Brewing Chocolate Like Coffee? Yup!
No matter the time of year or the temperature outside, I’m perfectly happy with a cup of coffee or a mocha. After adding a bit of cream and sweetener, I’ll sometimes slurp it down in no time flat. Other times I savor a cup over the course of a few hours. One thing that is always consistent is that I drink alone because the kids are too young for coffee and hubby doesn’t like the taste.
I always offer to make coffee when people come over because it’s nice having someone to share conversation and a cup. Every once in a while, I’ll make hot tea or cocoa so someone will join me. It was with total delight that I discovered there is another option that puts my iCoffee maker to use without making coffee.
A month or so back, someone posted about Crio Bru on one of my Facebook boards and said they were looking for people to try out their product. Let me think. Do I want to try out a product that brews chocolaty goodness in my coffee pot? Well, duh.
The product looks just like coffee and is prepared like coffee but is actually ground cocoa beans. Let me show you how simple it is.
Pour the water into your coffee pot like you normally do.
Scoop out the designated amount of grounds based on how many cups of water you added. See how it looks like cocoa? Bet you wish you could smell it through your computer.
Then start your coffee pot like you normally do. What you end up with is a pot of antioxidant-filled goodness rich in health benefits but low in calories and carbs containing no sugar, sodium or gluten.
With that said, let me tell you what it tastes like. You know the cocoa you have in your cabinet for baking? Think about if you added it to a cup and mixed it with water. It is a strong cocoa flavor. If I was one of those people who drinks my coffee black and enjoys dry red wines, I probably would have loved it right like that.
But I’m not. It’s no secret that I have a horrible sweet tooth. I add creamer and sweetener to my coffee, drink only sweetened tea and my favorite wine is a Late-Harvest Moscato. It was missing the sweetness that I seek from a cocoa product. So what did I do? I added a little milk and sugar and it was positively divine.
Okay, so maybe that makes it not as healthy as drinking it black (or would that be referred to as drinking it brown?) – drinking it straight – but the difference is that I had someone I was able to enjoy it with. That, in and of itself, is a total bonus.
The only thing I haven’t tried is to mix it with half & half, sweetener and ice to create a frappe drink. Or even mix it with ice cream to make a shake! At some point, I’ll try to incorporate the previously brewed grounds into one of these delicious looking recipes.
Oooh… that reminds me… have you ever heard of people using their coffee grounds in composting bins or gardens? Well Crio Bru grounds are eco-friendly also. Not only can you add it to gardens (as long as you don’t have pets in the yard) but you can also use them as an exfoliating scrub or make a full body scrub by combining them with sea salt and olive oil.
Who knew that a coffee pot could create so much more than just coffee? Are you ready to brew up some cocoa?
You can purchase Crio Bru online or at select stores. For more information on Crio Bru, visit their website or connect with them on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube.
Wow this sounds great. I have never even thought about brewing Chocolate this sounds great something I really need to try. My daughter Loves hot Chocolate she is always making a cup even when its 100 outside. This will be a huge help with that thank you.
Sounds like a really good cup of coffee.. We like chocolate allot here, and have cocoa just sitting around.
That sounds like a great cup of coffee. I am a chocoholic so I’m sure this would become an instant favourite!
Wow never would I of thought of this one. We love our hot chocolate around here.
Mmmmm…. I can’t wait to try this. I’m such a Chocoholic. 🙂
Wow, you just totally blew my mind! I have never really thought about making hot chocolate any way besides from a Swiss Miss packet! LOL
That looks so good – going to have to check out where I can get some. YUM!!
This is so cool! I’m not a big coffee drinker, but I love anything chocolate!
I love hot chocolate! I’ve never thought about brewing my own though.
Great tip to add grounds to your garden. We always do that!
oh that sounds so good right now, iced coffee though.
Shoot! If we had a coffee pot I would totally use Crio Bru! We don’t drink coffee at all. But I love how natural this would make the cocoa! My husband doesn’t like sweet drinks so he would be super happy. I like sweet; so I would definitely be adding in that sweetener and half and half! But I think this is so awesome!
Hmm brewing chocolate? What a great thing, I am just drooling over the thought of freshly brewed chocolate. That must be amazing.
I want a coffee pot now! This looks amazing
Very interesting, although i’ve never tried brewing chocolate with your article i’m sure i’ll do it just the way you have it done.
As an “All things chocolate” lover, I am so intrigued. I think I would LOVE brewing hot chocolate!
Woooow, I think you’re on to something. I’m going to try this tonight!
I love Coffeemate flavoring mixed into my hot chocolate. I think brewing cocoa beans is probably way healthier than the Swiss Miss stuff I use all the time. I would be adding a ton of sugar to this like the lady above me said she’d be doing!
What? This sounds insanely delicious. I have been obsessed with hot chocolate all winter, but this sounds even better. My sister has the iCoffee machine and I just might have to “borrow” it for a while. 😉 Love the idea of adding ice cream, too. YUM.
