Hot Chocolate Pods

YUM! Great hot chocolate. I have ordered from Two Rivers before, and have never been disappointed. As with any variety or sampler pack; I like some better than others. I order variety or sampler packs to find a favorite flavor so I can single out my favorite(s) for reorder. Even the flavors that I consider So-So, taste better to me than the generic brands I bought at my local large store. In this case, I can't seem to single out one or two favorites. I will be ordering this sample pack again. I might have to order another "Pod Drawer" just to hold hot chocolates! The only downside I have encountered, (besides having to order more storage :D) is some pods tend to "drip" when I take them out of the machine. Now that I know though, I'm more careful carrying the used pods to the trash and have no trouble. Even with the "drips", 5 stars.

Amazing hot chocolate! I love the variety for my students and they enjoy all the different flavors!

Amazing assortment of flavors. Didn't check on sweetner, artificial sweetner, leaves a little aftertaste.

If you are into flavored hot chocolate this is definitely for you. You can taste the flavors but they’re not overwhelming. I recommend it.

Nice assortment. Great flavors. Great taste.

I bought these for Valentine’s Day to mix up my husbands hot chocolate obsession, and he loves them. There is a variety of flavors and so far he has enjoyed them all. Great price also for the money.

Some of these are really very good and some of them are, unfortunately, just tasteless. So, as a project to keep my self entertained, what I did was that I ended up writing little mini reviews for each flavor. I tried them first all at 8 oz. and then the second time through I tried them at 6 oz.. And for some of them, the smaller amount of water really helped, but not for all of them. And if you don't want to read the whole thing, when I was done I bought two more variety packs. One of them was just Crave, because those are delicious. Van Der Laan Crème de menthe: Mint is not strong at all. You can drink it but it’s really not that good. Gets better as you drink it. // At 6 oz. I liked it a lot more (however I did get called away for 10 minutes after 2 sips and it was cold when I came back). I think that it was significantly better though and the mint was certainly stronger. Junior Mints: It’s not the strong peppermint that I was hoping for but it’s pretty good. // Pretty good but I think the Van Der Laan Crème de menthe at 6 oz was better which is a reverse of how it was at 8. Mucho Gusto Mexican Spice: Had this strong cinnamon smell that got me excited but ultimately tastes kinda watery. Has a spicy-burn aftertaste, but up until then it’s just mostly tasteless. // At 6 oz. it’s really still not any good at all. It might even be worse. Tasteless. Shame because of that cinnamon smell but there’s nothing there. Sugar babies: Weird taste and weird smell, maybe this is how the candy is. Don’t really like it but it is strong though so it makes me excited for the other candy ones. // Still not good at all. Charelston Chew: Another weird one but not a strong taste. Bland. // Not so bland anymore but it’s still not that good. Pingo Caramel: Artificial, low-calorie sweetener tasting. // At 6 oz. it’s maybe a little better but it’s still not good and still has a strong artificial sweetener taste to it. Crave Milk Chocolate: It’s good. Strong smell, tastes like hot chocolate. Really best one so far. // Ended up being more like 7 oz but this one is still very good. Cold Stone Strawberry Blonde: Maybe a little watered down but I like it. Does have this strawberry dessert taste and aroma to it but it feels a little distant so might work better at 6 oz. // Don’t know if it’s better at 6 oz, maybe a little bit, but it’s still pretty good. As it cools down and I continue to drink it I do think that the strawberry is stronger. Brooklyn Milk Chocolate: Don’t think that it’s as good as the Crave one but this is also pretty good. Maybe a little watered down in comparison, but it’s very nice. // Not exceptionally different. Still pretty good. Bosco Caramel: This is nasty, and watery, and not good. I’m tempted to throw it away. Why was this George’s password? // At 6 oz. it is noticeably better. It’s still not that special, it’s weak, but it’s no longer offensive. Crave Dark Chocolate: Not as good as the milk chocolate one but still fairly good. // Still pretty good. Mucho Gusto Caramel Cream: Again with a strong smell but not at all with a strong taste. It’s much more like a heavily altered, and weakened, coffee rather than a hot chocolate. It’s nothing special but it’s better than the Mexican Spice at least; I’m mostly just curious what it will be like at 6 oz. // Same story as before. It just doesn’t taste like much of anything. Cold Stone Cake Batter: Really smells like chocolate cake, and honestly tastes more like the batter than the actual cake, which does fit the name. I like it. // Strong taste but more artificial, like candy, almost, I think I liked it better at 8. It was good though. Van der Laan Raspberry Truffle: Forgot until it was almost cold. At first seems ok but has this weird medicinal, metallic taste to it. // The more you drink, the more ok it gets, but it’s not that good. At 6, the Menthe is much better than the Raspberry. Bosco Butterscotch: Maybe a little better than the Caramel, but not really. Still very watery and not good. When it wasn’t so hot it seemed to get better. Not great, but not awful. // Still pretty tasteless. I’d say that the Caramel is better at 6 oz. than this one is. Tootsie Roll: The smell is stronger than the taste but it’s fairly good, especially closer to the bottom. // Tasteless at 6. I don’t think that the was another water to suck it up out of the kpod at its consistency. Opened it up, dumped what was in it into the cup, and it helped. Brooklyn Midnight: It’s good. Strong taste but not sweet. It’s almost like the cake batter one. // It’s still really good. Pingo Cookies and Cream: That low-calorie sweetener taste is less pronounced with this one but is definitely still there. // At 6 oz. it was actually kinda tasty. Pingo Milk Chocolate: It’s ok. It’s not strong, it’s not that good, but it’s ok. It’s one that might work better at the 6 oz. // In contrast to the Cookies and Cream at 6, this one is actually not that good. Brooklyn Campsite (marshmallow flavored): It’s really, really good. The marshmallow is there, and it’s just tasty. // It’s still the second best. And that’s the last one. After trying all of them, first would be the Crave hot cocoa, then the Brooklyn campsite, then Brooklyn Milk Chocolate, then Crave Dark and Brooklyn Midnight together, and then the Cold Stone ones together, and then Junior Mints, and then the Tootsie Roll, those are all pretty good.

My sister in law is a hot cocoa LOVER! We got this as a birthday present for her so she could try a variety of fun and yummy flavors. She has loved it! And made note of her favorites to buy in bulk.

Perfect timing for Fall weather. Great selection at a great price

Really nice selection - will definitely order again

Here is the list of sweetener ingredients for each of the majority of the 40 individual hot cocoa sampler pods (ingredient list included in the delivered box): corn syrup solids, pure cane sugar, maltodextrin, accessulfate potassium, aspartame; it also states that they contain phenylalanine. If I would have known this, I would not have bought this product; it is not eligible for return.