Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 8 Pods 240g
Let it stand a minute before anyone picks it up. A machine-made chocolate leaves the spout hotter than a child will drink it, no setting changes that, and a scalded tongue is the one thing likely to go wrong here. What it is up against is the mug most British kitchens already know how to make with proper milk, and it gets closer than you would expect, because the disc carries a real dose rather than a brown hint of one. Where it differs is weight: the machine pushes water through, and the milk is whatever the powder brought with it, so it reads lighter than a stovetop version even when the flavour lands. Sweet by design, unmistakably the Cadbury note, with the cocoa kept well back. The milk is inside the disc, so there is no working around it in a dairy-free house. Cocoa carries a little caffeine of its own. Tassimo machines only.
Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, in brief.
Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate is the chocolate T DISC for Tassimo machines, eight discs and 240g 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.
Eight discs at a substantial thirty grams each, so this is a rich drink rather than a token one, properly dissolved and lightly foamed by the machine rather than stirred into lumps. Milk chocolate rather than dark cocoa, so sweet by design, and it contains milk, which makes it neither vegan nor dairy free. Best in a small warmed cup while the foam still holds.
Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate is the non-coffee disc, eight to a box at 240g, 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.
At thirty grams a disc this is a substantial drink rather than a token one, and that weight is doing something a jar of powder cannot. The machine pushes hot water through the sealed disc under pressure, so the chocolate is properly dissolved and lightly foamed instead of sitting in lumps at the bottom of the mug. It is the difference between a made drink and a stirred one, and it is most obvious in the first mouthful, where a spoon-made chocolate is usually thin and the last mouthful is where all the powder went.
Curator notes: the chocolate, sweetness and bitterness marks are our editorial opinion of the current eight disc pack, held up against the brand's own description. Dispatch time for the eight disc Cadbury box: 1 to 2 working days, typically. The Q and A tab underneath goes into storage, machine fit and serving in more detail.
Curator’s notes
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The Story Behind Tassimo and Cadbury
Tassimo is the disc system rather than the drinks brand, which is why the box carries two names. Tassimo reads the barcode on each chocolate disc and tunes the water volume and brewing to this Cadbury drink, rather than running every disc in an identical way. Cadbury is the British chocolate house from Bournville, and the licensing arrangement is what puts a familiar chocolate recipe into a format the machine can make. A chocolate disc is heavier than a coffee disc because the drink is mostly the contents of the disc rather than mostly water, which is the practical reason a box of eight weighs 240g.
Packaging: The eight spent discs and their box may each need a different bin; check this pack's markings and your council's collections.
Our Commitment To The Planet
- Disc disposal is a scheme, not a bin rule: where used T DISCs end up, the recycling bin at home, a collection scheme or the general waste, is settled by the current pack together with your council's rules. Read both before you decide.
- One disc, one cup: a chocolate disc makes a single drink with nothing left over, no pan to wash and no powder gone solid in the back of a cupboard.
Source: teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 8 Pods 240g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Tassimo
Packaging: The eight spent discs and their box may each need a different bin; check this pack's markings and your council's collections.
Our commitment to the planet
Sourcing and packaging details are printed on the current UK pack; the brand page carries the fuller story.
The taste profile
How does it compare
To get the best out of Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, the two things that matter are the size of the cup and what you put in it before you start. The disc handles the rest.
The Machine Build
The Family Build
Made with this tea
The Proper Cup
How to make The Proper Cup with Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate.
- 1 Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate disc
- Fresh cold water in the tank
- A small cup, warmed
- Warm a small cup by giving it a hot water rinse, then empty it. Use a cup, not a mug.
- Load one disc with the barcode facing the reader as the manual shows.
- Brew and leave it alone; the foam is part of the drink.
- Wait a minute before handing it to a child. It comes out hot.
What you'll end up with: A hot chocolate that is the same drink at the bottom of the cup as at the top, which is what a machine does and a spoon does not.
The Milk-First Thick One
How to make The Milk-First Thick One with Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate.
- 1 Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate disc
- 2 tablespoons warm whole milk
- A spoonful of whipped cream
- Warm two tablespoons of milk and put them in the cup first.
