I have the Maestri House Milk Frother ($89.99) and it's built and functions the same as this. It froths milk for my morning cappuccino and can also be used to make my hot chocolate in the evening. It also has multiple temperature and froth settings. The one difference is the Maestri House has all metal parts - no plastic, which I really appreciate.
Okay, I just added this to my Amazon wishlist. Got an anniversary coming up. Got hubby a ninja coffee maker for Christmas. But, this would really be for me. There's always Mother's Day.
Had this machine for almost 10 years, use it to make cold brew hot, matcha, hot choc and more, love the damn machine. You can put a mugs worth of milk in, machine still works past the max and if you put coconut milk in holy crap it's a liquid Bounty. Also the hot choc sachets you get from Hotel Choc are great for home made rice puddings, bought a mini rice cooker, add 100g of rice, a hot choc sachet, 330g of milk, 25g of dried fruit, 5g vanilla bean paste, 10g honey, put on cook, stir mid way, enjoy preferably with biscuits.
I have an electric milk frother that I bought new for 30 euros, it's basically the same, a nonstick coated vessel with a spinning spiral in the bottom that heats up with a built in timer. I have been making not only foam for my coffee with it but also hot chocolate, it works the same as this product. I think this fancy one in the video is much better designed and will maybe last longer but so far the last 5 years my milk frother has made me happy, still does what it's supposed to do. I would say if you don't have too much money laying around explore the cheaper electric milk frothers.
I watched Freakin Reviews review this first. What's most annoying about this item is that they reverse the lifetime warranty if you ever use hot coaco mixes other than their own overpriced ones. 👎🚫
Those warranty warnings are always a joke and pretty sure illegal. The stickers you always see saying warranty void if removed are illegal. It's crazy how far companies will go not to honor their own warranty. The saying they don't make em like they used to is more true now more then ever.
A few years ago I bought a hotel chocolat assortment box from homegoods once for like $8 without knowing anything about it and fell in love with it. Although I just warmed my own milk and used my milk frother for my coffee to make it, still turned out amazing. I was kinda sad then when I found out how much the actual mix is, but at the time the company had just closed in the US so I would have had to have it shipped from the UK to even get it. So I’m elated not only to see Emmy reviewing it, but also that they are back in the US and I can actually buy it again! 😍
I always recommend what my mom used to give us when we came in from the snow...a mug of warm brandy! I don't remember a single winter from 7-9 years old. 😇
It's cheaper if you pick your kit. Includes the velvatizer, 2 cups, and pick 4 boxes of what chocolate flavors. Each box has 10 packages. Total was $160. so cheaper if you buy it in a bundle. The box of chocolate is $22 dollars if you buy it separately.
Totally wasn’t expecting to see this pop up on here! Was chatting with a British guy online over the summer and FaceTiming with him and he had one of these and I swear, ONLY place I’d ever heard of this device before. He bought it in person at the Hotel Chocolat, and would rave about how excellent this thing is.
Do I love hot chocolate? No. Do I love Emmy enough to watch a 20 minute video about hot chocolate? Yes. Also, just kidding. Who doesn’t love hot cocoa?
I worked for Hotel Chocolat in the UK for many years, and was there when the velvetiser launched. Bought one for myself and my daughter and am very familiar with its ways. I’m so pleased you love it! Not sure if this applies where you are, but over here if you become a member of their loyalty scheme VIP Me you can get a big discount on the machine. The sachets are pricey now that I don’t get staff discount, but I recently restocked on the mocha latte ones, which are my favourite. Would have been interested what you thought about the 85%. You can also sometimes get the 100%, which you may well like I think. Tip: to maximise on the chocolatey flavour many people prefer to used skimmed milk instead of whole. You can also just use half the amount of milk with your sachet, then pour it over ice and top up with cold milk, for a lovely iced chocolate milk!
I spent just a bit more on a breville milk frother for my fancy teas, but you can adjust the temperature of the milk and the lid has a smaller opening in it so you can add chocolate or other powders or syrups to it as it heats and spins. It does take longer than 2 minutes at the hotter settings, but it worked great when my husband wanted hot chocolate. I've had my breville tea maker for almost 15 years so I know it's a good quality brand
Me at the start of the video: this seems like it would be a waste of money 😒 Me 8 minutes into the video: I 100% need this gadget in my life! (I do drink lots of hot chocolates and one mug at a time is perfection 👍)
I do the same, make a slurry of cornstarch, add it in with the chocolate. I was given the recipe in Spain, and it's called Castilian Hot Chocolate, and I love it that way, it gives it a nice smooth texture and body.
I'm in Extremadura, Spain, and buy Paladin Noir hot chocolate powder from Carrefour. I use it my Velvetiser. Makes lovely thick, dark, hot chocolate, and the Noir version is not so sweet. Really yummy
Looks Delicious! All of those would be greatly enhanced with a pinch of sea salt. A trick I learned when I was a child and still do at 62. The salt and minerals bring out the spectrum of flavors in the chocolate better and balances out the sweetness 😉
I bought a milk frother from Aldi for about £15 several years ago. Does exactly the same job for a lot less. It works fine with the sachets from Hotel Chocolat. I think the milk frothers are closer to £20 now in Aldi and Lidl when they come in to the middle aisle.
Hi from UK - HC is very popular in 🇬🇧 we have one near our home and we often try the sample choc packs they bring out and their chunky Easter Eggs are great. A large selection box is always purchased for Christmas 🎄 - I’m really tempted to buy a velvetiser. Thank you for reviewing.
