"Denise~*" > wrote in message
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>
> In my grocery store mexican food section, I found a nifty box of
> mexican chocolatev that caught my eye. It was I think I remember the
> box being octagon shaped & had a bunch of individually wrapped
> chocolate wafers inside that had little triangle shaped sections that
> you can break apart.
> On the box was instructions how to make chocolate milk, and the
> ingredients included Cinnamon. Being that it was about $5.00 I really
> did't want to buy it till I heard some opinions on the product. I'm
> sure there has GOT to be somebody who has tried this.
>
> I typically buy Carnation, Nesquik, or Swiss Miss.
>
> Right now my pantry sports Spenda laced Swiss Miss, as I'm watching
> the calories, but I thought getting a box of this chocolate could be
> an occasional treat. Would I be right, or would I be willfully
> disappointed.
>
>
> Denise, Brian & Wyatt (May 31, 02)


I'm guessing this is Ibarra? Where do you live? Around here I can buy it for
around $2.48, is why I ask.
It makes extremely yummy hot chocolate. You can use a chef's knife to
cut/break the triangles and use as many as you need depending on the number
of cups you want to make. 1 whole disk makes about 4 cups I think. If you
make it in a blender, it comes out quite frothy and yummy.
If they have it and it's less expensive where you are, you can buy Abuelita
from (I think) Nestle, which is very similar.
You wouldn't want to buy it as an eating chocolate, I don't think...though I
do like to nibble on the crumbs. It isn't smooth like a chocolate bar would
be, though.
You can use part skim milk and part evaporated skim milk to make it creamier
without added fat and calories. I make it with 1% and love it that way. It's
great because it doesn't raise my blood glucose the way the packaged cocoas
do, and the flavor is something I'm very partial to, being a big fan of
cinnamon.

kimberly