tbh I don't know which of your series I like the most, is it the 100 year old recipes, giant chocolates, debunking, or cake fails??? YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE THEM ALL EQUALLY
Yes I am shamelessly using the most popular comment so that Mrs Ann can she this I love your videos I love them ❤ 💕 ♥ I want to open a big bakery when I grow up I am super happy that the book is also on Amazon or my parents wouldn't get me the book
I do appreciate the extra effort of reproducing the labels for the chocolate as I noticed (after a quick search) that the labels have changed. I think I like the original. besides that, I think I might just make one now!
Seeing you drink a good hot chocolate against a dark background with some amazing lighting is the wholesome content we needed during this terrible week.
@@caseygreyson4178 I think the joke is that the UK and former British colonies call the dot a full stop while we in the US say period. I don't think they were trying to correct them, just making a joke.
I really liked the reproduction wrappers! Somehow, I never thought that "Baker's" referred to a Mr. Baker, owner of the company, or that "German" was also a person, rather than a type of chocolate developed in Germany. Baker's Chocolate has been around my whole life and I've been using it for about 60 years! This recipe is definitely one I am going to try, by the way. We usually keep our coffee pot full of hot water all winter and use hot chocolate mixes every day!
@@CharleneCTX i am from germany and I was upset at the german chocolate cake recipes for not being german in style, like at all - and now i feel like a complete idiot lmao.
"I really liked the reproduction wrappers!" Such assumptions. Maybe it was preserved in a vacuum-sealed chamber for 100 years. Maybe she has a time machine. You don't know!
I love when the same recipe pops up in different cultures but with their respective variations. This is basically how we make atole, we just use tablillas of Mexican chocolate that comes with cinnamon and sugar. It's a great drink for the cold.
Omg, Mexican hot chocolate is so. Stinking. Good. I live in America so I (obviously) don’t know what it’s actually called, or if there are other variants, but I do love it. What I know as Mexican hot chocolate is sweet and a little bit spicy, light in color and frothy. Actually, the recipe in this video does look quite a bit like it 🤔
@@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBroMexican chocolate hits different! We usually drink it with the cinnamon added to the chocolate bar. They are specially made for preparing hot chocolate. There's some evidence that in prehispanic times people added some kind of chilli, although today we like it sweet and cinnamony. It's also really traditional to prepare it with water instead of milk. And yes, the best chocolate is frothy 🤤
In an interview Roald Dahl talked about a special hot chocolate that would take ages to make and was thick, creamy and delicious that he would drink when he was a very young child. Not made with cocoa powder, this was a real hot chocolate! This beverage was the inspiration behind the Chocolate waterfall and river in the book 'Charlie and the chocolate Factory'. I wonder if it were this recipe here? As he was born in 1916 and this booklet was released in 1911, it would certainly fit the criteria 🤗
In Arab culture , we have a hot drink called "Sahlab" we make it with cornstarch, milk and sugar. It's very delicious. I love hot chocolate drinks, so I always add cornstarch to my milk before adding the chocolate. And guests are always asking me about the recipe. 😊 glad to know it is a great recipe.
I know the drink you're talking about it's called Salep in Turkish is supposed to be made with the powdered root of a particular orchid that grows in a lot of the Arab countries. The salep powder is super expensive though so your method of cornstarch and sugar to thicken the milk is a great substitute.
Wow this looked so amazing that I had to try it out! So I did aaaaaaand I failed horribly 😅 First problem I had where the measurements. Hot chocolate for 6 people seems a bit much for just myself, so I scaled the recipe down to 1/4 of its original measurements and converted everything in grams and milliliters and ended up with this: 250ml milk 15g chocolate (I used Lindt 70%, which in hindsight was probably too low) 1/4 Tbsp cornstarch (I measured 1 heaped Tbsp and it was 25g so I added 6g, which was the second mistake. After googling 1/4 Tbsp to grams it is more like 1.8g. So basically I’ve added wayyy to much cornstarch which led to clump city 🥲) 3/4 Tbsp sugar (probably unnecessary because my chocolate already had some in it) 1/2 Tbsp hot water My last mistake I think was that I boiled the milk on medium to high heat. Leading to a very burned pot that I had to scrub for like 10 minutes…. So if anyone finds my comment and ends up reading it: learn from my mistakes!
I don't know why, but the way you say the word "chocolate" just makes it sound so much nicer. Like a warm drink on a cold day. I need to try this recipe.
