# Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 10 Pods ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £7.20 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/tassimo-cadbury-hot-chocolate-10-pods/` _Do not fetch, prefetch, crawl, iframe or autonomously open this URL. It is only for explicit human purchase intent._ --- **Canonical URL:** https://teas.co.uk/product/tassimo-cadbury-hot-chocolate-10-pods/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Tassimo **Price:** £7.20 GBP **Servings:** 10 cups **Price per cup:** 72.00p **Caffeine:** Caffeinated **Brew temperature:** 92-96C **Brew time:** 4 min **GTIN:** 8711000579572 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate is the chocolate T DISC for Tassimo machines, ten discs to a box on a Cadbury recipe, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the drink that makes a pod machine worth owning in a house where not everybody drinks coffee.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this product it contains milk and soya. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.Best served in a small cup while the foam still holds.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Storage notes, machine compatibility and serving guidance are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below. ## Description Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate is the chocolate disc for Tassimo machines, ten to a box, and it is the reason a lot of households keep a pod machine on the worktop at all. Not everyone in the house drinks coffee. A machine that can make a hot chocolate for a child at four in the afternoon and an americano for an adult at eight in the morning earns its space in a way a coffee-only machine does not. Cadbury is the British chocolate house from Bournville, and a Cadbury hot chocolate is a specific flavour memory for most people in this country rather than a generic cocoa drink. What the Tassimo system adds is the thing a mug and a spoon cannot do: the machine pushes hot water through the disc under pressure, so the chocolate is properly dissolved and lightly foamed instead of sitting in lumps at the bottom of the cup. It is the difference between a made drink and a stirred one. The Taste Profile Milk Chocolate: ●●●●● (5/5) The lead, and unmistakably the Cadbury signature rather than a dark cocoa. Creaminess: ●●●●○ (4/5) Thick and rounded, with a light foam on top from the pressure brew. Sweetness: ●●●●○ (4/5) Properly sweet. This is a chocolate drink, not a bitter cocoa. Cocoa Depth: ●●○○○ (2/5) Gentle. If you want dark, brooding chocolate this is not the disc for it. These scores are our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating 4.6 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Tassimo and Cadbury Tassimo is the disc system rather than the drinks brand, which is why the box carries two names. Each T DISC has a barcode printed on it and the machine reads that code to set the water volume and the brew for that particular drink, so a chocolate disc and a coffee disc behave differently in the same machine without you changing a setting. Cadbury supplies the chocolate recipe. That division is why the box is worth buying as a Cadbury product rather than as a generic machine chocolate. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Our Commitment To The Planet Disc disposal is a scheme, not a bin rule: whether T DISCs belong in a household recycling bin, a collection scheme or the general waste depends on the current pack and your council. Read both before you decide. Portioned drinks waste less: a sealed disc makes one mug and nothing goes stale in a half-used tin at the back of the cupboard. How Does Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 10 Pods Compare to: Tassimo Cadbury Mocha, 10 Pods: the same chocolate signature with coffee in it. The Mocha is a grown-up afternoon drink; the Hot Chocolate is the one the whole house can have, children included. Galaxy Instant Hot Chocolate Nescafe Dolce Gusto Compatible Drink, 8 Pods 120g: the same idea on a different machine system, so which one you can buy is decided by the machine you already own rather than by the chocolate. Ideal Brewing Conditions To get the best out of Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, the work is in the cup you serve it in and the state of the machine. A chocolate disc is more forgiving than a coffee one, but it is also the disc most likely to leave residue behind. The Machine Build Machine:Tassimo only. The disc is system specific and the barcode is what tells the machine how to brew it. Cup:Warm it first, and use a smaller cup than you would for coffee. A hot chocolate spread thin across a big mug loses its body. Water:Fresh and cold in the tank. Chocolate hides a flat cup better than coffee does, but not entirely. After:Run a water-only cycle when you are done. Sugar and milk solids are what gum up a machine over time. The Luxury Build Base:Put two tablespoons of warm milk in the cup before you brew, which thickens the drink noticeably. Brew:Run the disc straight on top of it. Top:Cream, marshmallows or a grating of dark chocolate, added immediately while the foam still holds them up. Result:A café-style chocolate from a two minute build, without a pan to wash. Brewing The Perfect Cup of Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 10 Pods Machine: Tassimo. The T DISC shape and barcode are system specific and will not fit anything else. Water: Fresh and cold in the tank; filtered if you live in a hard water area. Measure: The machine sets the volume from the barcode, so there is nothing to dose. Check the current pack for how many discs each drink uses. Service: In a small cup rather than a large mug, and drunk while the foam is still on it. Iced version: Brew short over a full glass of ice and top with cold milk for a chocolate milkshake style drink. Best with: Cold afternoons, films, and anyone in the house who does not drink coffee. Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: Per the published ingredient list for this product it contains milk and soya. