Cafe Escapes Milk Chocolate Hot Cocoa Keurig K-Cups, 16 Count

As is it's pretty good, with some help it's amazing, but best available for Keurig
I'm a confirmed hot chocolate snob and yes, I admit I only really wanted a Keurig to make a really quick, banging cup of hot chocolate (and maybe not be on a first name basis with every employee at Dunkin Donuts). In fact, I don't even drink coffee, so the quest for the perfect hot chocolate for the Keurig is not one I take lightly.

Of the brands of hot chocolate I've tried that are made specifically for the Keurig, this one is the best.

I tried a couple of brews before I reviewed this... So here's the conclusion that I've come to:

I have a Keurig Special Edition B60 brewer, and the first brew I did as was suggested by the maker (shake the K-Cup before brewing, brew on 8oz setting). Of course my brewer doesn't have 8oz, so I brewed at 7.25oz, the "middle button." The result was a watery cup of hot chocolate with a fair amount of chocolate flavor, but still a little too watered down for me. The color was really good, rich, dark, and even had some...

Sweetened with Sucralose
I recently purchased this item and tried my first cup last evening. A bit of an aftertaste sent me searching for the ingredients list, which is not on the individual cup but is on the original packaging. Sucralose is hiding in the ingredients, which, while not a big deal, is not a taste I enjoy. Prospective buyers should be aware of the presence of an artificial sweetener, which is not advertised or noted in any way in the product description on Amazon. (The manufacturer website notes that both natural and artificial sweeteners are used.) It's certainly something I'll be checking before making future purchases of this type of item. Overall flavor (except for the sweetener issue) is acceptable but don't look for rich, creamy body with this beverage.

Odd Taste
As soon as I tasted this, I immediately noticed the odd taste. Of course the culprit was the added sucralose, which is a chemical derived from chlorine. Why they need to add this to a product that already contains sugar, I will never know. I noticed the kids also were leaving their cocoa almost untouched. It is just as easy to dump an envelope of Swiss Miss into a cup and add hot water from your Keurig Brewer, and you'll have a much better (and cheaper) cup of cocoa!

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