Grove Square Salted Caramel Hot Cocoa, 12 Single Serve Cups by Samplers

Well, I see mixed reviews here. Yes, the K-cups come in a brown paper bag (which is a little strange) and I have no idea what's actually in it. I'm sure it's mostly artifical ingredients I can't even pronounce.That said, I find it quite tasty, if a bit unusual. I can't say I taste the carmel clearly, but the touch of saltiness is really nice. I love salt chocolate, which may be why I like this stuff so much. Note that the 'saltiness' is very mild, just barely noticable. Mixed with the chocolate, it creates a complex flavor that their Dark Chocolate version (which I've also tried) can't match. Not too sweet either.Your milage may vary on this, but if you like salted chocolate, give it a try and see what you think.

Well lets start with the packaging. These arrived in just a plain white box with a sticker on it that said "Salted Caramel Hot Cocoa K-cups Yummy" That caught me off guard however I didn't buy these for the packaging, so I don't really care.I bought these because I have never tried salted caramel anything and thought I would give it a try, and if worse came to worse, the kids love hot chocolate and they would finish them off. Well they taste nothing like hot chocolate, and detect zero caramel taste. I had the kids take a taste of my first cup and neither one wanted anything to do with them.They were extremely sweet!! The best way to describe the taste is like a cheaply make cake that tastes only of sugar, only this is in hot liquid form.I didn't give them one star because I realize tastes vary, and others may like the taste, but I think it should at least taste somewhat like hot cocoa, and a hint of caramel would be nice.

Everyone that has came into my home and tried this Salted Caramel has loved it. One catch. Most of these work in my Keurig 2.0, but there have been a few pods that haven't. . No idea why.. Fortunately I still have an older Keurig I keep on standby just for pods that won't work on a 2.0 system.. But if you haven't tried the Salted Caramel, give it a try. Winter is around the corner. This is really nice tasting hot chocolate.

These are very tasty! HOWEVER, I was upset when I inserted these K-Cups into my Keurig 2.0 and received an ERROR message stating that I could not brew these cups!!! Oh well...went the old school way and boiled hot water and enjoyed the contents of the packets. Tasty! Just wish I could pop them into the Keurig!

This cocoa is pretty good, but I didn't really get the salted caramel flavor. Just good hot cocoa. And I don't see the need to pay this much for hot cocoa when I can just open an envelope if any store brand and add hot water from my Keurig. I wouldn't mind paying more if the salted caramel flavor really came through.

This hot cocoa is amazing. It has a wonderful flavor and brew about perfect on a 8oz setting. I have found I like to brew one 8oz of it and 1 8oz of the Grove Square Milk Chocolate Cocoa. Add about 6 huge marshmallows and it is so delightful. Will definitely buy this product again. As far as the contents coming in a bag I don't mind. Kcups are pressurized. This means you will be able to tell if they have been tampered with easily.

This is by far the best hot cocoa k-cup i've had. I have tried many, and I have NEVER had Grove Square's leave any cocoa in the k-cup, have a weak flavour, or be messy. No matter what flavour i've tried they have ALWAYS been wonderful. Although the Salted Caramel is my Favorite, all their k-cups have been good. I will continue to buy Grove Square brand k-cups for my Keurig.

This hot cocoa is great for a pre-packaged mix. It compares favorably with the Land-O-Lakes brand that comes in the foil packets and is much better than anything else I have tried that comes in K-Cups. Of course, nothing matches real hot chocolate, but this is convenient and tasty.Per my local supplier of K-Cups, Coffee Icon, this flavor is seasonal and not available at the time of this review (February 2014). I am glad I found a few boxes on Amazon.