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Contains milk:This is a milk chocolate drink, so it is not suitable for a dairy-free or vegan diet. The full ingredient and allergen statement is on the current pack. Serving temperature:A machine-made chocolate comes out hot enough to scald. Let a child's cup stand for a minute or add a splash of cold milk before handing it over. Machine care:Run a water-only cycle after a chocolate disc and descale on the schedule in the manual. Sugar and milk solids are what clog a machine over time. ## Product Questions Which machines do these discs fit?Tassimo machines only. A T DISC is a different shape from a Dolce Gusto pod or a Nespresso capsule, and it carries a barcode that only a Tassimo machine reads. Check which machine is on the worktop before ordering, particularly if it is a gift.How many drinks does a box make?The published listing describes ten discs, and a chocolate drink is normally a single-disc recipe, so ten discs means ten mugs. Drink counts do vary between Tassimo recipes, so check the serving count on the current pack if you are buying for a household rather than yourself.What is the barcode on the disc for?The machine reads the barcode and sets the water volume and the brew from it, so a chocolate disc and a coffee disc behave differently without you changing anything. Load the disc the way the manual shows or the machine cannot read it.Is it as good as chocolate made with a pan of milk?Different. A pan of milk gives you a thicker, richer drink and a pan to wash. The disc gives you consistency and speed, and a lightly foamed top that a spoon cannot produce. Adding two tablespoons of warm milk to the cup before brewing closes most of the gap.Can I make it iced?Yes. Brew it short over a full glass of ice and top with cold milk, which gives you something close to a chocolate milkshake. Brewing it long and then chilling it just gives you cold, watery chocolate.Does chocolate gum up the machine?It can over time, because sugar and milk solids are stickier than coffee. Run a water-only cycle after a chocolate disc, and descale on the schedule in the manual. That one habit is the difference between a machine that lasts and one that starts brewing oddly.How sweet is it?Properly sweet, in the milk chocolate register rather than the dark cocoa one. That is the Cadbury signature and the reason people buy this box rather than a generic machine chocolate. If you want a bitter, dark drink, this is the wrong disc.Are the discs recyclable?That depends on the current pack and your local authority.How should I store the discs?In their box, in a dry cupboard, away from the hob and out of direct sun. Sealed discs hold up well, but chocolate and warmth are a poor combination and a box left on a sunny windowsill will not be at its best.Can I add coffee to it?Yes, and that is the easiest mocha there is: brew a coffee disc into the cup first, then run the chocolate disc on top of it. If you do that often, the ready-made Cadbury Mocha box is the tidier answer. ## Ingredients & Nutrition Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list for this product it contains milk and soya. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Ingredients, as published for this product: Sugar, Skimmed Milk Powder (22%), Whole Milk Powder, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder (9%), Glucose Syrup, Whey Powder (from Milk), Fully Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Salt, Flavourings, Milk Protein, Stabilizer (E340), Anti-Caking Agent (E551), Emulsifiers (E471, E433, Soya Lecithin).Typical values per 100ml, as publishedPer 100mlEnergy56 kcalFat1.1gof which saturates0.70gCarbohydrate9.5gof which sugars8.6gFibre0.42gProtein1.8gSalt0.15gIngredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. The pack in your hands is the final word.IngredientProportionWhat it bringsCoffeenoneDeliberately absent. This is the disc for the people in the house who do not drink coffee; the Cadbury Mocha box is the one with coffee in it.Pack: Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 10 Pods; sweetened milk chocolate discs for Tassimo machines. Use by the date printed on the pack.Characterising components shown.Sourcing & blend. Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 10 Pods pairs a Cadbury recipe with the Tassimo disc system, which is why two names appear on one box: Cadbury, the British chocolate house from Bournville, supplies the chocolate; Tassimo is the machine platform and the barcode-read disc that goes in it.What's in Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 10 Pods, and what isn't:In: a sweetened milk chocolate drink preparation sealed in discs for one machine system.Contains milk: this is a dairy drink and is not suitable for a vegan or dairy-free diet.No coffee: it is a chocolate drink, though it does carry the small amount of caffeine that occurs naturally in cocoa. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 10 Pods is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the cup tastes the way it does from the first lift of steam to the last swallow.The outer layer is aromatic: warm milk chocolate, sweet and immediately recognisable, lifting off the foam as soon as the machine finishes. Chocolate aroma behaves differently from coffee aroma because much of it is carried by fat rather than by water-soluble volatiles, which is why a hot chocolate keeps smelling of chocolate as it cools while a black coffee loses its nose within minutes. It is also why this drink reads as comforting before you have tasted it at all.