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Chocolate or Cocoa

A chocolate milk beverage made with chocolate, sugar, water, milk, and optional whipped cream.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,404 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Chocolate or Cocoa

12 cups

Ingredients

Directions

Make the chocolate base

  1. Mix together 1 1/2 teaspoons sifted flour, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt.

  2. Put 1/2 cup finely shaved chocolate (or cocoa) into a sauce pan.

  3. Add 1 quart boiling water; stir until dissolved.

  4. Add the flour, sugar, and salt mixture, and boil gently, stirring constantly for five minutes.

Finish and serve

  1. Stir in 1 quart boiling milk, and serve with or without whipped cream.

  2. This will make 12 cups.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

204Calories
1 gProtein
9 gFat
30 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Chocolate + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Flour (in the method)
Thickens the chocolate mixture slightly as it boils.
Chocolate
Provides the main chocolate flavor and body of the drink.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and balances the bitterness of the chocolate.
Milk (in the method)
Forms the creamy liquid base of the drink.

The step that matters

Boil gently while stirring constantly. The flour needs to be cooked through and kept from clumping or scorching on the bottom of the pan. Constant stirring and gentle heat keep the mixture smooth and prevent the flour from tasting raw.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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