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Let Them Drink Chocolate 
  
Italian style drinking chocolate is NOT to be confused with hot cocoa. Drinking chocolate is thick as soft pudding and not too sweet. Served in cafe's and bars throughout Italy as cioccolata calda (hot chocolate), it is frothy yet dense with a deep chocolate flavor. Often served con panna, with whipped cream, it is meant to be sipped and savored.
 
Significantly known to raise my endorphin levels and put me in a very happy place, I like it with Noccioli Hazelnut Biscotti  from CosituttiMarketPlace. Pair the two with a set of espresso style cups or heat tempered glasses for a unique Holiday gift for the chocolate lover on your list.  
 
Cocoa vs Hot Chocolate
 
the difference between 
 
Italian style hot chocolate is made directly from ground chocolate blended with milk or cream. It is also known as "drinking chocolate" or cioccolata densa in Italy. Because the chocolate used to make Italian style hot chocolate contains cocoa butter, Italian style hot chocolate is thicker and richer than cocoa. 
 
 
 
 
 
Venchi Italian Style Drinking Chocolate
 
now available at CosituttiMarketPlace  
 
 
 
 
Serious About Your Hot Chocolate
 
You can make Italian style drinking chocolate on the stove top by slowly stirring the chocolate into the measured amount of milk or you can invest in a European style Hot Chocolate maker.
 
Bialetti , best known for the iconic Moka pot, the Italian version of the stove top coffee brewer, also sells a Hot Chocolate maker that many people I know like to use to make Italian style drinking chocolate at home.
 
 
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