I have been rereading a number of archived stories. In one of those stories, I read about fixing hot chocolate and in the next sentence the drink was called hot cocoa.
To me hot cocoa and hot chocolate are two different drinks. Is this a regional usage or is it just me.
I use both names for both; the kind you make from scratch, or the kind that comes in paper pouches... again, it might just be me...
For me, Chocolate Milk is made with milk and Hershey's chocolate syrup. Cocoa is made with Hershey's cocoa power. The flavor is different.
I suppose there are substitutes, but that is what I grew up with.
ah memories...as kids we made chocolate milk with milk and chocolate powder, and chocolate syrup was used on vanilla ice cream...ok ok I still do! :D
if we were out of chocolate syrup we made our own using chocolate powder and a little milk then poured the thick concoction over the ice cream...
SunSeeker
For me, Chocolate Milk is made with milk and Hershey's chocolate syrup.
In my experience, that kind of chocolate milk is made and served cold.
Growing up in Canada in the 60's/70's they were the one and the same...still are as far as I am concerned
SunSeeker
The main difference is ingredients: hot cocoa uses cocoa powder (low fat), making it thinner and sweeter with added sugar, while hot chocolate uses melted real chocolatehot chocolatehot cocoa uses cocoa powder (low fat), making it thinner and sweeter with added sugar, while hot chocolate uses melted real chocolate (with cocoa butter), making it richer, denser, and more bittersweet, often with a silkier texture. Hot cocoa is powder-based (cocoa + sugar/milk powder), while hot chocolate melts solid chocolate into liquid.
Google AI's opinion of the difference between Cocoa and Chocolate. I've cut and paste so those mistakes are Google's fault.
AJ
I think "Hot Cocoa" as a term has been around a lot longer than cocoa powder. My grandmother's collection had cook books from the mid-1800's that described making Hot Cocoa from scratch. Shaving chocolate off a bar of hard chocolate.
To me hot cocoa and hot chocolate are two different drinks. Is this a regional usage or is it just me.
I think they're pretty much interchangeable these days, but IIRC, hot cocoa was made with cocoa powder, milk/cream and sugar, while hot chocolate was made with melted chocolate and milk/cream (like thin ganache.)
How do cocoa and chocolate compare for theobromine content?
It depends on the amount of cocoa solids in the chocolate product and that depends on the manufacturers recipe.
https://www.whitakerschocolates.com/blogs/blog/how-much-theobromine-in-chocolate-dark-milk-and-white/