are more of a something you would eat with a spoon instead of drinking. I think the best part about chocolate is there is a flavor of chocolate for anyone.
Piloncillo is Raw Cane Sugar, so demarrara sugar is an excelent replacement. Also no one in Mexico uses chile in their chocolate. Whoever tells you they do, it's not true, that's an american adaptation.
As an extra, piloncillo is pronounced pee-lone-see-yo
and molinillo is pronounced mole-in-e-yo
Good video, the italian chocolate seems interesting to me :D
Especially love the Christmas wreath around your UA-cam subscribers plaque…nice (humorous) touch 😉🎄x
Mo-Lin-Knee-Yo Molinillo. Can’t wait to try making all these recipes 🥳
I'm french and with my family, we do this type of French Hot Chocolate especially for the day of Christmas. My mom's secret : a shot of whisky while the chocolat's cooking for extra flavor !
If you're gonna do Swiss Miss, you gotta get the separate marshmallow pack, or just buy a canister of them. I usually use more mix and less milk to make it thicker.
Dude you bought the wrong box of Swiss miss. You have to get the marshmallow Lovers that's the one that comes with the separate marshmallow pack then they don't melt before you drink it
Swiss Miss Instant Piss
baileys is my favorite in hot choc ALWAYS.... and whip cream on top
thanks for the tutorial
Can’t wait to try all of these over the holidays. Especially the Italian version, I can never get it right. Thanks!
I love the research and history that you give with each recipe, this truly is not another cooking show
I- It's- you know what I'm at a lost for words. Just simply put- I love this video. Thank you.
I've always just made hot chocolate with water instead of milk.
I just slowly add hot water to cocoa powder and also add brown sugar and vanilla extract. I also like to steep green tea bags in it as well, but that is more for caffeine then Flavor. Always turns out great.
Try chai tea eggnog with some chocolate or try tumeric and choclate it looks alien lel
Turmeric and chocolate sounds good.
Not a fan of eggnog, though I haven't tried it in years.
I loved it when you mentioned the Italian Hot Chocolate and read it with a Romanian accent - Ciocolată Caldă.
Liked the fact you did mentioned about the Aztec origin of chocolate, a lot of people don't know about it.
A comment from a lil Mexican girl, two very very very popular chocolate bars for hot chocolate in Mexico are chocolate Ibarra and chocolate Abuelita, in case you wanted to try those, they are the most used in my area and in my family
For referencem the italian one with startch can be very drinkable. I use to work in a cafe that had all kinds of fancy espressos and one of the things they served (they bough it from the coffee/machine supplier) was a powdered italian style hot chocolate and it had startch in it. As you said it was much more dense kind like a pudding, but very drinkable and I distinctly remember really liking the mouth feel it gave. I would recommed you retry that recipe but decrease the starch a little if you found it too thick
There is an Italian restaurant near me that makes hot chocolate or Italian hot chocolate. If you know, you know.... The starch that they use as potato starch. If it is not thick enough to your liking, as you said, like pudding. you just make a 😔 and they take it back into the kitchen and make it thicker for you! I've never had any of their other fabulous desserts there because I am so happy with eating that chocolate that I want nothing else
@@LindaC616 You are correct, they use potato starch instead of regular corn startch, and it is a very different result. Thanks for reminding me =)
@@NoOne-fe3gc we had a student from Venezuela whose father was Italian, pretended not to speak any English. Every time he came into town, he would go there and the ladies would make him whatever he wanted, even if it was not on the lunch menu. That student was the one who taught me it was potato starch, after I took her there one cold winter day when she was bumming out. She wound up having her graduation party on the pizzeria side. I got to take home the leftover spinach/broccolini rabe dish 😋
I can't even describe how much your video is making me crave chocolate right now!
Lol, about 2 minutes in I remembered I had a milk chocolate bar in the cupboard, pulled that out and ate it while I watched.
Me too! I'm trying one of these tonight! 😃
Judging American hot chocolate by swiss miss is like judging a mclaren by how fast a mclaren hotwheels toy goes.
I love chili in my chocolate and chocolate in my chili. Cinnamon literally can go on anything.
The Italian is the best for me
the Mexican wooden mixing thing is very similar to a mathni which is basically the same thing but Indian. Mexico and India have many things that are similar
and both have alot of spices interesting how both lands are so rich in natural resources
I'm glad that I got your recommendation! Definitely going to try the French one soon!
Try swapping the Baileys for Minttu or some other peppermint liqueur. Pour in to a thermos and enjoy outside in the cold slopes or on the ice.
Glad you kept the cinnamon in the final version, that's one of my favorite additions
This is the first video I’ve seen from your channel and I want to just say that I love how you not only try to get ingredients that are most accurate but also you put in the time to research how the different drinks are made and (with the Mexican hot chocolate) what the different methods represent. Definitely got yourself a new subscriber!
I use the Abuela brand Mexican Chocolate.😋
The best cocoa I’ve had reminded me of my grandma’s home made hot fudge for sundaes. I could have drunk that by the cup.