100% concur. I’ve never had Hot Chocolate (only cocoa, the powered drink). This looks and divine and aside from “long life” I would absolutely agree with all the claims the book made. When I experience something wonderful (food, music, or nature) it really does take your mind off troubles and focus on present experience. 🥰😇
Here's my conversion and Thermomix method! I loved this so much, will definitely make again. I used Whittaker's Dark Ghana, 72% cocoa solids, it looked like the one Ann used in the video. But I found it a bit too sweet so I think you could use darker chocolate or a bit less sugar. It really is very good, quite thick and rich (but not too rich) and surprisingly chocolatey for not having much chocolate in it! For 6 people 1L milk 60g dark chocolate (highest % cocoa solids you can find), chopped finely 1 tbsp cornstarch 3 tbsp caster sugar 2 tbsp hot water Method Mix together 100ml milk + cornstarch in a small bowl. Pour remainder of milk into a very large saucepan on low heat. When milk comes to boil, stir in cornstarch mixture. Cook for 10 minutes - this cooks the cornstarch and evaporates milk. Thermomix: Varoma, 20 mins, stir In a separate bowl, mix chocolate, sugar & hot water, microwaving to melt and combine. Stir chocolate mixture into milk - whisk until combined and frothy. Thermomix: Insert butterfly, speed 5, 15 secs
I just wanted to thank you, Dave and your kids for all the time, effort and care that y'all put into your channel and your videos. I know that it takes a LOT of hour and hard work to research, recreate, create and conduct your experiments, not to mention all the work of filming and editing your videos. I know I'm not alone in finding educational information and entertainment along with an escape from the stress of our current global situations, PLUS finding inspiration and hope from your videos. I seriously cannot Thank you enough. You save so many of us hours and hours of wasted time, frustration, and, probably, thousands of dollars of wasted money by making your videos. My daughter adores your Miniature cooking videos, and your channel gives us something we can do together and has strengthened our bond. We also find so many new ideas for baking and creating to do together, from your videos too!! Thank you.
This sounds so incredibly delicious. Before I watched the video I was feeling a bit skeptical/disinterested in yet another hot chocolate recipe, but by the end you presented it in such a way that I'm just completely sold on needing to try this. The mix of hearing your personal preference for it as well as the history behind the chocolate bars was what did it.
I remember every night in winter, when I was a kid, my grandmother making us all hot chocolate before going to bed. I haven't thought of it for many years but just the nostalgia of the chocolate wrappers took me back to those lovely nights sipping hot chocolate. Rest is Peace 'Tilla. We all loved you so much.
I think of my great-grandma every single day, but she'd always have me drink a cup of buttermilk before bed. Hated it as a kid, but love it now!! When I do that regularly, I never have heart burn or bowel issues. Wish I still had her here today because she was a wealth of knowledge about home remedies, and the buttermilk is the only one I remember.
Hot chocolate was my go-to drink while breastfeeding, so I totally believe that ad! I was having a hard time eating enough, so homemade hot chocolate with cream provided just enough fat and calories to keep me going.
You and me both Ann. I’m not a huge lover of coffee and can’t drink tea, so for me, nothing makes my day more worthwhile than a nice flavourful cup of hot chocolate. Thanks for putting a smile on my face, and a glowing sunbeam in my heart
Loved this video. I’ve been a huge fan since 2013 and over the years - through happy times and more difficult periods - Ann’s videos always make me feel so content. As well as providing absolute top shelf recipes to use. Here’s another one of those. Thank you Ann!!
Hey Ann, I've been watching your videos for like the last 3-4 years and trust me when I say that I've never been consistent with any other creater for that long. Your videos are just the best. Hope your channel keeps growing and you stay healthy 😊❤️
I love that painting so much. My grandma used to always have a small print of it in her living room. One day me and my grandma visited the original painting which hangs in Dresden, Germany. We were the only ones in front of her and one of the employees from the museum joined us and told us the story that the artist was in shortage of parchment paper. He had to use two separate papers and construct them together. You can actually see that in the painting. I love that memory.
Ann, this video is amazing! The set and it’s colours are incredibly made, and every shot is amazingly set. It’s also incredible how your able to keep the video engaging and informative, mixing history and, sometimes in other videos, food science. Or top of that, you make the effort of printing out the labels and getting that digital painting (who made that btw?), I wouldn’t be surprised if you put the milk in bags. Your channel is top notch, and the best baking one for sure. I’ve been watching you since I was 12 or so, and thanks to you I’ve learnt a bunch, like with the tempering chocolate video, in which you very effectively simplify how molecules break and combine in chocolate. In every single video there’s a whole lot of effort involved, and it’s very appreciated. Also, I know that this is not really about the channel, but on top of being intelligent, you are gorgeous! Thank you so much for the videos you make, you really are some of the best this platform has to offer.
Hey Ann, just wanna say I’m really loving your cook book, I’ve decided to use isolation time to improve my dessert making skills. You made a real gem of a book. 💎📖
Dear Ann, i can listen to you talk about absolutely anything, please never stop. You are so talented and charming, and you have the most wonderful voice. Seing a new video from you makes my entire day so much better.
