If you’re not interested in melting chocolate for each customer, then what you could do is simply make a larger batch and refrigerate it until you need it. All you do is melt chocolate and add milk, cream, or whatever liquid you intend to use, and then you cool it. Afterwards, all you need to do is heat it up, or you could serve it cold if you’d like. I have actually made a very large batch of “hot chocolate” on several occassions, then allowed the mixture to cool overnight. And throughout the following days, I found the flavor to have improved and intensified. You could always experiment with this to see how it works for you.

Besides, if you want my honest opinion, I am highly against pre-packaged mixes anyway, usually because the chocolatiness isn’t as strong as I’d like. Most often use cocoa powder, which as you know, does not produce a velvety and thick consistency, and others use pure chocolate. The latter, imo, is much better, but let’s face it, you’re buying solid chocolate that would be much cheaper if you bought it in couverture format from the outset. True, you might still have to grind it, but you can do this easily and effortlessly to a much finer ground that will melt more readily when heated. Just use a box grater.

hey that is so good, we used some dark chocolate I had in the kitchen and whole milk, delicious, creamy cholaty and yummy, now i wan to try making a big batch, what do you think about heating in the microwave for my customers?

sarab

true but we only have wee tiny kitchen area for the shop,no stove , a coffee machine and a kettle is all. Plus most of the time its just me serving everything so I have to zoom about multi-tasking all the time .Have a look at our website:www.creme-anglaise.fr
if you want an idea of how we look. We sell paint and homey things mostly.
what do you think about adding cinnamon and stuff like that, would it be popular?
the french sem to serve the hot chocolate in ordinary cafes pretty naff, weak , not hot enough and too sweet, I want to tempt them with somthing much better, i think we are on the way to that already, with your help

sarab

Hi Sara,
You said you had a coffee machine? Does it have a steam wand for doing hot milk for coffee drinks? If it does, you may be able to use that.

Patrick Sikes
P.S. I Love You Fine Chocolates
http://www.psiloveyouchocolates.com

they sound yum but I havent seen them here. No the coffee machine has a tube through which the hot frothed milk passes and the hot water tube is slow and not very hot to be honest
Today is the first day since joining this discussion that the shop will be open so i will do some customer research … if I get any customers . Its a very small town and in winter we do only a little trade.

sarab