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Problem with making chocolate milk. Any ideas?
I have some cocoa powder, and when I mix it in milk, it ball up, even
after I mix thoroughly. Is there a way of making chocolate milk that avoids this? I was thinking of using a metal mesh strainer to make sure the cocoa powder could not ball up easily. Is this the best one can do? Thanks. |
Problem with making chocolate milk. Any ideas?
On Apr 20, 2:17 pm, wrote:
> I have some cocoa powder, and when I mix it in milk, it ball up, even > after I mix thoroughly. Is there a way of making chocolate milk that > avoids this? I was thinking of using a metal mesh strainer to make > sure the cocoa powder could not ball up easily. Is this the best one > can do? > > Thanks. Most people don't use cocoa for cold chocolate milk, but if you put your cocoa in your glass and add only a tablespoon or so of milk, you can mix that together and then add more milk. Cocoa is nearly impossible to mix into a liquid unless you use this method!! |
Problem with making chocolate milk. Any ideas?
merryb wrote:
> On Apr 20, 2:17 pm, wrote: >> I have some cocoa powder, and when I mix it in milk, it ball up, even >> after I mix thoroughly. Is there a way of making chocolate milk that >> avoids this? I was thinking of using a metal mesh strainer to make >> sure the cocoa powder could not ball up easily. Is this the best one >> can do? > Most people don't use cocoa for cold chocolate milk, but if you put > your cocoa in your glass and add only a tablespoon or so of milk, you > can mix that together and then add more milk. Cocoa is nearly > impossible to mix into a liquid unless you use this method!! Perhaps mixing the cocoa in a T. of boiling water first then adding the cold milk? |
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Problem with making chocolate milk. Any ideas?
On Apr 20, 5:27�pm, Goomba38 > wrote:
> merryb wrote: > > On Apr 20, 2:17 pm, wrote: > >> I have some cocoa powder, and when I mix it in milk, it ball up, even > >> after I mix thoroughly. *Is there a way of making chocolate milk that > >> avoids this? *I was thinking of using a metal mesh strainer to make > >> sure the cocoa powder could not ball up easily. *Is this the best one > >> can do? > > Most people don't use cocoa for cold chocolate milk, but if you put > > your cocoa in your glass and add only a tablespoon or so of milk, you > > can mix that together and then add more milk. Cocoa is nearly > > impossible to mix into a liquid unless you use this method!! > > Perhaps mixing the cocoa in a T. of boiling water first then adding the > cold milk? The lady wins a chocolate cee-gar! Chocolate milk is typically made by mixing milk with chocolate syrup. So if cocoa powder is first made into a paste by mixing with hot liquid it will more easily blend with cold milk.. but still it won't blend very well as the cocoa particles will only be suspended in the milk, encapsulated actually, therefore a good deal of the chocolate flavor will not be realized. It's much better to use the cocoa powder to make a chocolate syrup and then use that to make chocolate milk. CHOCOLATE SYRUP This syrup is delicious over ice cream or as a base for an intense hot chocolate (heat 1 cup milk with 1/3 cup syrup). Active time: 10 min Start to finish: 30 min 1 cup water 1/2 cup sugar 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, preferably Dutch-process 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla Bring water and sugar to a boil, whisking until sugar is dissolved. Whisk in cocoa and salt and simmer, whisking, until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla, then cool (syrup will continue to thicken as it cools). Makes about 1 1/2 cups. Gourmet The Last Touch February 2003 --- Sheldon |
Problem with making chocolate milk. Any ideas?
kilikini said...
> merryb wrote: >> On Apr 20, 2:17 pm, wrote: >>> I have some cocoa powder, and when I mix it in milk, it ball up, even >>> after I mix thoroughly. Is there a way of making chocolate milk that >>> avoids this? I was thinking of using a metal mesh strainer to make >>> sure the cocoa powder could not ball up easily. Is this the best one >>> can do? >>> >>> Thanks. >> >> Most people don't use cocoa for cold chocolate milk, but if you put >> your cocoa in your glass and add only a tablespoon or so of milk, you >> can mix that together and then add more milk. Cocoa is nearly >> impossible to mix into a liquid unless you use this method!! > > I agree. Almost make like a roux with the chocolate and milk and then > slowly add more milk while stirring. > > kili What, no Hershey's? Bosco? U-Bet? Nesquick? Or Ovaltine, even? And there's always Yoo-Hoo by the can or bottle. I think of cocoa powder as the bitter dark chocolate baking powder. Andy |
Problem with making chocolate milk. Any ideas?
