Thin, smooth-- almost like drinking nothing at all. The main flavor is almost one of mild soy (though it’s definitely cow’s milk)-- it's lightly sweet and super forgettable.
Wei Chuan Chocolate Milk
Decent punch of flavor in a relatively bland field of competition, though the chocolate presence has a ways to go in the authenticity department. It’s predictably thin and smooth, and moderately enjoyable.
National Goat Milk Chocolate
Nary a hint of ‘goat’— and only a tiny kiss of chocolate— this is not nearly the flavorful experience that ‘chocolate goat milk’ would insinuate, be it good or bad. The cream clings to the inside of your mouth for an unnecessary duration after the swallow, but it doesn’t sport much of an aftertaste, as that would have at least required a fore-taste.
Golden Qiaoqiao Chocolate Milk
Zero salt, and an amaretto-like flavor that, if intentional, likely appeals to a very small population. It’s possible that this product is in the nascent stages of ‘expiration’— though the date stamped on the bottle has yet to elapse.
Fresh Delight Family Mart Dark Cocoa
Creamy and chocolaty but would benefit immensely from a higher dose of salt. It’s pleasantly undersweet, on the chalky side, but delivers its cocoa flavor unapologetically.
Superior Quality Dutch Chocolate Milk
Delicious cocoa flavor is the sole focus— and the thin texture delivers the flavor quickly but lacks a bit of staying power— an issue that is promptly remedied by taking another sip as you will want to do. It drinks 'faster' than its rich cocoa taste should allow, but it's still a worthwhile pursuit.
Chu-En High Quality Chocolate Milk
No chocolate flavor, but a pleasantly sweet and thinly creamy quality makes its blandness easily palatable. Nothing to get excited about, and only disappointing if you were expecting a single iota of cocoa.
Cocoa Good Friends
Cocoa flavor is strong yet dull at the same time-- it lacks dimension. It’s nicely undersweet, a bit chalky, and a fine enough product to wake up to on those mornings when you don’t require inspiration.
Fresh Delight Chocolate Milk (UHT)
Paralyzingly bland-- no sweetness, cocoa, salt, malt, you name it.. Scoring this a 2.0 overall, as anything below 2.0 needs to have enough of a flavor to be considered ‘bad.’ This product is evidently aimed at those who find ketchup too spicy, and The Andy Griffith Show too racy.
Go Long Chocolate Latte
Sour and wheaty— a somewhat mature approach, though it severely lacks a creamy presence that would shift things from ‘disappointingly watery’ to ‘understatedly sophisticated.’ That said, it washes out quickly, which ends up being fine because the flavor isn’t one that you necessarily want to have hanging around.
Mizuho Choco Milk
Not terrible among the field of Taiwanese chocolate milk, but falls short of the global ‘average’ due to a chalky consistency that doesn't carry enough flavor and a creaminess that flirts and vanishes too quickly.
Kuang Chuan Dairy Chocolate Milk
Prominently chocolaty— and has just a hint of hazelnut essence (not sure if actually contains any)— it’s rather rich considering the fairly pedestrian 65 calories / 1.4g fat per 100mL it has to work with. The sweetness is restrained quite a bit, allowing its cocoa to stand tall— they've done well here.
Stater Bros Low Fat Chocolate Milk
Flavorful, but the sweetness is so searingly strong that it tingles your uvula and completely hijacks the cocoa. People would generally enjoy this, but for me it’s a bit too heavy-handed and it feels overdone.
Rosa Brothers Chocolate Milk
Alluring combination of thin viscosity and velvety creaminess, paired with a subtle malt and honeyish sweetness— it knows it’s good but refuses to boast.
Hollandia Dairy Low Fat Chocolate Milk
Much like your average co-worker: acceptably competent, slightly boring, and not worth introducing to your sister.
Top O' The Morn Farms Chocolate Milk
Sweet, creamy, malty, chocolaty— perhaps in that order— it all adds up to a delicious chocolate milk that, despite its plus ratings in most categories, doesn’t stand out terribly far in any one aspect. A few moments post-swallow, you get a little bit of film that carries a drying property, but that’s a minor gripe considering the overall excellent package.
Alexandre Family Farm Organic Chocolate Milk
Powerful flavor comes at the expense of a heavy dose of chalk. Such strong cocoa presence, that it feels like the individual grains of powdered cacao are besieging your tongue with ‘total annihilation’ as their collective charter. Despite vigorous shaking, I couldn’t get all the cream to mix in (which would have mitigated some of the grainy coarseness). All things considered, it's a memorably potent and flavorful chocolate milk that has a place in this world as well as my refrigerator shelf.
Broguiere's Chocolate Milk
Thick and ‘hearty’ (I hate that word), with a lingering sweetness and prominent vanilla flavor. I'm guessing that the thickness is its most beloved feature by the Broguiere’s faithful, but it feels a bit overplayed and not reinforced with enough chocolate or accessible creaminess (it goes down in gulps rather than a seamless dispersion from mouth to throat) to compete with the elite.
Straus Family Creamery Organic Chocolate Milk
Wow— super strong cocoa flavor, paired with a mature, undersweet sourness that delivers a haymaker of deliciousness! It offers what I desire most in chocolate milk exceedingly well— creaminess unencumbered by viscosity, brilliantly indulgent and punchy mature cocoa flavor, and a unique had-nearly-one-thousand-chocolate-milks-but-nothing-quite-like-this factor that puts this into rarefied orbit for me.
Kirkland Signature Organic Chocolate Milk
Slight powdery chocolate quality that leaves some grainy residue when it's all said and done, but it’s a bit creamier and more chocolaty than average. Not bad for a highly portable, financially reasonable organic chocolate milk.