Steve Wertz wrote:

I got a craving for a cold glass of chocolate milk - not that crap
they sell in the store that has all the disgusting thickeners in
it.

Is there an easy way to make it from just cocoa and sugar? My
experience with powdered cocoa and iced coffee tells me that cocoa
doesn't dissolve in cold liquids. Just heat the milk first? (but
then I have to wait for it to get cold again...)

Yep. Make some hot cocoa and cool it down.

1/2 C sugar
1/4 C cocoa
1/3 C hot water
4 C milk

Mix everything except milk. Bring to a boil, then simmer a minute or
two, whisking. Stir in milk, heat back up but don't boil.

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Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

I got a craving for a cold glass of chocolate milk - not that crap
they sell in the store that has all the disgusting thickeners in
it.

Is there an easy way to make it from just cocoa and sugar? My
experience with powdered cocoa and iced coffee tells me that cocoa
doesn't dissolve in cold liquids. Just heat the milk first? (but
then I have to wait for it to get cold again...)

-sw


Instead of adding the cocoa to the milk add the milk to the cocoa. Combine
your cocoa and sugar thoroughly. Now add just a couple drops of milk and stir
till it forms a paste. Slowly stir in the rest of the milk.

Steve Wertz wrote in
:

I got a craving for a cold glass of chocolate milk - not that crap
they sell in the store that has all the disgusting thickeners in
it.

Is there an easy way to make it from just cocoa and sugar? My
experience with powdered cocoa and iced coffee tells me that cocoa
doesn't dissolve in cold liquids. Just heat the milk first? (but
then I have to wait for it to get cold again...)

-sw

Easier than cocoa powder and sugar is some form of chocolate syrup. Fox's
U-Bet or even Hershey's, whished rapidly into cold milk makes a pretty
acceptable drink.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.

Steve Wertz wrote:
: I got a craving for a cold glass of chocolate milk - not that crap
: they sell in the store that has all the disgusting thickeners in
: it.

: Is there an easy way to make it from just cocoa and sugar? My
: experience with powdered cocoa and iced coffee tells me that cocoa
: doesn't dissolve in cold liquids. Just heat the milk first? (but
: then I have to wait for it to get cold again...)

This may not really help you, but...
we recently switched from using cocoa to 99% using
unsweetened chocolate in making our 'chocolate sodas'. We
dissolve a one ounce block of chocolate [we're using
Scharffenberger] in about a cup of water by heating. You
would of course use milk. For us the one ounce block is
enough for a quart of 'soda'. Yes, there are a few flecks
of solid chocolate in the final drink, but we think that that
just makes it even more interesting. We cool the melted
chocolate-liquid mix under cold running water, which takes
just a few minutes.
--thelma
: -sw

When I used to make it this way, I also added some vanilla extract.
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"Reg" wrote in message
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Steve Wertz wrote:

I got a craving for a cold glass of chocolate milk - not that crap
they sell in the store that has all the disgusting thickeners in
it.

Is there an easy way to make it from just cocoa and sugar? My
experience with powdered cocoa and iced coffee tells me that cocoa
doesn't dissolve in cold liquids. Just heat the milk first? (but
then I have to wait for it to get cold again...)

Yep. Make some hot cocoa and cool it down.

1/2 C sugar
1/4 C cocoa
1/3 C hot water
4 C milk

Mix everything except milk. Bring to a boil, then simmer a minute or
two, whisking. Stir in milk, heat back up but don't boil.

--
Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

Sqwertz spurts:

I got a craving for a cold glass of chocolate milk - not that crap
they sell in the store that has all the disgusting thickeners in
it.

Is there an easy way to make it from just cocoa and sugar?

No, idiot, you need milk too. duh


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Steve Wertz wrote:

I got a craving for a cold glass of chocolate milk - not that crap
they sell in the store that has all the disgusting thickeners in
it.

It's easy enough to make good chocolate syrup. Just mix together
approximately one part cocoa powder with three parts sugar and three
parts water and a dash of salt. Bring it to a boil and boil it for a
minute, then add a bit of vanilla extract.


Is there an easy way to make it from just cocoa and sugar? My
experience with powdered cocoa and iced coffee tells me that cocoa
doesn't dissolve in cold liquids. Just heat the milk first? (but
then I have to wait for it to get cold again...)

Mix the cocoa powder and sugar together and then add a little bit of
milk to make a paste and gradually add more milk.

I solve my grandkids' cravings by blending Hershey's syrup into cold milk.

Dora

No One wrote:

When I used to make it this way, I also added some vanilla extract.

I did editorialize a bit

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Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

I have never seen or heard of chocolate milk made any other way than
with milk and chocolate syrup. Has that gone out of fashion?

On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 12:47:27 -0400, Margaret Suran
wrote:


I have never seen or heard of chocolate milk made any other way than
with milk and chocolate syrup. Has that gone out of fashion?

We've always used Nestles Quick, which is powdered.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Steve Wertz wrote:

I guess this is one of those things where I've forgotten the
old-fashioned methods.

Done in new way. You're on the cutting edge as usual!

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Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

cocoa
doesn't dissolve in cold liquids

Two options, at least:

(1) stir a large amount of cocoa into a small amount of milk (i.e., as with
cornstarch and to make gravy) until you have a thick paste. Then add the rest
of the milk.

or

(2) use a blender.

Neil

In article ,
lid says...
Thanks for the vanilla tip, whoever you are. I've been looking to
use up some fresh vanilla beans I got for $.50/ea. (And yes - I
already have some 'marinating' in some rum.

Stick one or two in your sugar cannister as well.
--
Donna
A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist hopes they are.

Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
I have never seen or heard of chocolate milk made any other way than
with milk and chocolate syrup. Has that gone out of fashion?

Chocolate milk, like 100,000 other recipes, was made at home from
ingredients before someone put it in a container and sold it as a
convenience food product.

Umm... anybody know how to make this stuff by Ragu?

Petey the Wonder Dog - - & sometime smart alec