merryb wrote:
> On Apr 20, 2:17 pm, wrote: >> I have some cocoa powder, and when I mix it in milk, it ball up, even >> after I mix thoroughly. Is there a way of making chocolate milk that >> avoids this? I was thinking of using a metal mesh strainer to make >> sure the cocoa powder could not ball up easily. Is this the best one >> can do? >> >> Thanks. > > Most people don't use cocoa for cold chocolate milk, but if you put > your cocoa in your glass and add only a tablespoon or so of milk, you > can mix that together and then add more milk. Cocoa is nearly > impossible to mix into a liquid unless you use this method!! I agree. Almost make like a roux with the chocolate and milk and then slowly add more milk while stirring. kili |
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Problem with making chocolate milk. Any ideas?
Andy wrote:
> jmcquown said... > >> try Ovaltine > > > JINX! don't forget that other stuff... malted milk |
Problem with making chocolate milk. Any ideas?
"jmcquown" wrote:
> Andy wrote: > > jmcquown said... > > >> try Ovaltine > > > JINX! > > don't forget that other stuff... malted milk Do you mean balls, as in WOPpers... or Horlicks, I love that word... nappy haired hor licks! hehe http://horlicks.com I know it's Whoppers, but... Sheldon |
Problem with making chocolate milk. Any ideas?
Sheldon wrote:
> "jmcquown" wrote: >> Andy wrote: >>> jmcquown said... >> >>>> try Ovaltine >> >>> JINX! >> >> don't forget that other stuff... malted milk > > Do you mean balls, as in WOPpers... or Horlicks, I love that word... > nappy haired hor licks! hehe > > http://horlicks.com > > I know it's Whoppers, but... > > Sheldon LOL no, just chocolate malted milk. I was a soda jerk once upon a time. You may dream about whatever you wish :) Great old movie on PBS right now, 'Marty'. Ernest Borgnine. Circa 1955 or thereabouts. Jill |
Problem with making chocolate milk. Any ideas?
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:08:25 -0500, "jmcquown"
> magnanimously proffered: >Sheldon wrote: >> "jmcquown" wrote: >>> Andy wrote: >>>> jmcquown said... >>> >>>>> try Ovaltine >>> >>>> JINX! >>> >>> don't forget that other stuff... malted milk >> >> Do you mean balls, as in WOPpers... or Horlicks, I love that word... >> nappy haired hor licks! hehe >> >> http://horlicks.com >> >> I know it's Whoppers, but... >> >> Sheldon > >LOL no, just chocolate malted milk. I was a soda jerk once upon a time. >You may dream about whatever you wish :) Great old movie on PBS right now, >'Marty'. Ernest Borgnine. Circa 1955 or thereabouts. > >Jill And in the summer I used to hang out at the corner drug store which had a soda bar. My favourites were a "Black Cow" (coca-cola and vanilla ice cream, and probably politically incorrect now) and a chocolate malted milkshake. Think I'll put a bottle of Horlicks on the shopping list for next week. Oh ... banana splits were right up there too. |
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Problem with making chocolate milk. Any ideas?
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Problem with making chocolate milk. Any ideas?
> wrote in message
oups.com... > I have some cocoa powder, and when I mix it in milk, it ball up, even > after I mix thoroughly. Is there a way of making chocolate milk that > avoids this? I was thinking of using a metal mesh strainer to make > sure the cocoa powder could not ball up easily. Is this the best one > can do? > Get a Mr. Coffee "Cocomotion" machine--making chocolate milk becomes as easy as making hot cocoa, pouring the hot cocoa into a heat-safe pitcher, and then putting the pitcher in the refrigerator until the hot cocoa has become cold. If the powder settles to the bottom of the pitcher after the hot cocoa has cooled to become chocolate milk, then only a light amount of stirring is necessary before pouring the chocolate milk into a glass, but the powder is never lumpy even if it does settle to the bottom. |
Problem with making chocolate milk. Any ideas?
> wrote in message roups.com... >> I have some cocoa powder, and when I mix it in milk, it ball up, even >> after I mix thoroughly. Is there a way of making chocolate milk that >> avoids this? I was thinking of using a metal mesh strainer to make >> sure the cocoa powder could not ball up easily. Is this the best one >> can do? >> You're using real cocoa powder instead of a chocolate mix? In either case, muddle your chocolate in a small amount of milk to make sure it combines and you've eliminated the lumps. Then add the rest of your milk. Plopping a gob of chocolate into a huge amount of milk is just asking for lumps. -- See return address to reply by email |
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