Nicely creamy, but little else in the flavor department that stands out. It doesn’t try to do too much, and has an enjoyable simplicity that makes drinking both pleasurable and effortless.
Shamrock Farms Chocolate Milk
Very tasty with strong salt and malt combination delivered through a relatively thin but highly creamy medium.
Hunter Farms Low Fat Chocolate Milk
Weak cocoa flavor, only a light sweetness is present. Fairly thin, smooth, light, and gray— but the flavor has much fewer identifiable characteristics.
The Fresh Market Reduced Fat 2% Chocolate Milk
Cocoa flavor that tastes very ‘accurate’— tastes like how cocoa should. All other flavors work well to make cocoa the star of the show.
TruMoo Chocolate 1% Lowfat Milk (UHT)
Has a watered-down, yet ‘cooked’ milk taste that might be ok on its own but doesn’t fare well side-by-side with others.
Harris Teeter Ultra-Pasteurized Chocolate Lowfat Milk
Salty, less sweet and as malty as chocolaty. It’s pleasant upon first sip, but has a lingering aftertaste that is strong and urges you to take another sip to get rid of it.
Harris Teeter Traders Truly Chocolate Milk
Tons of flavor brought through by a heavy dose of cream. May be too salty for some, but it works for me in conjunction with the malty cocoa flavor. There is a guilt factor, but it’s worth it in this case.
Harris Teeter Lowfat Chocolate Milk
Powdery/chalky cocoa taste, but the taste is executed quite well. Good balance of cocoa with sweetness and salt.
Maple View Farm Chocolate Milk
Mature, earthy cocoa flavor and more cream than sweetness. The texture is a bit thick, but it’s warranted by the creaminess.
Shamrock Farms Reduced Fat Chocolate Milk
Sweet and creamy, with a buttery quality that is unique and pleasant. Plenty of salt to balance things out.
Morning Fresh Farms 1% Lowfat Chocolate Milk
Fairly well proportioned, nothing stands out in particular but it works well enough together.
Promised Land Dairy Midnight Chocolate 2% Milk
Candy-like sweetness and a powdery cocoa flavor contribute to an overall sense of inauthenticity. Flavor is strong and some may enjoy it, but it comes off as fugazi to me.
Marva Maid Extra Rich Chocolate Milk
Mature-feeling taste. Very indulgent, but more with creaminess and chocolate flavor than by sugar. Lives up to (and beyond) the ‘Extra Rich’ billing, which remarkably few can pull off. Exceedingly delicious, do what you must to get your hands on this.
Yoohoo Chocolate Drink (glass)
Probably should be out of scope, as it’s not really milk, it is a widely known drink in America. Thin, silky smooth, watery, sweet; still not a viable replacement for relatively average chocolate milk.
Maola By Marva Maid Chocolate 1% Lowfat Milk
There's something off about the texture— it’s fairly smooth but feels like it refuses to disperse naturally. Extremely light/gray, amply sweet but not very chocolaty. The sweetness has a fruity (grape-ish) undertone.
Coburn Farms Reduced Fat Chocolate Milk
Flavorful in a lot of the right ways— good representation of cocoa, malt, salt, cream, and sweetness— even a slight sour note that works well. Rather enjoyable to sip while contemplating whether the cattle rustling cow on the the label is a force for good, or a spiteful traitor to his own people.
Nestle Milo (Can)
Very attractive appearance (bright brown, chalky) but the taste comes off as fortified to a metallic extent. Like a chalky, grainy, mouthful of pennies with some cocoa flavor sprinkled in.
Food Lion Lowfat Chocolate Milk
Nice well-rounded chocolate milk with each flavor category easily identifiable. Smooth and easy to drink, above standard.
Nature's Touch Chocolate Milk
Cocoa flavor is a bit in the background, but the smooth and creamy flavor make up for it. Thickness much more warranted here than in the 1% version.
Nature's Touch 1% Low Fat Chocolate Milk
Slight fruity sweetness at first taste, and seemingly more vanilla than cocoa. The starchy thickness is a turnoff, however, with the lack of cream flavor it comes off as artificial.