Customer Reviews

Schokinag Extreme Dark Chocolate - European Drinking Chocolate

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Once upon a time some friends of my sister's came to visit. Being thoughtful guests, they brought a gift -- a canister of "drinking chocolate" made by a now defunct company, and it made the best cocoa I have ever tasted. I'm sure my sister's friends had no idea what sort of frustration they were setting me up for, but when the canister was empty and I tried to secure more of that product I found that there was none to be had.

In the process of trying to find a product that was as good, I've sampled a half dozen or so brands of premium drinking chocolate, including ones from Schokinag (chocolate pieces and cocoa powder), Ghirardelli (besides their powdered cocoa products they also make a chocolate-pellet style drinking chocolate), Whole Foods (a house brand that's a mix of powder and chocolate shavings), Trader Joe's (a powder marketed as european-style "sipping chocolate") and several others.

I still haven't found anything quite as good as the product I've been trying to match (which, btw, was made by a company called "House of Brussels" and apparently sold at Costco of all places) but the Schokinag Extreme Dark comes closest and it does make a pretty good cup of chocolate. So far it's the best I'm currently able to find and I can recommend it without reservation.

Amazing chocolate flavor. The depth of the chocolate in this "drinking chocolate" knows no bounds. It is rich, sweet yet refined. Unbelieveable good.

I love hot chocolate, nothing is better during the winter time than a cup of chocolate. I found the extreme dark chocolate good, but I did not realize that it is not the kind you can just add to water. All I have is what I call "fake milk" and it does not do this chocolate justice. Otherwise it was great!

I ordered Shocking Chocolate when I couldn't get my fave Bellagio (they won't ship to Hawaii for some reason) and I found it tasting okay but inevitably there would be a thick residue at the bottom of my mug no matter how energetically I stirred. Three stars

although i have not tried this, i have heard that it is pretty good; the best 'powder' form chocolate milk out there. just be careful to order it in winter, otherwise it will melt and arrive to you as a bulk of chocolate.