Totally Off Topic: Peppermint Hot Chocolate
 

I've been getting a lot of peppermint hot chocolate's from McDonald's. At $2.65 for a medium, I started thinking I'm getting ripped off, but I didn't have an alternative. So I've been trying out different things. Cocoa mix + peppermint flavoring (from baking aisle) was gross, candy canes & peppermint discs only dissolve partially. My husband has been hearing all about this b/c I have a sore throat and I want something hot that tastes good.

So he was at Walgreens today for something unrelated and saw these peppermint candies they are called "Peppermint Soft Puffs, Lighter than Air". The brand is "Nice!" The bag was 99 cents and there's about 30 in there. Success! Put 1 packet Swiss Miss milk chocolate cocoa mix + 2 of these candies in your mug. Add 6 oz. hot water and voila! I'm sure people much smarter than me have figured this out a long time ago, but I wanted to share just in case. Because sometimes it's the little things that can add happiness to our day. I even put 2 of these candies in a cup of decaf coffee today and oooh that was good, too. :Heart:

Anybody want to share their favorite this time of the year treat?

Oh that sounds good and much more affordable over the mcdonalds!

I love lindt dark chocolate truffles, with the creamy inside that melts in your mouth! yum! only 5 carbs for one ball. Have to get the blue wrapper ones, dark chocolate! sorry they are wonderful!
bizi

These foods sound...yummy...! BF:hug::hug::hug:

Dear Butterfly,

It is good to find something that works. :yahoo:

I hope that your sore throat gets better.


Mari

peppermint cocoa
 

thank you for this I love peppermint cocoa and this sound like it would be grate going to try some tonight if I can get David to go to store for me.
I love chocolate coverd cherrys,mmmm,I think I just gain 2 lbs.just thinking about them:hug:

[QUOTE=butterfly11;939101]I've been getting a lot of peppermint hot chocolate's from McDonald's. At $2.65 for a medium, I started thinking I'm getting ripped off, but I didn't have an alternative. So I've been trying out different things. Cocoa mix + peppermint flavoring (from baking aisle) was gross, candy canes & peppermint discs only dissolve partially. My husband has been hearing all about this b/c I have a sore throat and I want something hot that tastes good.

This time of year grocery store sells peppermint ice cream I thinks its EDY's brand --put one scoop in a mug and in a seperate mug make your hot chocolate and then pour it into mug with ice cream ...top with whip cream its the bomb!! I have a big sweet tooth--lol!!

WOW cool!
Edy's Ice cream would work with wonderfully.

M

Hot cocoa
 

[QUOTE=mg neck prob;939278]that sounds grate too,if I try them all man I'm going to gain so much whight:hug:

I forgot about chocolate covered cherries MMMM..... :Heart:

[QUOTE=mg neck prob;939278]That is ingenious!!! :Heart:

[QUOTE=butterfly11;939548]Thanks (lol) did y try it yet? ---after reading this post saturday I went to grocery store I bought the ice cream , and choc cherries ...still no regrets:winky:

[QUOTE=mg neck prob;940535]Not yet. I've been under the weather and haven't gotten around to it, but I plan on it! Sounds great! I love me some mint. :Heart:

Are you feeling better, or is your cold/flu cough still lingering?
feel better soon.
((((((HUGS)))))
bizi

I'm all better. I have a slight post-nasal drip still but it's hardly anything. No more coughing. My voice is back to normal. YAY! :Heart: I'm still drinking peppermint hot chocolate every day and have nothing to blame it on now. :Heart:

glad to hear that you are better!
have a great weekend! and merry christmas to you too.
bizi:hug:

At Walgreens tonight I bought chocolate cherries just because of this thread! mg neck prob - I looked for some peppermint ice cream but they didn't have any. I'm going to keep looking. A larger grocery store may have some. :Heart:

hey Butterfly... Butterflies are free
 

so glad you're feelin better finally Butterfly!!!! :yahoo: :):) :trampoline:

Ohhhhh c'monnnnn....... you can:

blame it on the general festive spirit of the season
blame it on Christmas
blame it on New Years
blame it on Yuletide
blame it on winter
blame it on "jez coz you can"

and really, who needs to blame it on anything anyway!!!! :D:D:D

ENJOY!!! :Heart:

~ waves ~ who just handed over to my parents the bar and a half that was left of my STACK (what was left of it)of maxi-size bars of extra-dark chocolate with hazelnuts, because i could not stop myself eating it .... constantly... LOL... so just ehh, be moderate, if you can. :D

Thank you waves! You like dark chocolate, too? I've been drinking the Nestle Dark Chocolate hot chocolate mix packets. Those candy bars sound good. If I had those I'd probably need to hand them over, too. :)

better
 

I'm so glad to hear that you are feeling better,I keep trying to think of an excuse for all the chocolite mint too if you come up with a good one let me know,have a good evening:hug:

fresh breath? ha! :Heart:

I heard Brian Williams report on the NBC news a couple of months ago that a little chocolate in moderation is good for you.

