Hellie73

Okay I tried it, tried to embrace the kiwiness of milo but I just can't do it, it's just plain wrong, yuck! I even paid a small fortune from English shop for some instant and that didn't taste right either.
Have I been spoit by all the coffee shop hot chocolate, or is there a brand out there that can get me through the winter.

scrubbedexpat094

I get Cadbury's Hot Chocolate from Bramptins (or similar) & my parents occasionally send me some over

Bo-Jangles

Milo isn't pretending to be Hot Chocolate though is it? It's a malt drink like Ovaltine.

You can get Cadbury's Drinking Chocolate among others at any of the the supermarkets or just get good old fashioned cocoa.

thedtb

I've tried Milo, twice. I just don't get it. It's bloody awful.

When I buy Hot Chocolate for making at home, I buy one of any number of different brands available from our local Moor Wilson's.

Hellie73

I know it's like putting a square peg in a round hole, (chocolate and malt drinks) I was just looking for a nice warm winter drink alternative to having to make hot chocolate with milk or paying over $9 for a jar of instant.

Tray

Try Baking cocoa (fair frade) it's delicious..you just add sugar to taste

Trish M

I love Milo & it does taste just like Ovaltine

Charismatic

Bovril. Get something warm and meaty into you and stop being such pooftas.

Bev MK

Is it the same as the South African Milo? I quite like that as a hot drink when I've had it on hols there.

But at home I always make hot choc with cocoa powder rather than hot choc powder as I like it very chocolately and not very sweet so I find the pre-mixed Cadbury's etc too weak and too sugary.

lisamct

I just don't get the kiwi love of Milo, its vile. In one of the hospitals I worked in we had to lock it away as people (usually kids but not always) would just eat it out the tub with a spoon

'Luckily' its also made by Nestle and I don't eat Nestle products so its not a problem to avoid it.

phyns

I'm a kiwi and I don't like Milo. It's not chocolate though. We were force feed the crap at boarding school in NZ and I've not been able to touch it since.

Charismatic

Avoiding Nestle must be a real PITA since they are the worlds largest food company.

lisamct

Its pretty easy actually, been doing it for a long time mind and there's plenty of alternatives out there.

BEVS

Yuk and double yuk to both those & to Ovaltine or anything similar.

Charismatic

Difficult game, only a few of Nestle's products carry the word "Nestle" on the label.

I love a can of Coca Cola and Philadelphia cream cheese sandwich for lunch and no amount of guilt will take them from me. Also I don't like children so Nestle are doing me a massive favour.