Blood Orange Flavour Drinking Chocolate (Asda) By @Cinabar

I can’t help but get excited about a new variety of hot chocolate and this tin of Blood Orange Flavour Drinking Chocolate looked amazing especially as it was part of Asda’s Extra Special range. One of the great things about this time of year is new hot chocolates, although I do drink them all year round I like the extra selection we get in the winter months. I opened up the tin and could really see the sugar mixed in with the cocoa, there was a nice orange and chocolate scent too.

I heated some milk in the microwave and was pleased that the Blood Orange Flavour Drinking Chocolate mixed in quite well, with a bit of a stir it all dissolved nicely. I gave the drink a sip and honestly couldn’t make my mind up on the flavour. The chocolate seems dark but it still has sweetness, the orange tasted bitter (it is supposed to be blood orange) and this almost worked with the chocolate but it wasn’t quite the dream match. The drink is nice, it is pleasant, I just felt like it could have been better. The dark chocolate, the sweetness and the bitter orange flavoured all just seemed a little at odds with one another all fighting to be the lead flavour and somehow none of them won.