I bought the velvatizer last year. I also use it to froth water with heavy cream for a cappuccino. Sometimes I'll also add a shot of espresso as part of the water then add some heavy cream and pack of the chocolate for a mocha. If I have the orange hot chocolate I'll sprinkle a little cardamom or cinnamon or both. Really good.
I imagine a similar effect could be done with a milk frother, but for a lot less. Also, I never used water for hot cocoa packets, I only use milk. I question those who use water for those because it’s so much richer with milk than water
Best option would be to spend $50 on an Instant MagicFroth, which performs the exact same function but has a dishwasher safe carafe. If you NEED to spend $150, get a Breville Milk Cafe, which is also a stainless, dishwasher safe carafe.
I have a Bialetta that cost half that and does a great job of making smooth and creamy hot chocolate. Next time you want to make hot chocolate- try the Williams-Sonoma Hot Chocolate. It’s basically shredded chocolate bars.
I struggle to afford rent on a place with a kitchen big enough for half the kitchen gadgets I want! I'm touring new apartments right now, and most have tiny kitchens barely big enough to turn around in. I just don't understand it.
Your comment about the magnetic stirrer reminded me of a time my freshman year in college when a guy across the hall in my dorm was making White Rissian cocktails using a stirrer that he had somehow "liberated' from a lab. It was an effective way to mix a drink, although perhaps overkill ;-)
Bought this for my sister for her birthday... She loved it! Also handy cause now i can send her random boxes of 'Hotel Chocolat' drinking chocolate, to cheer her up!
Buy the bundle kit. It includes The velvatizer, 2 cups, 4 boxes of chocolate of your choice. Each box has 10 packages of chocolate. Paid $160 sent as a gift. If you just bought the velvatizer it was $150 dollars. The boxes of chocolate bought separately are $22 dollars.
seeing the long list of gadget test videos makes me wonder if Emmy has an entire closet (or small room) devoted to storing all of the gadgets that she gets 😄
Y’all get up the QUEEN has posted, I started watching your videos about a year ago and now I watch you almost everyday now. I tell all my friends to watch your videos bc there iconic and they make me happy.
She's the only creator that I watch that my husband doesn't roll his eyes and tunes out. He asks constantly if there is a new video and gets aggravated if I watch without him 😂 And when he realized she adds something cute or funny at the VERY end, he rewatched all the videos that I "cut off" too early. He's starting to love Beryl's food videos, whom we found through an older Emmy video, lol. Emmy is the queen in our home for sure!!!
I love mine and the flavors they have and often have special edition chocolate. The often go on sale. I managed to get mine for $89 last November. Wait until it's on sale if you don't want to pay full price.
Hotel Chocolat used to have two stores in Copenhagen, they sadly both had to close in 2020 and I am still kicking myself to this day, for not investing in a Velvetiser, I drink at least one cup of hot chocolate or cacao milk every single day... I have always thought of this machine as being in the same realm as a high quality kettle or coffee system or even quality kitchen knife. Yes it is expensive, but I personally feel that it is well deserved, because of the quietness, the design being a minimal and simplistic design (a non-flimsey 90% metal and minimal amount of plastic) and if I remember correctly it has a pretty nice weight. My personal favorite version of their chocolates was the 100% dark chocolate... it is absolutely amazing🙌.
I went to a Hotel Chocolat once on a vacation and it was the best hot chocolate I've ever had. They served it with a swirl of cold mousse-like chocolate whip on top sprinkled with chocolate shavings. I wish they had locations in the US!
Interesting device. I loved your story about making hot chocolate for your children. My mother, who passed away Friday made us hot chocolate that way when we were kids.
So I bought myself one last year and it was on sale. I got it for $99 and when I tell you it’s amazing I love it so much. It really is very well done and it’s very easy to clean. It’s very easy to maintain and it I don’t even use their special chocolate. I use my own chocolate and it’s perfection every single time
I bought this for myself in December. I don’t drink coffee but do love hot chocolate. My husband has a lot of coffee devices so I guess this was my fun kitchen purchase.
I live in the desert southwest of the United States, and we're having record heat. It nearly reached 90° Fahrenheit last week. We would love to share in your cold snap. ❄️
Loved the video! Would be interested to see you try this in a normal milk frother if you have one! I have the Nespresso and am tempted to pull it out and try it.
Read the 1 star reviews before you purchase!!!!! Their customer service is dreadful,if it breaks after 5 uses you have to send video proof and then are ghosted ! I don't recommend stuff unless you read 1 star reviews and see what happens when it goes wrong for $150. 😢
@katestewart-taylor9736 exactly! Everyone reads the 5 star reviews and falls in love, me I read 1 star reviews and hit Reddit for the facts, because Reddit ALWAYS gives you the tea 💅,sadly I really don't trust ANYONE who is making content anymore, because let's be honest,they are opening something up and using it once out of the box, probably returning it after they make the content to profit off of the content selling cr@p products that break after not even normal use. I want to see genuine content. It's so hard to trust anyone demoing anymore 💔
Shout Out to James White at Freakin Reviews! I watch his stuff a lot, unlike other reviewers he doesn't BS you and he also doesn't take sponsors. If you like Emmy you'll probably like him to 👍
So nice to hear about you and your kids, Emmy! Maybe i need to add frothing to my hot chocolate making? I fondly remember my mom over a pan of hot chocolate for us (I was one of eight!) that starts with bittersweet chocolate melted in butter, add milk, sugar, vanilla, and the slightest pinch of salt (all to taste). I usually make hot chocolate in a pan, or -for a single quick cup-hot cocoa for a from milk heated in the microwave then stir in a mixture of cocoa powder and sugar, add vanilla and a tiny bit of salt.