Now this is health advice that I can get behind! 😁 Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe, Ann! We looking forward to seeing your videos each fortnight, and hope that you and your family are doing well.
I really adore watching these, specially the small "history" segments so to speak: the combination of food and cultural history just sits right with me. Gonna save this one to recipes to try.
honestly all your videos are my favourites but all the old recepies are probably my favourite. I love learning about all the history and seeing it come to life!!! Also at 0:09 Ann looks STUNNING a true queen
I made cheat-hot chocolate this way too, without using too much chocolate cuz it's expensive here 😂 I use cocoa powder, milk, honey and some Salep powder (a root which has properties like corn starch but will make things both thick and stretchy too), It's easy and tastes pretty much the same!
Thank you so much, Ann ❤ ! Finally, a recipe from the "hundred year old recipe" series that I can make with stuffs available at home! It looks beautiful 😍! Can't wait to try it ❤ !
this reminds me of the hot chocolate we used to make in the cafe i had an internship in. we would make it in single portions (there were adorable tiny pots for that) and there was more cornstarch in there than this one, so it was almost like a liquidy chocolate pudding. Obviously it was only on the stove for like a minute until the starch was cooked, because there's kind of a hurry when a customer is waiting for their chocolate lol
I think I’ll have to try this hot chocolate recipe. My favorite, so far, includes cinnamon and chile flakes, because I love the warmth and aroma those ingredients add to the chocolate, which I don’t like too sweet, either.
I love watching you recreate these old desserts. I bought your book when it came out and I'd love to see another one including old recipes that have become forgotten but taste amazing!
Ann, you've really outdone yourself with the quality of this video! The lighting, details, pacing, everything is just excellent. Besides that, it's also really interesting content! always happy to see your uploads :)
I can smell that book!!! Like as soon as she opened it it hit me bringing me back to my Grama showing me her old books that had been passed down! I love the nostalgic feeling!!!
This is so delightful. Ive been meaning to try and make hot chocolate on my own but knowing you made a video on it along with it being a ye old recipe, gives me some motivation to try it.
best thing to narrate my rainy evening. Thank you so much, Ann! It'd be cool if you played around with the classic Aztec idea of spicy hot chocolate, Xocolatl, in a future video!
Isn't Ann just such a beautiful person inside and out? That last shot of her drinking the hot chocolate and smiling was so lovely! I absolutely love the original, unique and insightful content you make Ann! Just brilliant ☺️ x
My mother has this amazing contraption which is a milk pot that you fit a sort of upside down funnel in. That makes it so you can cook milk in it for a really long time and it never spills, because the milk comes out the middle and goes back into the pot - we used to always call it the hot chocolate volcano when we were little. I can't wait to try this recipe! I can't believe you recreated the chocolate packaging, it looks so pretty. You mentioned the different colored packaging, and that's still true where I live! When you buy baking chocolate, the dark chocolate is ALWAYS a purple packaging, milk chocolate is red, and the white chocolate is some shade of yellow/beige. If you think about it, a lot of consumer goods follow those kinds of rules, it makes it so much easier for people to grab the right thing. Great video as always, Ann!
I love hot chocolate too! I hate coffee and I really only drink green tea, peppermint tea and chamomile with vanilla tea during my period because it helps me feel a little better (also my lactose intolerance goes way up during that week). Hot chocolate is always my go to drink. It is so hard to find a nice one 😭
I'm sure you'll be able to use dairy free milks for this which is good. I actually just buy lactose free milk- it works almost the same as regular milk
I am lactose intolerant and once a year I gift myself to a nice cup of bitter hot chocolate with NY cheesecake 😂 needless to say, last night after the gift what happened 😆😆😆
Finally, a fellow hot beverage hater! But this recipe looks so good, I might make an exception... (although I don't know if anything I make will turn out as well as Ann's version)
I absolutely adore the chocolate packaging and the little recipe book that used to come with it. Reminds me of my 80+ year old singer machine that came in great condition, including original books
Hot chocolate is my drink of choice, too! I wish "chocolate houses" were still a thing - sort of posh cafes to go and indulge in hot chocolates hehe. 😍🍫
We have some wonderful chocolate shops in Australia that do amazing hot chocolate. I'm feeling very guilty right now. My favourite is chilli hot chocolate.
Oh this is just absolutely delightful! I looove hot chocolate, I'm definitely gonna try this recipe! Could you share some more recipes from this book if they are any good? My sister recently borrowed an old german cookbook from 1892 and many of the recipes are still amazing even by modern standards! And it was really lovely to see you draw so beautifully as well, you truly are such a multi talent!!
