Maltesers Instant Hot Chocolate - 225g

In Britain, hot chocolate lives on the same shelf as the tea, and the chocolate bar ones have their own loyal following. Maltesers is the one for people who think a hot drink should taste like a sweet shop, not a cocoa lecture.

Canadian winters are long, and when it is minus something outside you want the mug you know. People who grew up with it go looking for that exact flavour, the one that tastes of a cinema trip and a packed lunch with something good in the bottom.

The 225g pack sits happily in the cupboard between uses. Keep the lid shut and it somewhere dry, and it is ready whenever the evening calls for it. It goes in a mug for one, a flask for the walk, or a row of mugs when everyone suddenly claims they were going to have one anyway.

People rarely stop at the drink. A bag of Maltesers on the side for dunking is the usual move, and Maltesers Teasers tend to wander into the basket too, alongside a box of proper British tea for the mornings.