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We are going to test all of these different containers and see which one can keep the hot
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chocolate warm. So what we did is we boiled a bunch of water in those stock pots behind me
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and we poured it all in here and we read the temperature which was 173 degrees Fahrenheit
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Now from here where we mixed all the hot chocolate together we poured them into all of these
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different containers and so we have of course the igloo cooler, we have a carafe with a pump
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we have a regular carafe with a spout, we have this Stanley thermos, a hydro flask water bottle
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this off-brand from Amazon called Iron Flask, and this igloo water bottle. They're all insulated by
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the way. So what we're going to do since all of these have the same temperature hot chocolate is
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we're actually going to put them outside overnight for multiple hours and come back here in the
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morning. Right now what time is it? It's like 6 40 in the evening and so we're going to come back here
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early in the morning and test the temperatures of each of these containers and the hot chocolate
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inside of course and figure out like which one kept the hot chocolate the warmest. Did any of
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them keep hot chocolate the warmest? Right now it's fall here and so it's still 70 degrees in the
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daytime and it's getting down to like 40 ish in the nighttime so it's not extremely cold but if
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it's out for 12 plus hours it might get cooler. So we're going to take all these outside in my front
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yard, put them on a table, and just let them set and we will see you back here in the morning
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All right so it is the next morning. It is almost 8 30 a.m here and we're going to check all of these
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different containers to see which one kept the hot chocolate the warmest, if any of them. Actually I
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have a little teaser. I checked them this morning around 6 40 and they did pretty well. Some did
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better than others but now that they've been out just a couple hours longer we're going to check
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them. It got down to like 46 degrees overnight here in Boise Idaho so that gives you a little
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bit of a reference. So we have our thermometers here. Okay so now we brought all of the containers inside and we lined them up from hottest to
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coldest and this carafe with the pump won with the hottest. It was at 135. Then this carafe without
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the pump was second. The Stanley Thermos got three which was pretty cool so maybe they live up to
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their name. Surprisingly this iron flask which I've been talking about is just a random brand on
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Amazon was four above the igloo cooler and then the hydro flask water bottle and then the worst I
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guess or the coolest was this igloo water bottle and these are all insulated so that tells you
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Now this wasn't perfect because there were somewhat of different amounts in these and so
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we're just we're doing the best we can with this experiment but it gives you a really good idea. So
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I'm gonna try a few different ones here and see how hot they are if they're hot enough and if they
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live up to their name. So we'll try this one the hottest
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That should be good. By the way Boise State that's where I graduated from
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Okay it's not bad. It's not like super hot. It's not gonna scorch my mouth hot but it'll get the job
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done. It'll keep you warm but not as hot as you would like it to be but obviously these have been
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out for like 14 hours now so hey I'll take it. Pretty good. Let's try this iron flask
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I would say this one is this one is lukewarm. Slightly warm but not hot not cold. It's okay
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And let's try the coolest one out of them all which was 81 degrees and by the way the iron flask
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the iron flask again was at 107. Oh wow this is this is cold now. It's not warm. It's just definitely room temperature even cold
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actually. These would be your best bet if you can get away with these. Obviously that's not
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always going to work because you might have to get multiple to have enough for many people
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This obviously would be better for more hot chocolate. Of course it might stay much warmer
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if it's only out for two or three hours so just something to take into consideration. So this one
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I got on Amazon for just under $40 and we will put the link in the description below for you
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I had really good reviews and I'd say it's pretty good. This one here I got it on Amazon as well
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for just under $30 and these are actually the same brand. Both of these we will put in the
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description below for you if you're interested in those. All these other water bottles I already had
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This one I got on Amazon a long time ago. We really enjoyed doing this experiment so we could
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hopefully help you out a little bit and we also have an entire article about how to keep hot
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chocolate warm on our website cookforfolks.com so check that out below. But in the meantime
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we'll see you next time