When I clicked on your video I wasn't expecting your amazing voice. I could listen to you talk about anyting. I need to go make hot cocoa now
Love the Bailey’s in hot chocolate. Some other liqueurs that work well for adult hot chocolate are amaretto and frangelico.
Amaretto + hot chocolate 😍
Don’t forget kaluah.
My own homebrew hot chocolate always used a pinch of cayenne and cinnamon, so you can imagine my delight to find out mexican spiced chocolate was a thing❤️❤️
I honestly don’t know if I’ve ever had a hot chocolate that contained actual chocolate as opposed to cocoa powder. It’s not a drink I commonly order as opposed to “make” at home(and by make I mean mix a packet). I’ll say that as far as cheap mix goes, Swiss Miss is the way to go(over that other big brand who’s name is eluding me now). Much better flavor.
anyone else love the way chocolate seems to splinter when you chop it? I find it very satisfying
Was planning to make some hot chocolate on the weekend since the cold season’s really starting to hit here now. Perfect video for the occasion!
Here is mine, which I have crafted and adjusted over a decade during my own use:
"Canadian Hot Cocoa"
1 Tsp Crushed Nescafe Powder (Decaf if you don't want caffeine)
3 Tsp Pure Cocoa Powder
1/3 Tsp Turmeric Powder
1/3 Tsp Powdered Cinnamon (or less, to taste) - "A pinch"
1/4 Tsp Powdered Nutmeg (or less, to taste) - "A pinch"
1/3 Tsp Salt
1 drop of Vanilla Essence
1 Tbsp Honey
1.5 Tbsp Maple Syrup (Add more or less of this to tweak sweetness to your taste)
1-2 Cups of Milk (Depending on how thick you want it, I just use a big ceramic mug full of milk - "1 Mug")
2 Mugs
1. Mix the dry ingredients first in the mug you want to drink from. (This mug should be equal or slightly bigger to your milk mug). Add the Nescafe first and crush it with a spoon, then the rest.
2. Add the vanilla, honey, and maple syrup to emulsify the dry ingredients. Stir well until it is of an even thick, but liquid, consistency.
3. Heat the mug of milk (I use the microwave, but the stove works too) until it forms a skin on top.
4. Gently remove the skin with a toothpick and pour the hot milk over the emulsion you created.
5. Stir well until no floaty chunks of emulsion remain, and the bottom of the mug has been scraped clean of the emulsion.
Serve immediately. This mix holds its heat well, though, so it will stay pleasant for a decent amount of time.
taza is a great brand, always been my go to for mexican style chocolate, the guajillo chile one is sooooo good
looks delicious! But if you want simple, healthy and easy to make pure hot chocolate, use pure cacao powder (lots on amazon) -not the processed cocoa.
In a pot add 1 cup water, 2tbsp cacao powder, cane sugar. Bring it to almost boiling point when cacao becomes frothy and starts to rise, then turn off stove (if you don't turn off the stove, the chocolate will overflow). Let it sit few minutes.....you can add milk, cream, or half & half. I prefer coconut cream. I like it bitter but you can adjust cacao and sugar to your liking. So yummy and healthy. Can't live without hot chocolate😋💕
Hey dawgg, I love your videos as usual. Some advice from someone who's grown up around Spanish his whole life is when you see two "L's" next to each other in a Spanish word, it makes a "y" sound. Hopefully that helps with pronunciation in the future
Calle
Callate
Yep. Mole-ee-KNEE-yo
Taza is the BEST....used to work by the factory, the air smells AMAZING
For Swiss Miss, it’s very important to only use six ounces of hot water per packet, as per the instructions. If you use 8 ounces, it’s way too watery. Anyway, all the others you showed look much better, obviously!
Water???
I've only EVER had Swiss Miss made with water! Milk involves sauce pans and mess...
@@annbrookens945 I've always microwaved my milk when making hot chocolate
For anyone interested in mexican hot chocolate, I recommend Ibarra Hot Chocolate. It's just 4 ingredients, and is 100% owned and produced in Mexico. Abuelita is also good, but is more processed and is owned by Nestle.
I bought one of those Mexican beaters because it looked pretty. I never knew what it was for.
Now I’ll make Mexican hot chocolate. 😄
I used to use a whisk for my hot choc & cappuccino but I’ve switched to a cafetière, I push the plunger up & down to froth. Trust me it’s a life changer!
Swiss Miss is not "american hot chocolate". its just a pre-packaged product. 1/2 cup of whole milk, 1/2 cup heavy cream, 1-2 full bars of milk chocolate melted in, marshmallows added right off the stove is how americans make it from scratch.
Yeah I was gonna say that's just a commercialized version of american hot chocolate. It's not like these are _exclusive_ to just the US
Love your choice of music. Tchaikovsky forever!
This was great but we need a part 2 Adult hot chocolates, Baily’s - Godiva, Kahlua ect. Let’s go!