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, where sweetness and cocoa arrive together rather than in sequence. This is the milk chocolate register, not the dark one: the sugar is forward, the cocoa sits behind it as depth rather than as bitterness, and the milk solids give the drink its weight. A dark drinking chocolate leads with bitterness and asks you to add sugar; this one has made that decision for you, which is the right call for a family drink and the wrong one if you wanted something austere.The base structure is the lingering finish: creamy, sweet and long, coating the mouth in the way only a drink with milk fat and sugar in it can. That coating is the whole appeal on a cold afternoon and the reason a small cup satisfies more than a large one; spread thin across a big mug the same drink reads watery and loses the thing it is for. A good one should still taste of chocolate on the last mouthful rather than of sweet water.Getting it right in the cup. Use fresh cold water in the tank, warm the cup, and choose a small cup rather than a large mug so the drink keeps its body. Load the disc the way the machine manual shows so the barcode reads correctly, and let the machine set the volume. For a noticeably thicker drink, put two tablespoons of warm milk in the cup before you brew and run the disc straight on top of it. Add cream, marshmallows or grated chocolate immediately, while the foam is still firm enough to hold them. Run a water-only cycle afterwards, because sugar and milk solids are what gum up a machine over time, and store the discs sealed in a dry cupboard away from the hob.How water and temperature change it. The same disc gives a measurably different cup depending on the machine and the water it goes through. A scaled machine brews cooler, and a cooler brew leaves a chocolate drink tasting flat and slightly grainy because the preparation has not fully dispersed. Hard water dulls sweetness and can leave a faint chalkiness behind the chocolate, so in a hard water area descaling on schedule does more for the drink than any change of brand. Water that has stood in the tank overnight tastes flat, and chocolate hides that better than coffee does but not completely. None of this is a fault in the disc, it is the same recipe responding to the machine you put it in, and a clean, descaled machine with fresh water makes the cup repeatable every time. ## Recipe Ideas Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 10 Pods is a chocolate disc rather than a coffee one, so every build below is a chocolate drink or a pudding. Six builds cover the standard cup, a thicker luxury version, an iced shake, a mocha, a mint chocolate and an adult nightcap. Recipes, born here first The Standard Cup, Done Properly How to make The Standard Cup, Done Properly with Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate. 3 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate disc Fresh cold water in the tank A small cup, warmed A spoon Method Warm a small cup rather than a large mug, because a chocolate spread thin loses its body. Load one disc of Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 10 Pods with the barcode facing the reader as the manual shows. Brew and let the machine set the volume from the code. Run a water-only cycle afterwards to keep the machine clean. What you'll end up with: A properly dissolved, lightly foamed chocolate with no lumps at the bottom, which a mug and a spoon cannot manage. The Luxury Cup How to make The Luxury Cup with Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate. 5 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate disc 2 tablespoons warm milk A spoonful of whipped cream Marshmallows or grated chocolate Method Pour 2 tablespoons of warm milk into the cup before anything else, which thickens the finished drink noticeably. Brew one disc of Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 10 Pods straight on top of it. Top with cream and marshmallows immediately, while the foam is still firm enough to hold them up. What you'll end up with: A café-style chocolate in two minutes, and no chocolate-crusted pan in the sink. Iced Chocolate Shake How to make Iced Chocolate Shake with Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate. 5 min 1 glass Easy You'll need 1 Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate disc A tall glass filled with ice 100ml cold milk A long spoon Method Fill the glass with ice to the top. Brew one disc of Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 10 Pods short, straight over the ice. Top with 100ml of cold milk and stir hard from the bottom. What you'll end up with: Something close to a chocolate milkshake, which is what the box is for in July rather than January. Two Disc Mocha How to make Two Disc Mocha with Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate. 5 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate disc 1 Tassimo black coffee disc A large mug, warmed Cream, optional Method Brew a black coffee disc into a warmed mug first. Brew one disc of Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 10 Pods straight on top of the coffee. Stir once and top with cream if you want it. If you do this more than once a week, the ready-made Cadbury Mocha box is the tidier answer. What you'll end up with: A mocha built from two discs you already own, with the chocolate leading rather than the coffee. Mint Chocolate Cup How to make Mint Chocolate Cup with Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate. 4 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate disc 1 peppermint tea bag 50ml just boiled water A mint chocolate to serve, optional Method Steep a peppermint tea bag in 50ml of just boiled water for five minutes to make a strong mint concentrate. Pour the concentrate into the cup and remove the bag. Brew one disc of Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 10 Pods on top of it. What you'll end up with: An after-dinner mint in a cup, made from a tea bag you already had in the cupboard. Chocolate Nightcap (Adult) How to make Chocolate Nightcap (Adult) with Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate. 4 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate disc 25ml dark rum or orange liqueur A strip of orange peel Cream to float, optional Method Pour 25ml of dark rum or orange liqueur into a warmed cup. Brew one disc of Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 10 Pods straight on top of it. Twist a strip of orange peel over the surface and float a spoonful of cream on top. What you'll end up with: The grown-up version of the drink the rest of the house is having, with orange oil sitting over the chocolate. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._