I finished my tin of 'Choc-plus', having discovered that the easiest way of using it was simply to add a single teaspoonful to bog-standard supermarket own-brand 'just add hot water' instant chocolate and pour a little boiling water over the mixture until this smaller quantity had dissolved, before topping up the mug ( Read more... )

Deeply unimpressed with the Oxfam Fairtrade 'Choc-plus' best-ever Belgian drinking chocolate that I was given for Christmas -- basically, it consists of hard little chocolate chips that can only be induced to melt with the greatest reluctance, and which then congeal on the bottom of the cup at the slightest excuse. Oh, and contrary to the legend ( Read more... )