Oh. My. Goodness. This looks absolutely amazing! The hot chocolate lover in me can’t believe that I hadn’t heard of this product until now! Thanks for sharing!
Brew me a cup! Looks devine!!
I enjoy anyway that something chocolaty I can drink is made. This sounds so yummy.
I never would have thought of this, but I am totally loving the idea. Mmmmmm.
My mom used to make this all the time. Ahh brings back so many memories. She made it differently but, I love this method. 😀
Oh my goodness! This reminds me of the type of hot chocolate that we have back in the Philippines. We call it Tableya, which is made out of ground cacao seeds, then shape it into circles or an oval. When we are ready to drink it, just toss the circles of ground cacao seeds in the hot water and stir to dissolve. Hmmmm. it is so good and so rich! It reminds me of that. This looks and sounds so good in the morning.
I like how you can put it into the coffee maker. That is really convenient.
Wow, I am fascinated by this! Definitely will have to give it a try, and I just told my in-laws that we’re visiting and they’re super interested too. What a cool concept.
I read about Crio Bru before….and fell in love. I went to the website to order a few different selections, or maybe it was a sampler pack (don’t remember). Anyways, I went to the checkout, and BAM! That’s when they lost me. I remember the shipping cost being kinda on the outrageous side. My frugal self wouldn’t let me go through with it, so I didn’t purchase (at that time).
Anyways…I’m going to eventually use Amazon.com GCs + Amazon Prime free shipping to get a whole bunch of the Crio Bru cocoas.
I cannot wait!
This looks amazing! I am so trying it, and I am completely with you on the sweet tooth. I would definitely add milk and sugar.
Wow I gotta try this out! Whats better than choc? nothing! lol
I like my chocolate really unhealthy. hehe…
Milk, butter, sugar and chocolate poweder… mnnn.
Yum! More things to do with chocolate! I love this idea. Thank you for sharing this with us! I’m going to go look at some of your other articles now. Take care!
YUMMM.. I’m addicted to chocolate and this sounds delicious.. a totally different experience.. SOOO have to check it out..thanks for sharing..
This sounds like an great way to prepare a fast cocoa when you have company! I’m surprised that it yielded a cocoa drink…although it shouldn’t I guess it’s kinda like tea:)
This must have smelled so good after brewing.
Wait. I’ve actually thought of this and I had no clue that it would work. I am actually walking over to the kitchn now to try. This seems like an amazing idea.
Mmmmmm I’m a hot choc addict lol
Well, absolutely anything with cocoa in it will always taste good to me! Looks like a much better alternative to the ‘regular’ syrupy stuff you get 🙂
I don’t drink coffee at all, but I am an avid hot chocolate lover. I actually helped my grandma prepare chocolate from her “chocolate tree” once (that’s what I called it at that age lol). I have hot chocolate at least 3 nights a week. With almond milk. And I love it. Yum. Yum. Salivate.
Awesome idea! I love to drink coffee and I also love chocolate too. I have never thought about doing this with chocolate and I can just imagine the boost of chocolate flavoring that it would give.
Thank you for sharing 🙂
My husband would probably fall over for this coffee!
Woa! This sounds amazing! I am definitely one of those people who likes black coffee and red wine. I love strong dark chocolate and I’m certain this drink will be a new favorite. Thanks so much for the share 🙂
oh wow- this looks so good- thanks for sharing!
MMmm, this sounds delicious. Chocolate and coffee? What’s not to love?!
looks yummy. need to explore my local market to get something of similar kind
I sure miss Sekwate from the Philippines now just by looking at this. I went to their website and read more about Crio Bru and now I am more convinced that it is made like we Filipinos make them in the Philippines as tableya, except this one is in powder form and not formed into circles or ovals. I am sure it is yummy!
Thanks for sharing! This looks great – I would love to add this to my morning routine!
I’ve done this! Brewing chocolate! And it even tasted better! 🙂
I hve never heard of that! I would love to try it out. I wonder if I can find that brand around here in OR.
My MIL has a “pod” style coffee maker and can make chocolate with that which I thought was so cool but I had no idea that traditional coffee pots could be used to make chocolate too! How neat.
I am a huge coffee drinker. I really would love to try this. It looks yum!
Very nice… So it’s chocolate flavored coffee? I would add cream and sugar too. 🙂
I could have written this post! My kids are also too young, my husband hates the taste, so the coffee is all mine! I don’t have to share! Seems like a splendid brand I’ll have to look for the next time I go shopping! I too sip for a few hours, although I like my coffee iced most of the time.
I love hot chocolate. I’d totally give this a try, it sounds interesting!
Sounds like a really good cup of chocolate!! It’s nice to have a hot cup on a cold wintry day…or maybe even on a hot summer day…what ever we are in the mood for. We love Chocolate!!
Neat. I’d love to try hot chocolate brewed like this.
Such a perfect thing for cold New England winters.I’ll have to pick some up to have around for chilly nights by the fire pit!
That sounds delicious! We love hot chocolate any time of year!
I am a total chocolate fanatic! I will definitely be trying this out, thank you 🙂