Belgian Milk Chocolate Hot Chocolate Stirrers (Aldi) By @Cinabar

One of the simple pleasures in life is hot chocolate and over the years I have drunk many different varieties. I love the weird flavoured ones, and always try and hunt them out, but one of the best things, too, is just a good quality milk chocolate. Hotel Chocolat is very good for this (their 50%) but on the other end of the budget, I always do come back to Cadbury Drinking Chocolate and also being hard to beat.

I spotted these Belgian Milk Chocolate Hot Chocolate Stirrers in Aldi, made by Moser Roth and thought I’d give them a try. They have launched recently as part of their Autumn/Winter goodies. Hot chocolate is more popular in the colder months but they also look like perfect stocking fillers too. I heated up some milk in the microwave as, for me, that is the simplest way to do it, probably the cheapest way too as it only takes a couple of minutes. I unpacked the hot chocolate sticks and they were quite chunky, which was nice to see. I popped one in the hot milk and let it dissolve. It needed a bit of stirring to help it on its way, but I found this quite fun to do, to be honest.

I gave the drink a sip and have to say I was super impressed by the quality of the drink. It had thickened a little, gone a good shade of chocolate brown and gave a full flavour. It tasted like good quality chocolate, lots of cocoa tones and just right on the sweetness. It felt indulgent and a proper treat to drink. This is something I’ll be putting in my basket next time I’m in the shop too, perfect for hot chocolate fans.