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
. ..
> 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

Hark! I heard Margaret Suran > say:

> 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?

I still do it that way, Margaret -- learned it from my dad. He
loves chocolate milk; my stepmother has to buy Hershey's syrup at
Costco to keep him in supply... :-)


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~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
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"No One" > wrote in message
...
> When I used to make it this way, I also added some vanilla extract.
> -------------------------
> "Reg" > wrote in message
> . ..
> > 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

you may need just a pinch of salt in the water/cocoa/sugar syrup to really
bring out the chocolate flavor

I usually only use 2 oz of water when making the chocolate syrup base for
hot cocoa. Stir constantly.. the cocoa needs to cook a bit to lose "raw"
flavor. Sort of the same concept in cooking roux (flour and fat used to
thicken sauces/soups)