Strongly sweet, but adequately chocolaty and slightly more creamy than average chocolate milk. If the sugar were dialed back a bit, the merits of the other flavors would be more easily accessible and appreciated.
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Mountain Dairy Lowfat Chocolate Milk
The super-chalky and unsatisfying texture is neither enhanced nor salvaged by an equally unsatisfying sugar-laden chocolate-flavored catastrophe.
Clover Sonoma Chocolate Milk
Decent cocoa flavor (perhaps with hints of caramel), however the texture woes noticed in the Reduced Fat version are present here as well. It feels unnecessarily thick and the creaminess doesn’t disperse in a natural-feeling way. There’s plenty to like about the flavor here, but the manner in which it's delivered takes me out the experience.
WinCo Foods Lactose Free Lowfat Chocolate Milk
Surprisingly chocolaty and well-balanced, with plenty-but-not-too-much sweetness and a creaminess that outperforms its fat content. A definite ‘must try' for the lactose averse fans of chocolate milk— or really anyone for that matter.
Nutcher Milk Company Chocolate Milk
Devastatingly beautiful mouthfeel, highlighted by a creamy cascade of love that impregnates your palate with the essence of what chocolate milk was intended to be. I feel it deserves at least few more adulatory sentences, but crafting them (and doing it adequate justice) would cut into my time, which, at this moment, is better spent transferring the bottle’s contents to my midsection.
WinCo Foods Lowfat Chocolate Milk
Pleasantly flavorful chocolate milk highlighted by a noticeable salty snap that maintains your interest throughout. Texture-wise, it’s smooth and unobtrusive; overall a solid lowfat private label find.
Humboldt Creamery Organic Chocolate Milk
Strikes a fantastic balance of thinner viscosity with remarkable creaminess—perhaps the hardest thing to get ‘right’ for so many producers. It’s delicious and sophisticated feeling, though light on actual cocoa flavor. The ‘blindfold test’ might have more people guessing ‘vanilla’ as the flavor, but it remains a worthwhile pursuit for the chocolate milk enthusiast.
Clover Sonoma Reduced Fat Chocolate Milk
Fairly chocolaty, modestly sweet, but a shockingly unnatural mouthfeel. It doesn't distribute like milk should (especially 2%— which should retain a noticeably creamy element). Perhaps this would be better taken through a straw, but after 2 glasses of searching for things to like, I’m left bloated and unsatisfied.
Cocoa Metro Belgian Style Reduced Fat Chocolate Milk
So powerfully chocolaty, that it may be the closest thing to drinking a melted dark chocolate bar. Tailor-made for dim lighting, small sips, long pauses, and introspection. A bargain at any price.
Producers Dairy Double Chocolate Milk
Chocolate and cream garner most of the focus— a refreshingly simple characteristic that is rarer than it should be. You can find stronger chocolate flavor elsewhere, but it’s nicely on display here and not held back by the other flavor constituents.
Sunnyside Farms Chocolate Milk
Less salty, and slightly less flavorful than its plastic-bottle, artificially flavored counterpart, but no less enjoyable. The cocoa flavor is a tad more available here, and despite a more muted profile, it delivers creamy indulgence that you expect from a whole chocolate milk.
Sunnyside Farms Chocolate Milk
Pronounced salty (first) and malty (second) flavor in a smooth and creamy base that is thick but not unnatural feeling. The aftertaste wanes gradually and evenly, rendering you both satisfied and also ready for more.
Producers Dairy Low Fat Chocolate Milk
Slightly earthy, and otherwise exceedingly average in all respects. It certainly doesn't stand out in a flight of chocolate milks, but occasionally there’s something to be said for getting exactly what you expect.
Crystal Lowfat Chocolate Milk
A fairly strong saltiness suggests an almost peanut-buttery flavor upfront, especially since the chocolate piece never quite comes around. It's a tad thick for a low fat product, and despite some starch, the unique flavor held my attention throughout the entire pint.
Crystal Cool Cow Lowfat Chocolate Milk
Syrupy sweetness that bleeds into the texture as well, morphing it into a sticky, sugary concoction that should reside closer to the candy aisle than the dairy case.
Sunnyside Farms Lactose Free Lowfat Chocolate Milk
Much more ‘milky’ feeling than the low fat (lactose-containing) version. The flavor is also much more in line with what you would expect and likely prefer— amply chocolaty with a kiss of malt.
Sunnyside Farms Low Fat Chocolate Milk
Thicker and starchier than expected, it tastes more like sweetened coffee than chocolate, and leaves you with a drying sensation in the mouth.
SlimFast Original Creamy Milk Chocolate
‘Chalky’ can still be ‘milky’— but not in this case. It feels a bit unnatural, and carries a fortified undertone throughout. It’s more watery than creamy, and its best feature is that it’s not abjectly awful tasting.
O Organics Whole Chocolate Milk
Buttery creaminess affords the cocoa a more prominent role and kindly ushers you into a delicious and satisfying aftertaste. Further proof that chocolate milk doesn't have to be complicated to be thoroughly enjoyable.
Cheer Fat Free Chocolate Milk
Feels more syrupy than milky— not only texture-wise, but the flavor is also more of an empty sweetness than one of chocolate. It checks the box for the waning populace to whom the phrase ‘fat free’ still holds cachet— but this is yet another example of nonfat chocolate milk attempting to please everyone, whilst effectively pleasing no one.