Hot chocolate stations

Whats a hot chocolate station??

I do have multi drink maker, Tassimo, it does several different pod drinks- ive not used it for months though..I really must dig it out from back of kitchen worktops & give it a good clean through..Probably have to discard all the drinks pods they must be out of date by now & they aren't cheap either.??

I have also read on mumsnet.
I think its started as an Instagram thing ?.
Basically it's drink chocolate, toppings such as mallows , spinkles etc plus bottles of flavoured syrups all set out in specific area of kitchen to help yourself .
If your very posh the hot chocolate can be made in a velvetiser or in an aldis knock off
My hot chocolates kept in the kitchen cupboard.

Do you mean the velvetiser things I have seen advertised? With weird chocolate flavours? I don’t understand why people can’t just put choc powder into hot milk either. Yet another must-have to clutter up the work surfaces and be binned before long!

I'd have the backside the size of a small country if I had a hot chocolate station (presuming I have the right end of the stick and it's somewhere you can have access to instant hot chocolate and not a train station that has little taps that hot chocolate is contained within the walls

Beswitched

I've just read about these on mumsnet.
Never even knew they were a thing.
What happened to just keeping a tin of drinking chocolate powder in the cupboard and whisking it into a pan of hot milk when the mood takes you?

Or even a jar of instant hot chocolate!

But I have to admit, those are a far cry from a 'proper' hot chocolate which I sometimes treat myself to when out.

Now they've plugged the hole in the market for proper coffee at home, I suppose it was only a matter of time before they did the same with chocolate drinks.
I don't know how people manage to cram all these must-have machines into their kitchens, though!

It seems to be an actual station that you set up in your kitchen or on a trolley with jars of different flavoured chocolate, marshmallows, ginger bread men, colourful straws, glass mugs etc etc

Good grief!!!

With the addition of whipped chocolate cream on top delicious!

It's just a fad thing, and encourages yet more buying behaviour.
Who needs a "station"?

I've got enough clutter in the bl**dy kitchen without adding more. Plus, I don't want anyone drizzling chocolate syrup and scattering sprinkles everywhere.

Everything seems to be a big event now, involving buying loads of dedicated stuff - even making something that used to be just a hot drink at bed time.
I though buying marshmallows to sprinkle on the youngsters' drinking chocolate was fancying things up

You shouldn't drink hot chocolate at bed time as it makes you wet the bed

If I had to drink one if those huge hot chocolates with whipped cream marshmallows etc I would be ????

JaneJudge

You shouldn't drink hot chocolate at bed time as it makes you wet the bed

So do dandelions

I am going to have to get rid of the dandelion station I have on the landing, I had no idea

I had a hot chocolate at the Birmingham Christmas Market a few years ago. It was heavenly and I've been tempted to go back (hundreds of miles) to get another. Doesn't seem very environmentally friendly to do it.

Yes when my mother was small they were known as 'wet the beds'

Ah quote fáil. I was talking about dandelions

JaneJudge

You shouldn't drink hot chocolate at bed time as it makes you wet the bed

no it does not

JaneJudge

I am going to have to get rid of the dandelion station I have on the landing, I had no idea

??

Another gadget to clean? No thanks! I make hot chocolate for the kids in the Nutribullet, just cocoa and almond milk. Cold it's a milkshake or warm on the hob - it's very 'velvety'. They don't expect (or get) marshmallows or cream here, either. I try to avoid unhealthy stuff.

Beswitched

Yes when my mother was small they were known as 'wet the beds'

Indeed. Pissenlits in French I believe

D1 had a velvetiser until her cleaner washed it up.
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