Remarkably thin and smooth for a protein-fortified chocolate milk. All the flavors are congruent with what you'd expect; a nice surprise in its difference among its fortified peers, yet conformity to a chocolate milk paradigm.
All tagged 5.5
San Miguel Gold Label Chocolait
Tasty and dense— doesn't feel like the consistency of milk in the mouth, but isn’t off-putting. Has a more mature, malty and not too flashy flavor that beseeches further consumption.
Natrel Dark Chocolate Milk
Thinner, sweeter, and darker— but the chocolate tasted slightly less authentic to me than the Milk Chocolate version. Still, the fact that I didn’t have to chew it was a plus, giving it a slight edge over its lighter counterpart.
Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme Flavored Milk Shake
Tons of flavor, about as sweet as one could stomach, yet it still tastes pretty good. If you melted cookies ’n’ creme ice cream, strained out the solid bits, and thinned out the texture-- this is pretty much what you'd get. It’s not disappointing from that perspective.
Hy-Vee Chocolate 1% Lowfat Milk
A bit too sweet, but paired with decent chocolate flavor and slightly thinner texture nudges it just above average for me.
Lucerne Dairy Farms Extra Rich & Creamy Chocolate Fat Free Milk
A fat-free milk labelled ‘extra rich & creamy’ is strange, as a person would not select this item if they were looking for an indulgent experience. That said, it is pretty tasty for a skim chocolate milk— there’s perhaps a bit too much sweetness, but there’s salt in equal proportion that helps to balance it out. Lots more flavor that I expected.
Morinaga Cocoa Beverage (can)
Wow- the best concoction to have come from a vending machine and/or can! It’s super grainy, but that’s ok because the cocoa flavor is strong and feels authentic. I was happy to drink the whole can, which has not happened before.
Van Houten Cocoa
Mature, slightly sour cocoa flavor that manages to feel indulgent with less than 1g of fat per 100mL. It’s very rough on the tongue, but not too bad on the taste buds.
No Brand Good Milk Chocolate
Nicely drinkable with only a mild rummy-ness to the chocolate flavor which is otherwise fine.
Binggrae Kakao Friends Original Chocolate Milk (UHT)
Dark and salty—fortunately much more palatable than Marmite, but quite a unique combination going on here. The cocoa flavor is less mature than I would hope, and the thickness would benefit from being reined in a bit, but oddly, the package as a whole is fun while it lasts— which isn't long in a 180mL box.
Namyang Chocolate Milk
A touch on the bland side, but nothing feels unnatural. It’s silky smooth going down (akin to its UHT counterpart) and can hold its own amidst a field of sweeter and fattier offerings.
Seoul Chocolate Milk (UHT)
Pretty average in a lot of ways, though the salt quotient is dialed up a bit. It's well rounded and finishes clean.
Hai He Chocolate Milk
Silky smooth, easy to drink, and well proportioned. Not one facet stands above the others from a flavor standpoint— the most memorable thing is the packaging— a floppy breast-implant like bag.
Bright Dairy Chocolate Milk Beverage
A chocolate flavor reminiscent of Caotina that is unfortunately washed out. On its own, the watery-quality is noticeable but the product is still enjoyable. When tasted side-by-side with others, the flavor dilution seems more egregious. Still an above-average drink.
Enfagrow A-Plus 4 Chocolate Flavored
Salt and cream are very strong and overpower the sweetness and whatever cocoa flavor there is. Call me crazy, but it stands out from the over-sweetened and under-salted field of chocolate milk, and doesn’t have the dreaded ‘fortified’ mineral-y taste that you might expect.
Meiji Choco Malt
Sweetness dominates the experience, and the malt flavor certainly stands out above the chocolate. Nicely thin and very smooth, it was enjoyable but far from transcendent.
Simple Truth Organic Low Fat Chocolate Milk
Less sweetness enables a sourish note to come out. Chalky, and the flavor reminds me of when I used to eat the occasional dollop of paste as a child. I liked it then, and don’t hate it now.
Morning Fresh Farms 1% Lowfat Chocolate Milk
Fairly well proportioned, nothing stands out in particular but it works well enough together.
Nature's Touch Chocolate Milk
Cocoa flavor is a bit in the background, but the smooth and creamy flavor make up for it. Thickness much more warranted here than in the 1% version.
Castle Rock Organic Farms Cream Line Milk
Unable to mix the cream in (which was like butter) despite mixing and shaking until my arms gave out. What I could drink was nice, and I imagine it's great with the cream evenly distributed, but I couldn't achieve that without a blender (which I didn't have).