We Made 40 Cups of Hot Chocolate 3 Different Ways to Find Out Which Method Is Best

Hot chocolate is a must for living your best hygge life, so we turned to Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa to help us get ready for the cozy season

Consumer Reports Home & Trends Writer, Jodhaira Rodriguez.

By Jodhaira Rodriguez
Home & Trends Writer

October 17, 2023

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a Nostalgia Retro Frother and Hot Chocolate Maker and Dispenser and a Nespresso Aeroccino 4 Milk Frother with two cups of hot chocolate — We used a Nostalgia Retro Hot Chocolate Maker (left) and a Nespresso Aeroccino 4 milk frother (right) to make hot chocolate; we also made hot cocoa using the traditional stovetop method.

When I’m in the mood for something warm on a cold day, hot chocolate is my drink of choice—especially if it’s snowing. Marshmallows, whipped cream, and cinnamon. That’s how I like mine, more dessert than drink really.

Usually, I prepare it in a pot on the stove. But I wondered, is there a better way to make hot chocolate? So we put the classic stovetop prep method to the test against the Nostalgia Retro Hot Chocolate Maker and the Nespresso Aeroccino 4 milk frother to find out if it was time for a change.

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Jodhaira Rodriguez

Jodhaira Rodriguez is a senior multimedia content creator at Consumer Reports. Before joining CR, she tested and wrote about cleaning and organizing products and major appliances like washing machines and dishwashers at Good Housekeeping. In her free time, you’ll find her reading, listening to true crime podcasts, or working on her latest hobby of the month.