I sleep like a baby after a hot one! (Horlicks Malted Milk Drink)

Member Name: leanne8686

Product:	Horlicks Malted Milk Drink
Date:	26/05/09 (107 review reads)
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I LOVE hot drinks, especially when we finally get sat down around 9pm to relax after doing all the boring chores! I tend to avoid caffeinated drinks as they really keep me awake if I have them after 8pm so a mug of horlicks is a perfect option.

Horlicks comes in jars or tubs, the one I have is a cylinder tub with plastic pop-off lid. It's 200g and has the RRP of £1.29 printed across the packaging.
The tub is dark blue and looks relaxing before you even have a sip of the drink!
Its a pic of a night sky complete with stars, clouds and a crescent moon that looks to be dozing away.
Mine is the original version (there are also light or chocolate versions) and this is also clearly written on the tub.

Horlicks
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Horlicks is a malt drink which has been around for ages. It's a tasty alternative to hot chocolate for a bedtime drink.
According to the blurb on the back "Horlicks is the natural choice" It is caffeine free and contains no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives.

"Unwind for a good nights sleep".

The taste test
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I have drunk many a mug of Horlicks since I was a little girl and to me the taste hasn't changed a bit, unlike so many other succesful brands they obviously haven't messed around with the recipe and realised that original is indeed the best.

It is made mainly from wheat flour and 25% malted barley. This doesn't give much indication to how its going to taste I know but i'm getting there.

You make it by adding 4 heaped teaspoons to a mug of hot milk (I warm mine in the microwave for around 1min 40sec) and stir it in well, theres nothing worse than getting a mouthful of soggy powder in your last mouthful!

So the taste.....
It's quite a mild flavour, mostly creamy and to me slightly of vanilla but not at all sickly sweet.
It's probably a love it or hate it drink, i'm sure most people have tried it as it really has been around forever but if you haven't its worth a go.
If you don't stir it well enough or let it cool down a bit too much it can go
powdery so best to stir vigorously and drink it while its lovely and hot.

As you use quite a lot (4 teaspoons per drink as I said) a small tub doesn't last very long but it's not too expensive. A big jar, 800g costs around £3.50 and probably gives you around 30 mugfuls.


It really does relax you too as it claims, I sleep soundly after I have a mug. I always have some when I have a cold as I have problems dozing off when i'm all stuffed up and it works better than sleeping tablets and its all natural!

The only downside is as the drink is made with milk its much more calorific than most night-time hot chocolates or ovaltine with 183 calories per mug and 4.3g of fat.


As my last note I had to add the packaging includes a little fact about dreams too "In some cultures, people believe that if you have the same dream three times it becomes reality" so dream on people!

Summary: A relaxing classic hot drink!