How to make the best Hot Chocolate

February 2, 2008 3:46 PM

Cold outside? Gray skies and icy rain? Seasonal affective disorder got you down? What you need is a nice frothy cup of Hot Chocolate.

Feeling better? Of course you are... here, have one more sip. There you go. All better?

posted by vronsky (23 comments total)

I believe in miracles... thanks!
posted by porn in the woods at 3:49 PM on February 2

Interview with Errol Brown.

sexy sims
posted by vronsky at 3:52 PM on February 2

Hot Chocolate + Peppermint Schnapps = Hot Chocolate++

mmm
posted by jpdoane at 3:55 PM on February 2

jpdoane, we call that magic cocoa at the tula residence. And it never fails to satisfy, sat-is-fy-y.
posted by tula at 4:12 PM on February 2

Also good w/ Hot Chocolate: Bailey's and/or Kahlua
posted by jpdoane at 4:24 PM on February 2

Oh? You wanna go there? Okay!
posted by Turtles all the way down at 4:28 PM on February 2

I tried Hot Chocolate and found it fraudulent.
posted by Pastabagel at 4:35 PM on February 2 [2 favorites]

As much as I loathe disco, this song works.
posted by bwg at 4:39 PM on February 2

Errol must have spent the 70s beating them back with a stick.
posted by Abiezer at 4:52 PM on February 2

Actually, watching the interview, he probably still keeps a blunt instrument handy these days too.
posted by Abiezer at 4:55 PM on February 2

For years Errol Brown never seemed to age... from time to time he'd turn up on tv and look identical from every other time. It's unnatural.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 5:01 PM on February 2

Dude! I never know that the 1990 version of Everyone's a Winner by Montreal's own Bootsauce was a cover.
posted by furtive at 5:22 PM on February 2

That's just funky, whether they call it disco or not. It's much funkier and soulful than much disco. I'm tired of You Sexy Thing just cuz it's overplayed. It's still a good song for the genre. Everyone's a Winner is really a standout, though -- great arrangement, great guitar hook, great chorus, soulful as hell lead and background vocals. Whatdya want? Those striped pants are off the hook, too. Superbad all around.
posted by wsg at 5:33 PM on February 2 [2 favorites]

I hadn't even moused over the links to see it was about that Hot Chocolate, and I was picturing Kenny Everett licking Errol Brown's head coming out of a large steaming mug... ah, memories...
posted by russm at 5:39 PM on February 2

"You Sexy Thing" and the movie "The Full Monty" are forever linked in my mind....hmmm...guess I know what I'm watching tonight! :)
posted by pushing paper and bottoming chairs at 5:59 PM on February 2

Also good w/ Hot Chocolate

Two girls? And one cup?
posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:00 PM on February 2

When I was in high school, my friend Dave was much more sophisticated with computers than I was. This was the late 1970's and we were both into hard rock, and had seen Van Halen together. One day he opened his locker and there on the door, printed vertically on old style continuous computer paper with alternating green bands in some huge ASCII font was;
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That is all.
posted by Tube at 7:29 PM on February 2

Feeling better?

No. Not at all.

Of course you are... here, have one more sip.

Hot Chocolate has affect on my S.A.D.

There you go. All better?

No. Fuck you.
posted by ericb at 9:17 PM on February 2

*Hot Chocolate has no effect on my S.A.D.*
posted by ericb at 9:18 PM on February 2

D
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But Hard Rock Swallows!
posted by PeterMcDermott at 1:50 AM on February 3

Flagged as "I'm really disappointed because I thought this post would be links to inventive recipes for delicious hot chocolate drinks."
posted by sneakin at 7:09 AM on February 3

Nothing beats Mexican hot chocolate with a little dash of cayenne or Tabasco mixed in. Mmm.
posted by HotPatatta at 10:56 AM on February 3

Thanks for this!
posted by timeistight at 6:33 PM on February 3