We desperately wanted to make hot chocolate work this year. It was a recurring theme at our Food Development meetings. We tried:
-coconut milk and chocolate
-heavy cream and chocolate
-heavy cream and cocoa powder
-milk and cocoa powder
-steaming milk and holding it in a soup warmer
-steaming milk and holding it a water heater
-blending in a blender
Each combination was either too expensive or not workable at our locations. To make really good hot chocolate you really need to invest in a milk steamer. If anyone out there has a recipe they think we should try, feel free to pitch it. Food Dev happens every Tuesday at 3pm at the HUB.