Sweetish start, and relatively watery conclusion to each sip. It neither stands above nor dips below ‘average’ in any major way.
McDonald's Milk Jug Fat Free Chocolate Milk
Watery with a powdery chocolate taste and feel. It’s identifiable as chocolate milk— that might be the most positive thing I can say about it. At least it is a relatively sensible option as far as chocolate milk goes. Ok, so that’s 2 positive things.
Organic Valley Organic Fuel High Protein Chocolate Milk Shake
Extremely chalky, very mildly chocolaty, and relatively unsweet— I applaud the uniqueness in flavor and the aim towards ‘better for you’— but there is little reason to pursue this version for taste alone.
Hershey's White Chocolate Flavored Milk
Tastes more like a melted vanilla Jell-o pudding pop than anything else. It’s not a bad flavor, just devoid of chocolate (come on— white chocolate isn’t really legit), high on sweetness, and gimmicky enough to get me to purchase the 3-pack.
Guida's Super Premium Chocolate Milk
Mature cocoa flavor that won't beat you over the head but will keep you intrigued, as the creaminess fully supports the flavor and distributes it evenly across all of your taste receivers. Delightful.
Stop & Shop Chocolate Low Fat Milk
Pale, lightly sweet, and otherwise bland. Reminds me of lowfat TruMoo, which isn’t generally a good thing. Lacking cocoa and any other kind of flavorful jolt that would maintain one’s interest.
Guida's Chocolate Lowfat Milk
Chocolaty with a tiny sour note, not at all offensive. There’s a noticeable grain to the texture but it doesn’t detract from the pleasant flavor.
Arruda's Dairy Farms Chocolate Milk
Really odd cocoa flavor that dissipates quickly— perhaps because the fat content doesn't seem to deliver on the creamy expectations the numbers might provide. It has great aesthetics, but for me, doesn't deliver on the chocolaty or creamy hopes that you might have for it.
Lucerne Protein+ Reduced Calorie Chocolate Flavored Dairy Beverage
The sweetness has a sharp bite to it that carries on into the aftertaste and wrests control of the entirety of the drink. From a texture standpoint, it’s grainy and unnecessarily thick. Can’t recommend this one.
Harris Dairy Farm Chocolate Milk
Chocolaty and (perhaps a bit too) sweet, which is good enough to put it above average. The thickness is more prominent than the creaminess (I prefer the reciprocal) but overall it feels indulgent, dessert-y, and is a fine way to spend a couple minutes or a few hundred calories.
Lazy Meadows Creamtop Whole Chocolate Milk
Same as Atlanta Fresh Crematop Whole Chocolate Milk that I had earlier in Raleigh, NC, just a different name on the label. A remarkable experience- tastes different from anything else I’ve had. It’s super-salty, but you warm to that quickly. It’s plenty creamy, a tad grainy, and very flavorful. Perhaps these grass-fed cows unearthed a salt lick— but still, it’s a luxurious experience that may take a sip or three to get used to.
Smiling Hill Farm Whole Chocolate Milk
Definitely creamier than the low fat version, and more enjoyable for that reason— but it still suffers from way over-sweetness, as it causes the cocoa flavor (which is strong) to seem candyish and not authentic. Again, would be much better if diluted with plain, whole milk.
Smiling Hill Farm Lowfat Chocolate Milk
Super sweet, dark, thick, and a tad sour. The cocoa flavor has a bit of an immature (over-sweetened, candy-like) quality to it which makes it hard to take more than tiny sips. Strong flavor, but needs to be diluted so the sugar rush is less prominent.
Great Value Low Fat Chocolate Milk
Cloying sweetness masks whatever cocoa flavor there is supposed to be, and it carries on into the aftertaste. There’s enough salt, and the consistency is decent, but the supporting flavors aren’t good enough to compensate for the lack of chocolate.
Sherman Farm Chocolate Milk
Doesn't try to do too much, it has a tasty creamy/malty simplicity to it and it’s refreshingly lower on the sweetness end of the spectrum— because it doesn’t need it to be enjoyable.
Thomas Dairy Reduced Fat Chocolate Milk
Lack of cocoa flavor is made up for by the creaminess, which is furthered by the salt quotient— giving it a buttery snap at the end. Would be nice if there were more chocolate aspect, but it’s enjoyable enough as is.
Strafford Organic Creamery Reduced Fat Chocolate Milk
The chocolate settles rather quickly— but it won’t be an issue to consume this one forthwith, it’s delicious. Beautiful aesthetics, strong dark chocolate flavor, thinnish viscosity, adequate cream— all things I wan’t and nothing I don’t.
Kingdom Creamery of Vermont Lowfat Chocolate Milk
Fairly bland (perhaps the darkish color caused me to expect more flavor?) and uninteresting. There’s a milky twang to the aftertaste that trumps whatever cocoa flavor there is.
McNamara Dairy Chocolate Milk
Creamy as heck, feels like egg nog (doesn’t taste like it) and there’s almost a charcoal-like conclusion to the sip that is more intriguing than off-putting. Seems to be lacking cocoa in a major way, but the rest is nicely balanced, creamy, and flavorful.
Pics by Price Chopper Lowfat Chocolate Milk
Decent cocoa flavor and strength, fairly tasty experience— just feels a bit too artificially thickened.