I’m from Louisiana and my grandparents always did their hot chocolate with 1/2 cup of sugar, as many cups of milk and 2 tablespoons of the Hershey cocoa
So, Panela or as it's referred to in Mexico, piloncillo is what he's talking about. If you have a Mexican store around you, or live in a border town, you'll probably find it. Get the darker kind, it's delicious even on its own.
My personal hot chocolate like drink, from Mexico, is called Champurrado and it is this wonderfully spicy, warm... Just wonderful atole that feels like a hug for the soul -- really delicious especially now when it's a bit colder.
Diego, the “piloncillo” is not referred to as “panela”. Panela is a type of Mexican cheese. The other name for piloncillo is “panocha”.
@@Geekchica but a common brand for people who aren't from Mexico is Goya, and they call it panela. So for people who don't speak Spanish, if they see panela on a package that isn't cheese, then they're good!
@@Geekchica jajaja dijiste panocha
The Italian style looked really good to me. Served as a dessert in a smaller cup would probably be good.
If you have an espresso machine you can use the vapor wand to mix, heat and air the hot chocolate, I used a 50/50 mix of cocoa powder and 60% chocolate coins, and if you want THiCKness add a pinch of corn starch to it, I love chocolate italiano
Wow! Thank you for all the effort you put into these recipes❣️🙌🏼💐
Just what I needed when cold winter evening kicks in and snow is all around my house - hot mug of deliciousness
Hot mug of deliciousness was my stage name when I was a stripper.
I adore eating homemade pudding warm. I made french hot chocolate recently and it wasn't far from that. Delicious but so rich
Message from a french guy, I'm drinking the exact same recipe that you show while watching your video, well done with you researshes ^^
Homemade marshies are the bomb. They freeze well, too and can be made into a bunch of flavors or just simple vanilla 🙂
The fact you added this many recipes is amazing
I make my hot chocolate more like the Italian style, hot milk (sometimes I exchange some of the milk with heavy cream) unsweetened cocoa powder , sugar to taste, cinnamon and gloves for seasoning.
Don't sell out buddy. It's not just the amazing recipes, but your "one on one" style of presentation that captures your audience. Some company might want to back you and ride the wave of your great show, but don't change it up too much. Keep it authentic. Great job. Keep inspiring us.
Lol chill
The Italian one reminded me to the spanish one. Both are thick and in spain that thickness marches perfectly with churros as the chocolate in that saucy state stays perfectly glued to the churro
You should re-make the hot cocoa that Ned Flanders made in The Simpsons Movie. I would love to try that one! It looks delicious 😋
I love that glass he's using.
Oooh! This was fun! Love the process of developing your own version. Gotta have the nostalgia! (I can hook you up with piloncillo sugar 😏)
We made your recipe tonight and it was amazing! We used bourbon barrel aged maple syrup and I think that kicked the flavor profile up a notch!
Hey, I was wondering about "skin" on top of your hot chocolate. Did you find that was a problem or did you find one technique had less than another?
I love watching people cook more than actually cooking. I enjoy cooking when I find the time, but I work full time in a demanding position. I hope to cook more in 2024! New to your channel. I love hot cocoa! It reminds me of going to Santa’s Village in the San Bernardino mountains (now defunct) as a girl in the 80’s. If I recall correctly they added both marshmallows and whipped cream. It was sooo good. It may have just been Swiss Miss, but most things seem to taste better as a child. It’s so much more enjoyable when it’s really cold out. Merry Christmas to you and yours.❤👍🏼
Bravo on your hot chocolate ! You took the best qualities from each culture and created what I consider the ultimate hot chocolate. Thank you
Piloncillo can be found at pretty much any Mexican store
for the mexican style pure sugar cane @ 5:55 is called “piloncillo” pronounced as pee-lone-see-yo
Always a pleasure to watch and listen to this chef.
Thank you for this video, I've been looking to improve my chocolate making skills
I live in the land of the Tequila and the Mariachi. I loved the bit about Mexican hot chocolate! That one hit really near home because I like to make hot chocolate for my wife and kids on cold winter nights (Mexican cold nights which would be like a fresh evening for you 🤭)
I'm actually quite good using the molinillo but it took me a lot of practicing (I'll tell you a secret; many people cheat using the blender)
BTW; it's piloncillo (pee-lon-see-yo); Mexican grannies like to use it a lot =)
Would you consider a follow and include Spanish hot chocolate? It's very thick and you can have it with a churro; in Madrid, the Chocolatería San Ginés is open very late into the night so people going out to the clubs go there before partying
Thank you for the hard work, I really appreciate all the effort you do.
The Mexican traditional hot coco brand is chocolate de abuleta
Amazing! Just one small correction, in the syphon it probably wasn't CO2, but N20 charge instead. Just mentioning it as both are available, but CO2 adds gas and N20 does exactly that, just so people don't get confused! Tried it tonight and it was amazing! Thanks dude !
Just the video I've been looking for. I've been searching for a hot chocolate recipe with minimal results and now I got 7! Thank you