Top 8 hot chocolates put to the taste test

For this survey, we looked for the makings of hot chocolate drinks that have a simple list of ingredients, ideally low sugar, while tasting delicious.

WHILE Christmas is behind us, the chilly days are not. A refreshing cobweb-blowing walk with the prospect of a steaming cup of hot chocolate afterwards will set us up for 2021.

The good news is there’s good stuff in hot chocolate. Chocolate contains protein and, when twinned with warm milk, which has its own protein and mineral content, we get a nutritious drink that should sustain us to our next meal.