Solid chocolate flavor delivered through a nicely thin, creamy medium. There is a bit of grain throughout, but it does not detract from the tasty experience. Strong across the board.
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Pittsford Farms Dairy Chocolate Milk
Very unique cocoa taste that borders on malty/chalky/powdery. It’s not off-putting, just different from what you might expect. There’s a bit of a grain to it as well, which reinforces the powdery quality to the chocolate taste.
Nestle Nesquik Fat Free Chocolate Milk
Unnatural thickness dominates the experience— there’s plenty of sweetness but very little else. Fairly hollow and unsatisfying.
Nestle Nesquik Double Chocolate Low Fat Chocolate Milk
Similar (over) thickness issues as with the fat free version, but much more prevalent cocoa flavor. This would benefit from the addition of salt and/or creamy notes, which are essentially non existent.
Upstate Farms Low Fat Chocolate Milk
A bit light on the cocoa flavor but everything else is there and well balanced, maybe a tad too high on the sweetness end. Very thin and smooth as well which makes the drinking experience much more pleasurable.
Hood Calorie Countdown 2% Chocolate Dairy Beverage
Tastes like you’re drinking water that sat for years in a rusty sink. The sucralose aftertaste is horrendous and makes you seriously reconsider a second sip. I took about 5, regretting each one more than the last.
Wegmans Low Fat Chocolate Milk
Sweet and salty and lacking in direct cocoa flavor. Inoffensive and very average.
Upstate Farms Intense Chocolate Milk (Low Fat)
Cloyingly sweet (to a fault) and decently creamy for a low fat version. It had a much more vanilla-like quality to me as I could not easily identify the chocolate flavor. Tastes great as a first sip due to the powerful sweetness, but quickly wears thin.
Upstate Farms Intense Chocolate Milk (Whole)
Powerfully sweet and (as advertised) intensely chocolaty— the chocolate ice cream picture on the label is an accurate representation of what you’re about to enjoy. Tons of flavor, decidedly on the sweeter side of indulgence, but rewarding nonetheless.
Natrel Reduced Fat Chocolate Milk (UHT)
A slightly more sour than sweet taste which meshes well with the strong cocoa flavor. It is quite chalky and leaves a decent bit of residue on the glass, but it manages to deliver good flavor.
Organic Valley Chocolate Low Fat Milk (UHT)
Very salty and otherwise flavorless— a far cry from what you would expect. There is a creamy presence as well but without anything else to balance against, this is an unfortunate miss.