Alternative to cup of tea = hot chocolate with whipped cream

Good choice Serendipity I like a woman who has her priorities right.

CanadianGran 1st class idea .
I actually bought myself bottle of Baileys yesterday hahahaha, i was jaded at the fact i stood in front of 1,000000000 bottle of shampoo absolutely flummoxed at which to buy that i thought *bugger it, im getting a bottle of Baileys hahaha SO I DID....

Oops ………wrong thread.

Well I’m still in Crewe, lovely fireman took me home to dry out, all his house needed was a wood burning stove……might stay until Spring.
Hope the party went/is going well.

I love a nice strong coffee with squirty cream, and grandson likes hot choc with it.

I have purchased a carton of long life milk ( use by June )

I am so cross with myself for getting into that pickle BUT lessons have been learnt.... well, the word cross is a bit strong, ive been on this planet long enough to realise a back up is the perfect solution...
Grrrrrrrr.

I've always kept a couple of small tins of evap in the cupboard " just in case ".

Ooooo flippin heck JackyB ...A BLOW TORCH ! hahaha ( im joking, i know what you mean )

Yeah, go for it why not !

( thats a hot chocolate not a coffee and there is no blow torch sorrrry.

I have taken to allowing myself a hot chocolate a about 5.30 in the afternoon, especially if we have been out for a walk. I found some mini marshmallows in the supermarket and now I'm thinking of getting one of those mini blow torches to toast the marshmallows. Amazing how these ideas blossom and grow into huge, expensive, indulgent projects.

Oooh yummy. Hot chocolate, squirty cream, and marshmallows on top is a firm favourite with my daughter, grandchildren and myself!
Speaking of bunged up arteries/cholesterol, tho, yesterday I found out I have an underactive thyroid (great, fantastic, more flipping pills and regular blood tests blah, blah, blah) BUT my cholesterol is just 5.2 and that may be because of the thyroid and the fact I already have Barratts Oesophagus and wotnot!
Years ago, my siblings told me to get mine checked as theirs was bad, and much to their absolute disgust, mine was fine!! ??

I’m a convert to oat milk in drinking chocolate as it produces a creamy and tasty drink. It’s especially good on cold days and a treat when I’m out. Other than that I’m not buying it for use at home as I don’t have drinking chocolate.

BoB is skimmed milk that tastes like semi skimmed it has a long used by date and comes in 4 pint bottles. Asda usually runs out of it quite quickly so I buy 8 pints and it last for ages.

I love hot chocolate and have gone off coffee for some reason.
But I'm back to 'sensible' eating now, after the indulgences at Christmas, so no cream or marshmallows on top for me now.
I don't run out of milk because I always keep several cartons of long life skimmed, in case I can't go out.

As ive said in my other thread ( hair products ) i have woken up to lots of help..... THANK YOU....

I dont know whats wrong with me because i have a lemon so could have had hot water with slice lemon in it, tut, tut honestly !!!!!

Anyway, as i said before ....lessons have been learnt ( at my age they should have been LEARNT before .... im not a teenager for goodness sake haha )

What is BoB?

I always have a tin of skimmed evap milk in the cupboard always handy for tea or coffee if no milk. But I always buy BoB which last for ages and tastes nice.

Now I love chocolate in all forms other than drinking chocolate and seeing marshmallows on it makes me quite nauseous. So it's green tea with lemon for me first thing then a cafeteria of strong black coffee for breakfast. So healthy flush the kidneys then a big unhealthy burst of caffeine. We only have long life skimmed milk DH prefers it and I rarely use it.

Lemon tea, mint tea, lemon and ginger tea , green tea, jasmine tea , any number of herbal teas - all delicious, healthy, zero calories , and require no milk of any description.

I have instant lemon tea as an alternative.

Camomile tea. Doesn't need milk.
Drinking chocolate is a milky drink to me. Not the same made with water.

PamelaJ1

How do you make hot chocolate without milk?

Easy just add hot water. I like strong tasting drinks.
I have to wait an hour after I take my medicine in the morning, as soon as the time is up a big mug of black coffee, followed by a second.

How do you make hot chocolate without milk?

Been a Rooïbosch fan for a longtime- yes Earl grey mix is great, got a vanilla one too. We have a Christmas spice one once I loved, but just can't find it anymore.

Same here Kali2.
Good to see another Rooïbosch drinker. Found an Earl Grey one last year. TickTock.

Only exception I make is a strong black coffee but leave a good gap at the top for a hefty Baileys.

Failing any dairy around, a splash of irish cream liqueur is good back up.