So long as one leaves the Ghirardelli Peppermint Premium Hot Cocoa powder in its envelope, it ought to stay usable. This product contains soy lecithin and wheat, so one must assume it is not gluten-free. In other words, this product is not a nutritious food product. There are three and a half grams of saturated fat, but no trans fats! There is no cholesterol in the Peppermint Cocoa, a consumer gets 6% of their recommended daily allowance of sodium out of a single serving of this beverage! There is a little protein, but not enough to live off this. In each cup of Peppermint, there are 170 calories, forty-five of which are from fat. What is not a mystery is how high this product is in sugars. There is a milk derivative in this hot cocoa powder, so it is not Vegan compliant. The primary ingredients are sugar, creamer, and cocoa. Ghirardelli Peppermint premium hot cocoa mix is hot cocoa mix and therefore not the most nutritious thing in the world and the ingredients are almost indecipherable near the end of the ingredients list. The mint flavor is strong enough to clearly embody peppermint (not spearmint or any other mint), but not enough of a blast to overwhelm the chocolate flavor. There is no mint in the bouquet.Īs for the flavor, the initial taste is lightly chocolate – very sweet and milk chocolate flavored – but then it quickly opens up the nose and throat with a potent peppermint flavor. Oddly for a drink that does have a decent mint flavor, the scent is really only that of chocolate. The aroma of Ghirardelli's Peppermint hot cocoa is strongly of chocolate. Simply open the envelope, dump the powder in a cup and pour in 8 oz. There is no fuss with this hot beverage each packet is a single serving. of near-boiling water to make it into a hot beverage. The Ghirardelli Peppermint hot cocoa mix is exceptionally easy to make. For a single mug of cocoa, this is expensive when compared to other make-at-home products, especially when one factors in the additional cost of the milk. Each canister has about a dozen servings and these bear a relatively high price in the five dollar range. The Peppermint hot cocoa mix is part of the Ghirardelli premium hot cocoa line. ![]() In other words, the Ghirardelli Peppermint Hot Cocoa is good, but not (honestly) great and as one who truly loves mint, it is tough for me to not endorse this more enthusiastically. ![]() I was surprised to discover this was only the second Ghirardelli hot chocolate I had reviewed, after the Chocolate Mocha ( reviewed here!) she picked me up last year! She really does know me this cocoa was delightful, even if it was not truly extraordinary. This last trip, she picked me up some Ghirardelli Peppermint Hot Cocoa. In visiting my wife over this summer while she has been working over five hundred miles away, she has had a tendency to surprise me with little gifts for when I go home. The Basics: Ghirardelli Peppermint hot cocoa is pretty wonderful for anyone who likes a decent mint hot chocolate beverage! ![]() The Bad: Somewhat expensive, Environmental impact of the packaging
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