Shamrock Farms Swirled Chocolate Almond & Coconut Milk

Funky in a way that made me immediately check the sell-by date. There's a lingering, acidic / pukey flavor that is present throughout and it's a bad matchup for my personal tastes. Chocolate plus almond plus coconut is an ambitious combination from a flavor standpoint, and I'm not sensing any synergy here. Try if you must, avoid if you can.

Rock Stream Farm Chocolate Milk

Immediate blast of mature, sourish, dark cocoa flavor, strongly supported by its thin but lusciously creamy non-homogenous base-- this is a desserty treat that is worthy of self reflection, repose, and several other things that I'm incapable of. The direction and intensity of the chocolate flavor might not be for everyone, but it's a more than welcome experience for me.

Sweet Acres Creamery Chocolate Milk

Densely flavorful with a brilliant saltiness throughout that accentuates the malt in the chocolate and pops the buttery cream flavor in the latter third of the sip. Sweetness is confidently dialed back, but plays its supporting role magnificently in the delivery of liquid indulgence. It feels special, but down-to-earth enough to be an every day drinker.

TruMoo Moo & Improoved Chocolate Milk

Seemingly blander than its former self-- the claim 'Moo & Improoved" rings nearly as hollow as the drinking experience. It's whole milk, so it has that going for it, but flavorwise, there's simply not a lot going on. Perhaps it's trying to be 'subtle' and I appreciate that it profiles slightly less sweet than before-- it's sure not to offend anyone, except for those looking for a fulfilling, indulgent experience.

Upstate Farms Low Fat Chocolate Milk

Thin, smooth, highly forgettable. This is the paradigm of chocolate milk for so many young and impressionable school children, and it delivers a dead-average (albeit saltier than average) product that establishes mediocrity, possibly setting the children up for future 'minds blown' moments when they discover decent chocolate milk.

Lone Oak Farm Chocolate Milk

Readily indulgent-- a quick, decisive burst of flavor that hits your senses immediately, and once the sweetness subsides, the slightly sour mature cocoa flavor takes hold, ultimately yielding to a grassy cream (creamy grass?) a full 15 seconds after the initial draw. It's unique, and somewhat complex in its simplicity-- a paradox not often breached in chocolate milk-- and I love it for that.

Kerber's Dairy Chocolate Milk

Somewhat salty upfront pop, with a sweet, almost malty flavor in the latter half. There's something novel going on here, and not in a way that hits me in the right way. It's under-chocolaty for sure, and the primary 'flavor' is hard to pin down, and I'm not sure it's worth the search. Texture-wise, it's full and smooth for a whole chocolate milk-- it drinks nicely, and the base is its most favorable feature in my opinion.

Turner's Brownie Batter Milk

Sweet to a nigh-painful extent-- and fortunately paired with an accurate chocolate-brownie that can nearly match its intensity. Strongly recommend diluting this with whole milk in order to bring the flavors closer to the middle of the sensory bell curve, where you can appreciate them in reasonable proportion. Drinkable brownie batter is an ambitious undertaking, and they've done well to capture both the sentiment and the potential health perils that lie in wait.

Springhouse Creamery Chocolate Milk

Cream-forward flavor and a delectable (thin) viscosity-to-creaminess ratio that I love so much. Aside from a lightly grassy cream taste, there's surprisingly little else to pique your tastebuds' collective interest. It feels fantastic in the mouth, but comes up well short on cocoa, malt, salt, and sweetness (not a complaint in regard to sweetness). Lots of potential here, but in its current form, it's good but not great.

Buckincow Creamery Chocolate Milk

Awesomely thin and creamy with a mild grassy bent-- all great things-- but otherwise pretty devoid of flavor. It looks and feels great, yet comes across as 'unfinished.' The base could handle a ton more flavor, and despite the stark blandness, it's still enjoyable for me to sip as I feel its heart is in the right place.

Boice Bros Dairy Old Fashioned Chocolate Milk

Gorgeous tri-chomatic carton which is great to look at, but less great to taste. Unfortunately, there was a noticeable 'cartony' flavor that was present but not pervasive throughout. It drinks a bit thinner than expected, and bucks the trend of traditionally under-chocolaty and uber-smooth cartoned milks.

Ole' Mother Hubbert Chocolate Milk

Am I missing something here? Grass fed, creamline chocolate milk is right up my alley, but this unfortunately misses on so many levels. I'm left to suppose that I got a bad batch(?)-- though it's decidedly not spoiled (I've had enough of those to know). The flavor is highlighted by a syrupy funk that does not deliver cocoa, cream, malt, or any other desirable characteristics often found in chocolate milk.

Stap Dairy Chocolate Milk

Delicious creamline body that carries a strong, bright cocoa flavor and disperses evenly and delicately, leaving a modest chalky footprint on its way out. It's more chocolaty than sweet-- a great feature that reveals its confidence in the noteworthy cocoa and cream elements.

Happy Cows Creamery Chocolate Milk

True, straightforward cocoa flavor delivered by a surprisingly lithe creamline base-- thinks is easily drinkable and enjoyable while it lasts. The flavor doesn't extend much beyond the sip-- meaning that it ends cleanly but without much of a chocolaty or creamy sustain.