I'm watching this just after finishing a cup of hot chocolate made in my Velvetiser. I love it. Fast, I don't need to pay attention to it like heating milk on the stove, always the perfect drinking temperature, and easy to clean. The only drawback is that it only makes one cup, so if I am having hot chocolate with my husband they are not ready at the same time. It is expensive, but I got it as a gift, so that wasn't a problem for me!
I have a $35 4-in-1 milk frother that has a heating setting and I use it to make hot chocolate all the time. Since it functions almost identically to the Velvetiser, except it also froths milk, I might try the Hotel Chocolat mixes with it.
I love mine so much that we got all three colours and we got quite a few flavours of the hot chocolate I did have there coffee machine but they discontinued it right before mine broke just out of warranty my favourite flavour is black forest I had mine for over 4 years now and I'm from the UK so that's why I had it for so long
Huge fan of your channel for YEARS, seeing you review the velvetiser (something I own) was such a delight to see on the homepage! 🥺💙 I'm obsessed with my velvetiser, the hot chocolate is so yummy and frothy plus the special sachets of flavours Hotel Chocolat offers are so yummy. Their current limited time valentine's honey flavour? I'm obsessed with, I need to stock up on it before it all disappears!
i saw this on freakin reviews and thought the packets were to expensive but thanks to you we all now you can just use chocolate chips its looking a little bit better, i could still make it on the stove and just use a frother to mix it.
My great granny used to make this INCREDIBLE hot chocolate! Apparently, my great grandpa used to ask for it once a week, even during a heatwave in the summer 😂 My mom used to make it for me when I was little, and now I make it all the time! I added those jumbo marshmallows to melt in with the hot chocolate and it's really good! Sometimes I add a splash of espresso liqueur or hazelnut liqueur, then I'm down for the evening 😂😂
Watching this made me wonder, “Hm… I wonder if Emmy has ever tested recipes for champurrado?” Sure enough, she has!! Several years ago, you can find her video. A taste test comparison between Ibarra and Abuelita chocolate!
I admit I bought one. I had this chocolate in Scotland at one of their stores there, and it was so delightful with their signature chocolate whipped cream on. They serve it there with a little spoon to eat the cream with, so I admit to buying this to recapture a nice part of a vacation I really enjoyed. I Think it does a good job for what it is, and while I generally despise “single taskers”, this makes me feel a bit fancy and I do enjoy having it. It’s fun to bring out for guests as well.
I will admit, I am a big fan of hot cocoa, and i do like hotel chocolate stuff. But I always remember what Alton Brown said about one trick pony kitchen tools. Take up space and so often not actually used. (But hey, maybe one day I’ll be woo’d at a Saver’s.) But I recall you live in RI, so not so far from Boston. I highly recommend you visit LA Burdick’s in Cambridge. They have actual European style drinking chocolate. Amazing. (You can get it dark, milk and white) Plus they sell tiny adorable chocolate mice. Worth a visit.
I got mine after watching Freakin and adore it. I'm going to buy a chocolate shaver once i run out of packets, to try what you did. There are other machines that do similar for less but i really like the look of the copper version and so far so good. It can make a really good mocha that's not overly sweet if you mix the classic dark with either a French press coffee or even just a double shot of "espresso" out of a Keurig.
I bought the chocolate flakes to make on a stovetop and it just wouldn’t work. Velvetiser heats milk hotter than my nespresso milk frother AND makes it so lovely!!
This was such a great video. My only disappointment is that it wasn't made earlier. I was really interested in buying one about five years ago. And back then when I was finally serious about buying one I had already done so much research, as much as I could. I finally realized that it was aerating the milk as it heated and stirred and that wasn't what I was looking for. So ultimately I didn't buy it. But had this video been created at that time, I would have understood it within the first few minutes of watching.
They have where you can buy the bundle kit. Bought as a gift. It includes the velvatizer, 2 cups, 4 boxes of chocolate of your choice. Each box has 10 packages of chocolate. $160 dollars total. If bought separately Velvatizer $150 dollars, box of chocolate $22 dollars
I agree with making hot chocolate from scratch and being able to adjust the sweetness! I am old enough where I had Home Ec classes in junior high school, and hot chocolate was one recipe we learned in the cooking part of the class. I still make it that way to this day, using milk, sugar, and powdered cocoa, and if I want it a little more rich, I will melt some bar chocolate into it.
I like that the stirrer is magnetically held to the bottom, so you can leave it in while pouring, and not have to worry about where to set it down so it won't leave stains. Given this seems to be something to be used at a table or desk as much as in the kitchen, that's really convenient. Very pricey, though, and I don't drink enough hot chocolate for anything less than making it on the stove in a pot to be worth it for me. That way I can thicken it with cornstarch, which I think might not clean out of this thing very easily.
Two things…I’ve had one for years and it’s currently stuffed in a cupboard. Time to get it back out! You sold it to me again 😂❤ It’s lovely as a wee treat. Secondly, I have a Nespresso Aeroccino milk frother - I was wondering if it might do the same job as the Velvetiser? Price point is just over half of the Velvetiser! I may order more chocolate sachets and try it! ❤
Hi! I don't have a Velvetiser but I do have an Aeroccino that I've used Hotel Chocolat and Knoops sachets with. My technique is to add the sachet to your mug, heat the milk on its own in the Aeroccino, transfer the heated milk to your mug, stir to combine and then re-add the milk mixture back into the Aeroccino to further mix. I think adding the chocolate flakes directly to the Aeroccino would clog it up, at least that happens to me with powders such as matcha, so I sieve first. That is my little hack, hope it could prove useful :)
At $150 + $20/box for the drink mix it’s too expensive. Gillette got rich my basically giving away the blade handle and charging a premium for the blades. These folks are trying to make it on other ends. At $50 I’d buy one today and spend the $20 on the drinks without feeling like I’ve been ripped off.