- Brew one disc straight into the milk.
- Top with whipped cream while the foam is still holding.
- Resist adding sugar; it is already a sweet drink.
What you'll end up with: A noticeably thicker, richer cup from the same single disc. This is the best trick in the whole listing and it costs two tablespoons of milk.
Iced Chocolate Shake
How to make Iced Chocolate Shake with Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate.
- 1 Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate disc
- A glass half filled with ice
- 150ml cold milk
- A scoop of vanilla ice cream, optional
- Brew one disc into a jug and let it cool for a couple of minutes.
- Pour it over a glass half filled with ice.
- Top with cold milk and stir properly, because a cold chocolate drink does settle.
What you'll end up with: A cold chocolate milkshake from a machine, with no blender and no washing up beyond a glass.
Mint Chocolate Cup
How to make Mint Chocolate Cup with Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate.
- 1 Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate disc
- 2 drops peppermint extract, or 1 after-dinner mint
- A small cup, warmed
- Drop the peppermint extract, or a thin after-dinner mint, into the empty warmed cup.
- Brew the disc straight over it so the incoming heat carries the mint through.
- Stir once only if you used a solid mint.
- Keep the mint light; two drops is plenty and four is toothpaste.
What you'll end up with: An after-dinner mint in cup form. The peppermint cuts the sweetness, which is the main thing a plain cup could use.
Grown-Up Chocolate Nightcap
How to make Grown-Up Chocolate Nightcap with Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate.
- 1 Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate disc
- 25ml dark rum or brandy
- A spoonful of whipped cream
- A grating of nutmeg
- Pour the rum or brandy into the warmed cup first.
- Brew one disc straight over it.
- Spoon whipped cream over the top and grate a little nutmeg on.
- Serve without stirring so the cream stays where it is.
What you'll end up with: The adult version of the same box, for a cold evening. The spirit dries the drink out, which stops the sweetness becoming heavy.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Typical values per 100ml, as published | Per 100ml |
|---|---|
| Energy | 56 kcal |
| Fat | 1.1g |
| of which saturates | 0.70g |
| Carbohydrate | 9.5g |
| of which sugars | 8.6g |
| Fibre | 0.42g |
| Protein | 1.8g |
| Salt | 0.15g |
Ingredients and allergens. Milk and soya both appear in the ingredients published for these eight discs. Recipes and allergy advice can both change; read today's UK box before you buy.
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).
Ingredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. Anything printed on your own box overrides what we say here.
| Ingredient | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolate drink mix, sealed in the T DISC | 240g across 8 discs | Nearly all of the drink, and about thirty grams a disc. A chocolate disc is heavy because the cup is mostly the contents of the disc rather than mostly water. |
| Milk component | Printed on the current pack | What makes it creamy and coating rather than a thin cocoa. That same milk is why vegans and people avoiding dairy should not have it. |
| Water from your machine | The rest of the cup | Pushed through the disc under pressure, which is what dissolves the chocolate properly and builds the light foam a spoon cannot. |
Pack: Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 8 Pods 240g; milk chocolate discs for Tassimo machines, one disc per cup, eight cups to a box. The box's printed date is the one to use them by.
Characterising components shown. The thirty grams a disc figure is worked out from the stated 240g pack weight.
Sourcing & blend. Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 8 Pods 240g pairs a Cadbury recipe with the Tassimo disc system, which is why two names appear on one box: Cadbury is the British chocolate house from Bournville and supplies the recipe, Tassimo is the machine platform and the barcode-read disc that goes in it.
What's in Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 8 Pods 240g, and what isn't:
- In: a milk chocolate drink mix sealed in discs for one machine system, eight discs to the box.
- No coffee: this is the non-coffee disc, which is the point of it in a mixed household.
- Contains milk: so it is neither vegan nor dairy free, and milk is a declared allergen.
- Not caffeine free: cocoa carries a small amount of naturally occurring caffeine, so this is a low-caffeine drink rather than a caffeine-free one.
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Source: teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Tassimo Cadbury Hot Chocolate, 8 Pods 240g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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