Although I don't find it as refreshing as tea or coffee, there are some times when only a hot chocolate will do. Cold winter evenings, and soggy spring days for example. I have tried many instant chocolate drinks over the years and mostly I found them far too weak tasting. Then about 5 years ago, a friend made me the best hot choc I had ever tasted. When she told me it was a Tesco own brand product I was amazed! I bought some for myself the next day, and although I have tried other chocolates since, I haven't found one that comes close to this for good flavour. THE PRODUCT I am refering to the standard Tesco drinking chocolate powder rather ...  Read the complete review

---Why I Bought This--- I enjoy a chocolate drink and bought this to see if it was a fair alternative to Cadbury's Drinking Choclate which is much more expensive. --Packaging-- Tesco have now redesigned their carton from the red one in the pictures - it is now a dark purple carton with a steaming cup of chocolate drink on the front - it also has a purple lid - I wonder who they are trying to imitate?? Making their packaging the same size and colour as the traditional Cadbury's Chocolate - only the Cadbury's one does not have a cup on the front - just a swirl of chocolate. However I believe Cadbury also used to have a cup on ...  Read the complete review

As many of you will know from my previous reviews, I am a self confessed chocoholic. So for me during the cold winter months, theres nothing better than curling up with a lovely warm mug of hot chocolate. I don't believe in spending a fortune on these sorts of products so I recently brought the Tescos own brand to see how it fared against others I had tried in the past. For the price of £1.46, you get a 500g tub of chocolate powder. When you remove the plastic lid and the foil freshness lid, the chocolate smell instantly hits you, which made me think that this product bodes well as the chocolate smell was quite strong, which indicated the ...  Read the complete review