My best tip when using alternate flavorings (I use coffee concentrates for a nice faux “latte”) is to make sure the whisk is freely spinning before using. Especially after cleaning and letting it sit. It can get bound up.
For that price point, I wish they would at least have the lid and agitator made of a better quality material, like ceramic. That said, it looks like a fantastic product...I just wouldn't pay full price for it :)
I make Swiss Miss with extra water and it winds up tasting like a milky chocolate tea-like beverage which can be really satisfying when you want an easy hot and cosy drink. I've liked it this way since I was young. If I want real hot cocoa I use cocoa powder disolved in a bit of hot water before adding the milk and just enough sugar and a pinch of salt to make it palatable.
I feel like it's one of those gadgets like the toastie maker that you buy, use every day for a week, then put on the shelf and forget you own. Then find it again when tidying up, use every day for a week, then forget about again. It probably lasts a lifetime. ☕
Just use a battery operated milk frother. Hotel Chocolat - expensive posh UK chocolat company . Wonder if the cups of hot chocolate they sell tastes and looks the same as the hot chocolate produced with their velveteen hot chocolate machine? My favourite gadget is a sous vide machine - makes perfect poached eggs takes 2 hours though. Not a designed for making hot chocolate unfortunately ( and I hope nobody out there has tried using a sous vide machine to make hot chocolate - that would be silly)
I have a milk frother for my espresso machine. This is basically the same thing, but holds more milk? But that is what I use the frother/foamer with my espresso machine for - to heat milk for hot chocolate.
Hotel Chocolat is a British company, had no idea they sold in the USA! We've had a Velvitiser for over 7 years, have definitely got use out of it. Our favourite flavours are Salted Caramel, Honey, Black Forest, Salted Clementine, 50% milk and 70% milk.
Hot chocolate with water!? oh what an abomination! Most American hot chocolate is too thin for my taste. I grew up on Italian hot chocolate which is similar to like a chocolate fondue. Really thick and Rich usually you dip cookies in it
I can't wait to buy one at Goodwill for 15 bucks three years from now!
It will be much sooner than that according to the 1 star reviews 😂😂
Ouch! @@sheHerTheyThem
@@sheHerTheyThem 🤣
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Because people can't figure out how to use it!
I have the Maestri House Milk Frother ($89.99) and it's built and functions the same as this. It froths milk for my morning cappuccino and can also be used to make my hot chocolate in the evening. It also has multiple temperature and froth settings. The one difference is the Maestri House has all metal parts - no plastic, which I really appreciate.
Ooo nice, all-metal construction is definitely a plus.✨
I definitely appreciate all metal parts
Okay, I just added this to my Amazon wishlist. Got an anniversary coming up. Got hubby a ninja coffee maker for Christmas. But, this would really be for me. There's always Mother's Day.
I had it on my wish list for a long time, and got it for Christmas last year - it’s excellent!
Thank you, I just added it to my Amazon wishlist. Woohoo 🙌🏼
Had this machine for almost 10 years, use it to make cold brew hot, matcha, hot choc and more, love the damn machine. You can put a mugs worth of milk in, machine still works past the max and if you put coconut milk in holy crap it's a liquid Bounty.
Also the hot choc sachets you get from Hotel Choc are great for home made rice puddings, bought a mini rice cooker, add 100g of rice, a hot choc sachet, 330g of milk, 25g of dried fruit, 5g vanilla bean paste, 10g honey, put on cook, stir mid way, enjoy preferably with biscuits.
I live in the Uk and I bought a velvetiser a few years ago , bought it new . Bought directly from hotel chocolate I paid the equivalent of 60 dollars
IMAGINE being one of Emmys' children 🥺 how enriched and LOVED they would be!
We can share so much with the kids in our lives! Don’t be afraid to be a kid. 😊
I have an electric milk frother that I bought new for 30 euros, it's basically the same, a nonstick coated vessel with a spinning spiral in the bottom that heats up with a built in timer. I have been making not only foam for my coffee with it but also hot chocolate, it works the same as this product. I think this fancy one in the video is much better designed and will maybe last longer but so far the last 5 years my milk frother has made me happy, still does what it's supposed to do. I would say if you don't have too much money laying around explore the cheaper electric milk frothers.
I watched Freakin Reviews review this first. What's most annoying about this item is that they reverse the lifetime warranty if you ever use hot coaco mixes other than their own overpriced ones. 👎🚫
Love James!
Those warranty warnings are always a joke and pretty sure illegal. The stickers you always see saying warranty void if removed are illegal. It's crazy how far companies will go not to honor their own warranty. The saying they don't make em like they used to is more true now more then ever.
How would they even know?
@@Catheidan exactly.
@@Catheidan They send the velvetiser to a forensic lab 😂
A few years ago I bought a hotel chocolat assortment box from homegoods once for like $8 without knowing anything about it and fell in love with it. Although I just warmed my own milk and used my milk frother for my coffee to make it, still turned out amazing. I was kinda sad then when I found out how much the actual mix is, but at the time the company had just closed in the US so I would have had to have it shipped from the UK to even get it. So I’m elated not only to see Emmy reviewing it, but also that they are back in the US and I can actually buy it again! 😍
I always recommend what my mom used to give us when we came in from the snow...a mug of warm brandy! I don't remember a single winter from 7-9 years old. 😇
eyyyy *finger guns*
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My grandma gave me Jack Daniel’s and honey when I was sick.
