Swiss Milk Indulgent Collection Dark Chocolate Sensation

Brand: Swiss Miss

Name: Indulgent Collection Dark Chocolate Sensation (my, what a mouthful!)

Tagline: Made with PREMIUM COCOA & fresh milk and Create the moment

Origin: USA

Servings: 8

Weight: 8 x 1.25oz (35g) envelope

Price: RM15

Availability: Cold Storage

Ingredients: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Nonfat Dry Milk, Less Than 2% Of: Natural Flavor, Carrageenan, Salt, Dipotassium Phosphate, Mono- And Diglycerides. Contains Milk.

Nutritional information: Calories 150kcal; Fat 3.5g; Total Carbohydrate 28g (Fibre 2g; Sugars 19g)

Instructions: Empty contents of envelope into a cup. Gradually stir 6oz (3/4 cup) hot (not boiling) milk or water.

Review:

• Taste: As usual, I made this 3 times - milk, milk+water and water. I found milk the most cloying and water a bit bland but I could actually taste hints of dark chocolate when made with a combination of milk and water. I would have preferred the dark chocolate flavour to be more pronounced, though. On a side note, I'm slightly worried with Swiss Milk normal line of hot cocoa because if the Indulgent Collection tagline is to be believed, the normal line is not made with real milk. Erk! 6.5/10
  


• Smoothness: Powdery, which was not surprising as it was hard to melt (refer below). Good foam. 2.5/5
  


• Meltiness: Hard to dissolve, even when stirred graaaduallllyyy. Cocoa specks were clearly visible on top. 1/5
  
  
  


• Thickness: Surprisingly feels full in the mouth, thanks to carrageenan (a thickening agent). Would have been better if the cocoa made it thick, though. 3.5/5
  


• Worthiness: Comes up to about RM1.90 per cup, if made with water. For the convenience, I suppose it's fair. 3.5/5


• Others: When you think of convenience, you think of Miss Swiss. It's also a good source of fibre, which is a pleasant surprise, as you wouldn't normally associate hot chocolate with fibre. Ingredients could be less scary, though. 3.5/5
  

Final score: 58.6%

In a nutshell: Buy it for the convenience. Then again, if that's the sole reason you're buying it, you're probably better off with the normal line of Swiss Miss hot cocoa. Or Cadbury.