Last night I had chocolate Klondike bars.(Chocolate inside,and out)It was yummy. I had some peppermint candy too. I was on the edge of having to much. I've been given a Christmas Basket,and candy canes are sticking out of it. BF:hug::hug::hug:

Blam
 

thanks for the excuse sounds good to me,have a good one:hug::hug:

Mmmmm sounds good. I love candy canes! Mint tastes so festive to me. :Heart:

Mint,and pepper mints are so good. I love the flavor of them. BF:hug::hug::hug:

york patties are very good, but klondike bars are my favorite!

The small york patties are good frozen . . or so I've heard. :cool:

oooh - girl scout thin mint cookies :Heart:

After Eight Chocolate Thin Mints!
 

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www.aftereight.co.uk

A thin layer of potent Peppermint creme ...
... delicately enveloped in Dark Chocolate.

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:D ~ waves ~ :D

did you say *dark* chocolate? my mouth is watering! :Heart:

lindor dark chocolate truffles are my favorite!
yummmy!
bizI

Yes, it doesn't say dark chocolate on the package... but it actually is. makes them particularly delectable. on some of the boxes it did not look dark. made me wonder if they had changed the formula - that would be a shame. i was afraid the quality would change when i started noticing the Nestle logo on them - Nestle bought them out. But then i found out it had happened years before, i just was to young to be aware of such things.

anyway, i had After Eights maybe 2-3 years ago and they still had dark chocolate then. i'd normally buy them for Christmas but it slipped my mind. and frankly the way everything is going, i'm not going to rush out and buy anything else.

Perhaps i will buy some for Easter... and i will update you on the dark chocolateness.

of course, after staring at all images and talking about them now i have a real hankering, LOL! :D so, who knows, i might get some before. i could scarf them away and eat one a day.

hmmm... we'll see. i have to go to the store tomorrow... eeps.

~ waves ~

peppermint
 

I love Yorks peppermint pattys and they are fantastic frozen regaurdless of size mmmmmm:rolleyes:

I saw a box of junior mints at the Dollar Store recently and I thought hmmph, I wonder how those would taste in the freezer? I resisted but may get them next time. I love minty things but had never thought of putting them in the freezer until this thread. Sounds very refreshing! :Heart:

Yes....there in my house everyday for last 20yrs .

My brother wife made brownies with Andes mints in them for xmas it was the bomb!! She actually shoved one in my mouth walking in the door just to make me happy.I dont know how Im slim because I have the worlds biggest sweet tooth . This thread is so unfair all I had was coffee today and a bannana. lol

we keep most of our chocolate int he freezer....love it, candy bars too.
of and thin mints from girl scout cookies yummy!:D
bizi

I bought a York Peppermint Patty to put in the freezer.
'Promise to report on the results.

M

My review of the frozen York Peppermint Patty!
 

Hi,

I enjoyed the minty-ness and the texture of the Pattie (chocolate nice and "crisp) but I missed the chocolate flavor
The flavor of chocolate is dulled in the freezer.

Hubby and I have an ongoing dispute about
choc in the fridge
VS
choc at room temperature

Cold chocolate almost has no taste. If he offers me some of his that is cold, I say no thank you.
'Hard to believe I turn down chocolate but that is true.


M

frozen/refrigerated chocolate
 

this is exactly the problem i have with frozen York patties. I've never even tried freezing an After-Eight for the same reason.

Some (but not all) frozen desserts are specially made with chocolate having a different formulation that keeps it "healthy," I've noticed. For instance, i have had some chocolate chip icecream with chocolate bits that were as-though-not-frozen, and others where the chips tasted like soluble plastic! I loooove mint chocolate chip icecream, but this is one of my problems with it... you never know what you're gonna get! ;)

yep. i won't eat regular chocolate if it's been refrigerated... this is troublesome in summer when it's hot enough here that chocolate melts. i've never tried keeping it in my med-reserve drawer. that is sheltered enough it may remain cool enough. i'll have to remember next summer.

i heard that the chocolate spread "Nutella" actually is made in two formulations - a winter one and a summer one! i don't know if it is true, i have no official source of confirmation. but i thought it was interesting, plausible, and smart.

~ waves ~

Frozen mint
 

I am sorry that you did not like the frozen yorks,and I love mint ice cream too

[My brothers love nutella ---im not a fan of hazelnut !! Mint choc chip is favorite 2