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Love the concept but would never spend $150 for it.
It's cheaper if you pick your kit. Includes the velvatizer, 2 cups, and pick 4 boxes of what chocolate flavors. Each box has 10 packages. Total was $160. so cheaper if you buy it in a bundle. The box of chocolate is $22 dollars if you buy it separately.
Totally wasn’t expecting to see this pop up on here! Was chatting with a British guy online over the summer and FaceTiming with him and he had one of these and I swear, ONLY place I’d ever heard of this device before. He bought it in person at the Hotel Chocolat, and would rave about how excellent this thing is.
Do I love hot chocolate? No. Do I love Emmy enough to watch a 20 minute video about hot chocolate? Yes. Also, just kidding. Who doesn’t love hot cocoa?
I worked for Hotel Chocolat in the UK for many years, and was there when the velvetiser launched. Bought one for myself and my daughter and am very familiar with its ways. I’m so pleased you love it! Not sure if this applies where you are, but over here if you become a member of their loyalty scheme VIP Me you can get a big discount on the machine. The sachets are pricey now that I don’t get staff discount, but I recently restocked on the mocha latte ones, which are my favourite. Would have been interested what you thought about the 85%. You can also sometimes get the 100%, which you may well like I think. Tip: to maximise on the chocolatey flavour many people prefer to used skimmed milk instead of whole. You can also just use half the amount of milk with your sachet, then pour it over ice and top up with cold milk, for a lovely iced chocolate milk!
I clean my blender the same way. Warm water, a few drops of soap, and run it.
Vitamix?
I spent just a bit more on a breville milk frother for my fancy teas, but you can adjust the temperature of the milk and the lid has a smaller opening in it so you can add chocolate or other powders or syrups to it as it heats and spins. It does take longer than 2 minutes at the hotter settings, but it worked great when my husband wanted hot chocolate. I've had my breville tea maker for almost 15 years so I know it's a good quality brand
I also love that the frothing cup and disks are dishwasher safe!
Me at the start of the video: this seems like it would be a waste of money 😒
Me 8 minutes into the video: I 100% need this gadget in my life!
(I do drink lots of hot chocolates and one mug at a time is perfection 👍)
I like it thicker,you can add a little cornflower to get a good thickness so it can be eaten with churros...tipical here in n,w spain.Galicia.
I do the same, make a slurry of cornstarch, add it in with the chocolate. I was given the recipe in Spain, and it's called Castilian Hot Chocolate, and I love it that way, it gives it a nice smooth texture and body.
@@lisab.1595 can you share the recipe please?
I'm in Extremadura, Spain, and buy Paladin Noir hot chocolate powder from Carrefour. I use it my Velvetiser. Makes lovely thick, dark, hot chocolate, and the Noir version is not so sweet. Really yummy
Looks Delicious! All of those would be greatly enhanced with a pinch of sea salt. A trick I learned when I was a child and still do at 62. The salt and minerals bring out the spectrum of flavors in the chocolate better and balances out the sweetness 😉
I love mine! They have lots of flavors. You can also grate your own choc . I've also just heated the milk with a little cinnamon for a bedtime drink
Love mine as well.❤❤❤❤.
Can you use any brand of chocolate in it?
@@angelika_munkastrap4634yes, but it voids the warranty (how they’d know…I don’t know, but…).
I bought a milk frother from Aldi for about £15 several years ago. Does exactly the same job for a lot less. It works fine with the sachets from Hotel Chocolat.
I think the milk frothers are closer to £20 now in Aldi and Lidl when they come in to the middle aisle.
Mexican one is around $4 (in México) around $15 online. Look it up, molinillo chocolate
I use a small wire whisk, with the "spinning between the palms" motion of the molinillo. It works well.
Does it heat it, too?
Hi from UK - HC is very popular in 🇬🇧 we have one near our home and we often try the sample choc packs they bring out and their chunky Easter Eggs are great. A large selection box is always purchased for Christmas 🎄 - I’m really tempted to buy a velvetiser. Thank you for reviewing.
I bought the velvatizer last year.
I also use it to froth water with heavy cream for a cappuccino.
Sometimes I'll also add a shot of espresso as part of the water then add some heavy cream and pack of the chocolate for a mocha. If I have the orange hot chocolate I'll sprinkle a little cardamom or cinnamon or both. Really good.
I imagine a similar effect could be done with a milk frother, but for a lot less. Also, I never used water for hot cocoa packets, I only use milk. I question those who use water for those because it’s so much richer with milk than water
I was wondering about that too. My $20 milk frother looks super similar to this machine. Maybe I should try making hot chocolate with it.
Some people use water cause they may not like the milk richness- I know my family doesn’t
Yeah, milk is the way to go. Emmy said with homemade hot cocoa you can use the milk of your choice but you can do that with the powder too haha
@@kallimago8595 do it, I use a cheap Aldi milk frother with the hot chocolate sachets and it's fine.
Oh no, now I'm tempted to pay way too much to get this and live out my Hallmark holiday movie dreams
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Best option would be to spend $50 on an Instant MagicFroth, which performs the exact same function but has a dishwasher safe carafe. If you NEED to spend $150, get a Breville Milk Cafe, which is also a stainless, dishwasher safe carafe.
me too
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anyone else think the way emmy says chocolate makes it sound more smooth and velvety just as a word?
I have a Bialetta that cost half that and does a great job of making smooth and creamy hot chocolate. Next time you want to make hot chocolate- try the Williams-Sonoma Hot Chocolate. It’s basically shredded chocolate bars.