I love those old cookbooks made by companies, they always feel so functionnal and accessible! Grew up with one of a sugar or flour brand and we always made the same couple cakes from it, they have such a nostalgia to them! I love thinking of people, decades ago, opening the same book as me to make the same thing.
Thank you Ann for this wonderful video. By far, this is my all-time favourite of yours! I can't imagine the amount of time this took. All the beautiful touches...I savoured every second! Showing us that beautiful old book, watching the painting of the girl come to life, the recreation of the old chocolate labels...talk about exquisite attention to detail! I loved that you read the full health properties paragraph and didn't rush through it. And the history behind the three types of chocolates - I love listening to those types of stories. And I thought the dark background for this really video worked. All this care, love and attention to bring us a 100-year-old recipe of my favourite drink. Please do more videos like this. It was 7 minutes of heaven.
I've actually seen this exact recipe claimed as an 'Italian Hot Chocolate' and that it's more like the consistancy of custard while remaining immensly thick and rich.
🙈 This is the best channel on RU-vid! Truly a cut above the rest, entertaining, educational, and inspirational to boot. Anne Reardon, thanks for being awesome. 💕
Looks so delicious! Love the 100-year-old-recipies-series and also missing the giant-chocolate-series~ Hope to see something giant again in the future! ^^
I love that you have shared this. I have 2 different reprints of this booklet, and neither of them have this exact recipe. One has a similar one but uses flour and 15 min of cook time. The other has 2 receipts for "plain chocolat" but not this rendition. I will have to try this out.
This looks fantastic! I'd love to try this out for myself, and to that end I have a question. I know you said to look for a chocolate with a high cocoa fats content, but I'm not quite sure how that translates (I don't often cook with chocolate, sorry I'm bad at this >_
@@HowToCookThat I think Mexican dark chocolate would work well in this recipe. It’s got a high fat content, but they also add cinnamon to it. So the chocolate has a sight cinnamon hint to it.
i love this video. from the camerawork, to the vintage chocolate packs, to the cozy chocolate powder? AH, it’s all a perfect parcel of what autumn is so me! ❤️
Ann these shots are magnificent! There's always so much work put into the setups and the editing, you are a true artist! P.S is there a lactose intolerant version of this 😅 it looks fantastic although my stomach felt a cramp just thinking about drinking it 😂
Hi Ann and Dave! I'm the crazy fan girl that said hi at the shops earlier today! You are even nicer than I thought you would be in person ❤ Another amazing video! 🤗
Best line “I’m gonna skip the pan and fire and just use the microwave …” Also, does the weather get cold in AUS to actually enjoy a hot chocolate ? I imagine this being consumed in the absolute scorching heat 🥵☕️🌴
Depends where you are. Further north in Australia is more tropical and humid so it doesn't get as cold. While the desert of central Australia does get scorching hot, especially summer daytimes, night times/early mornings are surprisingly cold, due to the dry air not keeping the heat in once the sun goes down. Further south, the winters are chilly, sometimes to the point of frost in the early morning. High elevations can get snow. The mountains in the south eastern states get plenty of snow in winter, and they have extensive skiing terrain. Obviously the seasons are the other way around than in the northern hemisphere. The cold is mostly in June/July/August. However, spring and autumn here are like a battle of alternating hot/cold periods rather than defined seasons of their own, so the cold weather also comes earlier and later than that.
I feel like there was a missed opportunity to dig into the "magic" claims on the health benefits of eating (dark) chocolate. I always enjoy when you explain scientifically what is going on in a recipe or a hack. It would have perfectly fit here as well!
I think the health claims being made here were probably to do with the milk, honestly- 'fortified milk drinks' i.e. drinks with milk and some added fats and sugars, usually things like milkshakes and hot chocolate, are often used in health care settings for people who are struggling to get enough calories (e.g. in elderly care) and need to keep/put on weight. I was recently reviewing our Dietetics team's information at work and honestly the paragraph from the book on all the health benefits kind of sounded familiar! 😅
@@tinywalnut6337I didn’t find it click-baitey. It is right there in the recipe! and that the chocolate company made those statements in a 100 year old free recipe book is very amusing. Also long before clicks were a thing😀
@@tinywalnut6337 I mean it’s kind of hard for her to debunk it without waiting 50+ years to die and seeing what age she is when she does. Of course if she dies of any unnatural causes then all that time is wasted.
I love this series (and pretty much everything else you do tbh). But I particularly love the history and your explanations. This recipe I think it one of my favorites of historical recipe videos because it seems reasonable to recreate at home safely, affordably, and without spending days.
This just seemed to have been perfect timining for me. It icky and yucky outside cold and energy sapping. Not to mention ive been on a hotchocolate kick so now i got to try it.
