Peanut Hottie- peanut butter & chocolate flavoured hot drink review

After reviewing the original Peanut Hottie's instant hot drink, I was extremely excited to try the new chocolate addition.

The drink is described as "Peanut butter and chocolate flavour instant hot beverage made with real peanuts". 

To make the perfect drink, the setup remains the same, use 4 teaspoons (or more depending on your preference) and mix with hot water to produce a smooth peanut butter hot drink.
I opted for 3 spoonfulls as it retained the wonderful peanut flavour and saved an extra spoonful, for when the drink powder is running low (clever, right?)!

The drink was thicker than the original Peanut Hottie and stronger in flavour than the original Peanut Hottie drink.

There was a hint of chocolate flavour to the drink, but due to the strong peanut flavour it was slightly more overpowering. This does not take anything away from the wonderful peanut butter flavour and there is a subtle difference between the original flavour and the chocolate addition.

I love the cheeky idea that you can have several mugs of the wonderful drink knowing you are only indulging in 83 calories worth of your daily amount. For all the health conscious souls out there, this is a super drink which very much rivals the traditional hot chocolate drink, if not surpasses the old school pre-bed drink.

Are we looking at a replacement drink for the traditional hot chocolate, tea and coffee? That is for you to decide, but from my perspective this drink is no.1 for hot drinks.

If you would like to try Peanut Hottie, it is available in Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Tesco- the store finder tool on the website will let you find your local supermarket to save a wasted trip.

Disclamer: I was provided with Peanut Hottie tub for the purpose of this review. All views and opinions are honest and my own.

Peanut Hottie- peanut butter flavoured hot drink review

I can't call myself a big fan of peanuts, but we always have peanut butter and peanut butter chocolates in our cupboard (thanks to my mum). When a Peanut Hottie representative contacted me I knew nothing about the drink itself but was very eager to try it.

Peanut Hottie is:

• Peanut butter flavour instant hot beverage
• Made with real peanuts
• Caffeine free
• Suitable for vegetarians
• No artificial additives
• No artificial colours
• Under 100 calories per cup
• Delicious
• Price per tub (225g) £2.99

When I have opened the tub for the first time I couldn't resist but to sniff the powder, which had a peanutty aroma.

My husband made the first mug and instead of putting recommended 4-5 teaspoons he put 2-3 teaspoons, it didn't look thick, but tasted very peanutty, sweet (but not too sweet).

The second time round I put as recommended amount which made it too sweet and maybe slightly thicker, but I had to add more hot water as it just didn't taste right for me. I do understand that everyone is different but I would prefer to use 2-3 teaspoons every time as it's tastes nicer and to preserve more of Peanut Hottie drink as if you were to use the recommended amount it will be enough only for 4-5 mugs.

If you would like to try Peanut Hottie, it is available in Sainsbury’s and Waitrose currently - the store finder tool on the website will let you find your local to save a wasted trip.

When I was browsing Peanut Hottie website I also came across recipes created by fans of this drink, I think it's a great idea but can be costly.

Even though I never heard of this drink before my husband and I started noticing that it is getting popular amongst our friends and work colleagues, we spotted few people who had Peanut Hottie tubs in their kitchen and for those who never tried this drink we offered to sample it.

It is a great alternative to a hot chocolate, but would be more like a treat drink in our family due to it's price.

Recommendation: my suggestion is purely for inventors of this drink- to make this drink last longer maybe to use a thickening agent so that we can use 1 teaspoon instead of 4.

Disclamer: I was provided with Peanut Hottie tub for the purpose of this review. All views and opinions are honest and my own.