I love their hot chocolate; they probably still have some on sale from Christmas, too!
I wish I had a kitchen big enough for all the kitchen gadgets I want to have 😢
And the budget!
Me, too! My kitchen is tiny.
I struggle to afford rent on a place with a kitchen big enough for half the kitchen gadgets I want! I'm touring new apartments right now, and most have tiny kitchens barely big enough to turn around in. I just don't understand it.
I even thought of renting a building filled with shelves just for that purpose:=)))
Your comment about the magnetic stirrer reminded me of a time my freshman year in college when a guy across the hall in my dorm was making White Rissian cocktails using a stirrer that he had somehow "liberated' from a lab. It was an effective way to mix a drink, although perhaps overkill ;-)
That little thing that spins around inside a beaker?
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Bought this for my sister for her birthday... She loved it!
Also handy cause now i can send her random boxes of 'Hotel Chocolat' drinking chocolate, to cheer her up!
Trader Joe’s Pound Plus bars would keep you in hot chocolate for ages. Hopefully the Velvetizer price will come down in the future!
Buy the bundle kit. It includes
The velvatizer, 2 cups, 4 boxes of chocolate of your choice. Each box has 10 packages of chocolate. Paid $160 sent as a gift. If you just bought the velvatizer it was $150 dollars. The boxes of chocolate bought separately are $22 dollars.
I got a Devince 4 in 1 frother on Amazon for $30 (now listed at $40) that does the same things. Works amazing!
seeing the long list of gadget test videos makes me wonder if Emmy has an entire closet (or small room) devoted to storing all of the gadgets that she gets 😄
Horlicks? Wow I don't run into many Americans who even know what that is. Good stuff. Yes, yes I'm old!
Y’all get up the QUEEN has posted, I started watching your videos about a year ago and now I watch you almost everyday now. I tell all my friends to watch your videos bc there iconic and they make me happy.
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She's the only creator that I watch that my husband doesn't roll his eyes and tunes out. He asks constantly if there is a new video and gets aggravated if I watch without him 😂 And when he realized she adds something cute or funny at the VERY end, he rewatched all the videos that I "cut off" too early. He's starting to love Beryl's food videos, whom we found through an older Emmy video, lol. Emmy is the queen in our home for sure!!!
I love mine and the flavors they have and often have special edition chocolate. The often go on sale. I managed to get mine for $89 last November. Wait until it's on sale if you don't want to pay full price.
Hotel Chocolat used to have two stores in Copenhagen, they sadly both had to close in 2020 and I am still kicking myself to this day, for not investing in a Velvetiser, I drink at least one cup of hot chocolate or cacao milk every single day... I have always thought of this machine as being in the same realm as a high quality kettle or coffee system or even quality kitchen knife. Yes it is expensive, but I personally feel that it is well deserved, because of the quietness, the design being a minimal and simplistic design (a non-flimsey 90% metal and minimal amount of plastic) and if I remember correctly it has a pretty nice weight. My personal favorite version of their chocolates was the 100% dark chocolate... it is absolutely amazing🙌.
My bf bought me one for xmas. I love it so much. The pre-made hot chocolate works better with anything other than water.
I have never been a fan of making hot chocolate with water, the consistency and taste is just meh.
I fill mine with filtered cold water to the minimum line then fill it with heavy cream to the max line for the difference. Then add the chocolate.
I went to a Hotel Chocolat once on a vacation and it was the best hot chocolate I've ever had. They served it with a swirl of cold mousse-like chocolate whip on top sprinkled with chocolate shavings. I wish they had locations in the US!
Knowing that the Aztecs originally used to froth up their chocolate drinks made this very interesting to watch
To get your money’s worth from the machine, use it to froth your milk for coffee. That’s what I do with mine x
My kids LOVE it and have been making their own cups of perfectly whipped hot chocolate or "drinking chocolate" my oldest likes to say.
@ I love how gadgets like these make cooking, and even just making food accessible and enjoyable. Plus it’s not really a unitasker either!
@@emmymadeEmmy, do people follow you around the Savers Thrift Store?
Same
nice shoutout to freakin' reviews
Interesting device. I loved your story about making hot chocolate for your children. My mother, who passed away Friday made us hot chocolate that way when we were kids.
I’m so sorry. 💔
So I bought myself one last year and it was on sale. I got it for $99 and when I tell you it’s amazing I love it so much. It really is very well done and it’s very easy to clean. It’s very easy to maintain and it I don’t even use their special chocolate. I use my own chocolate and it’s perfection every single time
I bought this for myself in December. I don’t drink coffee but do love hot chocolate. My husband has a lot of coffee devices so I guess this was my fun kitchen purchase.
So happy to see you, Emmy!😃
I love Freakin Reviews! Great channel! I’m so glad you tested this it’s always good to see another person testing the same product!👍🤩
It'll be great for the snowy weather that's coming in tonight!
I live in the desert southwest of the United States, and we're having record heat. It nearly reached 90° Fahrenheit last week.
We would love to share in your cold snap. ❄️
i smell a new englander
I live in New York and it is snowing pretty hard right now.
Emmy! Your nails look BEAUTIFUL!! 💖💖💖
Oh, thank you.💅
I bought my partner a Dualit unit which was much cheaper than the Hotel Chocolat version but works pretty much the same and she is delighted with it 🙂
@Te-Ie-grm_me_emmymade How can that occur?
Loved the video! Would be interested to see you try this in a normal milk frother if you have one! I have the Nespresso and am tempted to pull it out and try it.
Read the 1 star reviews before you purchase!!!!! Their customer service is dreadful,if it breaks after 5 uses you have to send video proof and then are ghosted ! I don't recommend stuff unless you read 1 star reviews and see what happens when it goes wrong for $150. 😢
Im a kids librarian. ALWAYS read the one star reviews. Those are the issues that parents will bring up.
@katestewart-taylor9736 exactly! Everyone reads the 5 star reviews and falls in love, me I read 1 star reviews and hit Reddit for the facts, because Reddit ALWAYS gives you the tea 💅,sadly I really don't trust ANYONE who is making content anymore, because let's be honest,they are opening something up and using it once out of the box, probably returning it after they make the content to profit off of the content selling cr@p products that break after not even normal use. I want to see genuine content. It's so hard to trust anyone demoing anymore 💔
I’ve been using my $13 hand frother with the same results.
Shout Out to James White at Freakin Reviews! I watch his stuff a lot, unlike other reviewers he doesn't BS you and he also doesn't take sponsors. If you like Emmy you'll probably like him to 👍
Your videos make my day! A nice way to unwind and decompress after a long day 😊
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So nice to hear about you and your kids, Emmy!
Maybe i need to add frothing to my hot chocolate making?
I fondly remember my mom over a pan of hot chocolate for us (I was one of eight!) that starts with bittersweet chocolate melted in butter, add milk, sugar, vanilla, and the slightest pinch of salt (all to taste).
I usually make hot chocolate in a pan, or -for a single quick cup-hot cocoa for a from milk heated in the microwave then stir in a mixture of cocoa powder and sugar, add vanilla and a tiny bit of salt.
I'm watching this just after finishing a cup of hot chocolate made in my Velvetiser. I love it. Fast, I don't need to pay attention to it like heating milk on the stove, always the perfect drinking temperature, and easy to clean. The only drawback is that it only makes one cup, so if I am having hot chocolate with my husband they are not ready at the same time. It is expensive, but I got it as a gift, so that wasn't a problem for me!
I got it last year as a house warming gift. omg amazing highly recommend the salted caramel flavor
I have a $35 4-in-1 milk frother that has a heating setting and I use it to make hot chocolate all the time. Since it functions almost identically to the Velvetiser, except it also froths milk, I might try the Hotel Chocolat mixes with it.
I just saw Ghirardelli has hit Cocoa mix. I haven't even tried it and I know it will be good.
Stephen's Gourmet Cocoa is amazing & comes in lots of flavors.
I love mine so much that we got all three colours and we got quite a few flavours of the hot chocolate I did have there coffee machine but they discontinued it right before mine broke just out of warranty my favourite
flavour is black forest
I had mine for over 4 years now and I'm from the UK so that's why I had it for so long
Huge fan of your channel for YEARS, seeing you review the velvetiser (something I own) was such a delight to see on the homepage! 🥺💙 I'm obsessed with my velvetiser, the hot chocolate is so yummy and frothy plus the special sachets of flavours Hotel Chocolat offers are so yummy. Their current limited time valentine's honey flavour? I'm obsessed with, I need to stock up on it before it all disappears!
Sorry, not paying 150 dollars to make hot chocolate. Too many other options.
i saw this on freakin reviews and thought the packets were to expensive but thanks to you we all now you can just use chocolate chips its looking a little bit better, i could still make it on the stove and just use a frother to mix it.
I love hot chocolate, a few years back I made Italian hot chocolate! If you have never had that, you should try it with this machine.
My great granny used to make this INCREDIBLE hot chocolate! Apparently, my great grandpa used to ask for it once a week, even during a heatwave in the summer 😂 My mom used to make it for me when I was little, and now I make it all the time! I added those jumbo marshmallows to melt in with the hot chocolate and it's really good! Sometimes I add a splash of espresso liqueur or hazelnut liqueur, then I'm down for the evening 😂😂
That sounds good with the liqueurs.😊
Watching this made me wonder, “Hm… I wonder if Emmy has ever tested recipes for champurrado?” Sure enough, she has!! Several years ago, you can find her video. A taste test comparison between Ibarra and Abuelita chocolate!
I admit I bought one. I had this chocolate in Scotland at one of their stores there, and it was so delightful with their signature chocolate whipped cream on. They serve it there with a little spoon to eat the cream with, so I admit to buying this to recapture a nice part of a vacation I really enjoyed. I Think it does a good job for what it is, and while I generally despise “single taskers”, this makes me feel a bit fancy and I do enjoy having it. It’s fun to bring out for guests as well.
Hot chocolate mix is more sugar flavored than chocolate. I like this little appliance!!
I agree! It's SO sweet.
I will admit, I am a big fan of hot cocoa, and i do like hotel chocolate stuff. But I always remember what Alton Brown said about one trick pony kitchen tools. Take up space and so often not actually used. (But hey, maybe one day I’ll be woo’d at a Saver’s.)
But I recall you live in RI, so not so far from Boston. I highly recommend you visit LA Burdick’s in Cambridge. They have actual European style drinking chocolate. Amazing. (You can get it dark, milk and white) Plus they sell tiny adorable chocolate mice. Worth a visit.
I got mine after watching Freakin and adore it. I'm going to buy a chocolate shaver once i run out of packets, to try what you did. There are other machines that do similar for less but i really like the look of the copper version and so far so good. It can make a really good mocha that's not overly sweet if you mix the classic dark with either a French press coffee or even just a double shot of "espresso" out of a Keurig.
Great now I need a 150 dollar hot Chocolate maker.
I bought the chocolate flakes to make on a stovetop and it just wouldn’t work. Velvetiser heats milk hotter than my nespresso milk frother AND makes it so lovely!!
I got one of these for Christmas. It’s pretty good. I love the ginger flavor!
This was such a great video. My only disappointment is that it wasn't made earlier.
I was really interested in buying one about five years ago. And back then when I was finally serious about buying one I had already done so much research, as much as I could. I finally realized that it was aerating the milk as it heated and stirred and that wasn't what I was looking for. So ultimately I didn't buy it. But had this video been created at that time, I would have understood it within the first few minutes of watching.
I love homemade hot cocoa!
So good, right?
This is a cute machine but I could never justify spending $150 on it plus having to buy the boxes of chocolate.
They have where you can buy the bundle kit. Bought as a gift. It includes the velvatizer, 2 cups, 4 boxes of chocolate of your choice. Each box has 10 packages of chocolate. $160 dollars total. If bought separately
Velvatizer $150 dollars, box of chocolate $22 dollars
I agree with making hot chocolate from scratch and being able to adjust the sweetness! I am old enough where I had Home Ec classes in junior high school, and hot chocolate was one recipe we learned in the cooking part of the class. I still make it that way to this day, using milk, sugar, and powdered cocoa, and if I want it a little more rich, I will melt some bar chocolate into it.
Your next series should be using unitaskers for unconventional uses, lol. You could probably make gravy.
I like that the stirrer is magnetically held to the bottom, so you can leave it in while pouring, and not have to worry about where to set it down so it won't leave stains. Given this seems to be something to be used at a table or desk as much as in the kitchen, that's really convenient. Very pricey, though, and I don't drink enough hot chocolate for anything less than making it on the stove in a pot to be worth it for me. That way I can thicken it with cornstarch, which I think might not clean out of this thing very easily.
Love Hotel Chocolat, and proper hot Chocolate is far superior to hot cocoa.
Two things…I’ve had one for years and it’s currently stuffed in a cupboard. Time to get it back out! You sold it to me again 😂❤ It’s lovely as a wee treat.
Secondly, I have a Nespresso Aeroccino milk frother - I was wondering if it might do the same job as the Velvetiser? Price point is just over half of the Velvetiser! I may order more chocolate sachets and try it! ❤
Hi! I don't have a Velvetiser but I do have an Aeroccino that I've used Hotel Chocolat and Knoops sachets with. My technique is to add the sachet to your mug, heat the milk on its own in the Aeroccino, transfer the heated milk to your mug, stir to combine and then re-add the milk mixture back into the Aeroccino to further mix. I think adding the chocolate flakes directly to the Aeroccino would clog it up, at least that happens to me with powders such as matcha, so I sieve first. That is my little hack, hope it could prove useful :)
@@lindsayruby Thank you 🙏🏼
At $150 + $20/box for the drink mix it’s too expensive. Gillette got rich my basically giving away the blade handle and charging a premium for the blades. These folks are trying to make it on other ends. At $50 I’d buy one today and spend the $20 on the drinks without feeling like I’ve been ripped off.
Getting a kick out of the chicken noises in the background! 🐔
I was thinking the same thing.😊
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I didn’t think it would be all that….but it really is. We use it waaay more than I expected. I also use it to make lattes with.
My best tip when using alternate flavorings (I use coffee concentrates for a nice faux “latte”) is to make sure the whisk is freely spinning before using. Especially after cleaning and letting it sit. It can get bound up.
For that price point, I wish they would at least have the lid and agitator made of a better quality material, like ceramic.
That said, it looks like a fantastic product...I just wouldn't pay full price for it :)
I make Swiss Miss with extra water and it winds up tasting like a milky chocolate tea-like beverage which can be really satisfying when you want an easy hot and cosy drink. I've liked it this way since I was young. If I want real hot cocoa I use cocoa powder disolved in a bit of hot water before adding the milk and just enough sugar and a pinch of salt to make it palatable.
I have this exact product and i absolutely love it. It makes the hot chocolate so creamy and smooth. I would 100% recommend it!
Love hearing your chickens in the background!
This reminds me of the special hot chocolate from the movie The Santa Clause for some reason.
My 4L Zojirushi water boiler/warmer plays the Minuet, when the water has boiled.🤗
I feel like it's one of those gadgets like the toastie maker that you buy, use every day for a week, then put on the shelf and forget you own. Then find it again when tidying up, use every day for a week, then forget about again. It probably lasts a lifetime. ☕
Just use a battery operated milk frother.
Hotel Chocolat - expensive posh UK chocolat company . Wonder if the cups of hot chocolate they sell tastes and looks the same as the hot chocolate produced with their velveteen hot chocolate machine?
My favourite gadget is a sous vide machine - makes perfect poached eggs takes 2 hours though. Not a designed for making hot chocolate unfortunately ( and I hope nobody out there has tried using a sous vide machine to make hot chocolate - that would be silly)
I have a milk frother for my espresso machine. This is basically the same thing, but holds more milk? But that is what I use the frother/foamer with my espresso machine for - to heat milk for hot chocolate.
Hotel Chocolat is a British company, had no idea they sold in the USA! We've had a Velvitiser for over 7 years, have definitely got use out of it. Our favourite flavours are Salted Caramel, Honey, Black Forest, Salted Clementine, 50% milk and 70% milk.
Reminds me of the Mr Coffee Cocomotion I used to have
Hot chocolate with water!? oh what an abomination! Most American hot chocolate is too thin for my taste. I grew up on Italian hot chocolate which is similar to like a chocolate fondue. Really thick and Rich usually you dip cookies in it
Love you,Emmy!