Dear Reader, what do you think is the best way to warm up this Winter? Sure, sitting in front of a fireplace or heater is good but what about warming up inside? Take a tip from skiers or apres skiers and drink a lovely hot chocolate! Blackbird hot chocolate spoons are made with couverture chocolate and come in flavours such as honeycomb, dark, milk and white chocolate. The honeycomb is my personal favourite and Mr NQN and I warmed up many a night drinking these! The people at Blackbird believe that people have been subjected to inferior drinking chocolate for far too long. So they deisgned an easy to make hot chocolate block that sits on the end of a wooden spoon. Simply heat up the milk and stir the spoon and voila, you have a delicious hot chocolate!
Thanks to Blackbird, three lucky Not Quite Nigella readers will win a hot chocolate set including 1 x blackbird chocolate spoon cup, 3 x milk, 3 x honeycomb and 2 x dark flavoured hot chocolate spoons. For a chance to win all you have to do is tell me how you’re keeping warm this winter! Simply add your answer as a comment to the story. The competition ends at midnight AEST on the 11th of August, 2012. You can enter this competition once daily and it is open to anyone within Australia.
Best of luck!
Lots of love,
Lorraine
xxx
***The winners are:
Rayann B. of NSW
Lina A. of NSW
Louise B. of Vic***
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I keep warm in winter by bringing my husky/golden retriever puppy to bed and cuddling her. She howls when she has to sleep outside, and you know its cold when your husky is complaining
I’m keeping warm by cooking comfort winter meals like roast or faking cakes/bread which warm the house and our stomachs!!
A huge mug of hot chocolate keeps me warm in winter.
how i keep myself warm: have hot shower in the morning, have soups for meals and have hot bath before bed.
What a coincidence, made chocolate spoons last night to have with desert, my friends loved them! Making scrumptious hot deserts is my way of keeping warm on a cold night.
I’ve been staying warm by having loads lamb shank and barley soup and it’s been an awesome way to warm up the soul and the house smells ever so warm too
Well in our home, winter is definately the time to be making things such as curries, bread and lots of beautiful slow cooked casseroles. The food warms you up from the inside and the heat from the oven warms up the house. If I won these chocolate spoons , I would add a little chilli to the dark chocolate [very AO]
I’m keeping warm by snuggling up on the coach with my hubby and my two boys, what’s missing is some blackbirds chocolate;)
I’m in love with my electric blanket. I go bed early and snuggle up with a good book cocooned in the warmth
AS much as I love dark chocolate Im intrigued with the honeycomb..
This has to be healthier than mulled red wine, right?
June to the end of August – the “slow cooking” quarter! In a Le Chasseur pot on top of the slow combustion stove – eventually warming both the inner and outer woman!!
Chasing my daughter is one way to stay warm. Though recently that turned around. We were in the park after a storm jumping in muddy puddles. She bent down, picked up two handfuls of mud and said “mum mum? Run!” believe me, I ran! That kept me warm.
At the risk of getting evil looks from everyone else, I’m not doing much to keep warm this winter as I live in Queensland and it’s not cold! I should however explain that I am a native Canberran and my fellow states-men that are true Queenslanders keep saying that it’s cold. I’ve barely got a jumper on!
When the family have all gone to bed and finally get control of the remote I snuggle under a pink Dora the Explorer “blankie” that the kids outgrew years ago.
We fire up the big outdoor gas heaters, invite friends around eat, drink and have a laugh over a few card games. Blackbird Chocolate would be the perfect finale.
Wow, my partner would absolutely love these … and in different flavours no less
During this cold Melbourne winter, I never leave home without my hat, gloves and scarf and on weekends I’ve been living in my Vigilante down vest … it is fantastic!
Inside the house, we always have the ducted heating on when we’re home so it means that even our bathroom is cozy and warm
My partner does get a bit annoyed when he sees that I’ve cranked it up to 24 degrees {:-o hee hee
I find my ugg boots very addictive at this time of the year – it’s not an attractive look but when you’re feet are warm the rest of you seems to be warm also xx
Hot shower then dried with hot fluffy towels straight from the dryer.
I ride my bike all year round, and I find it only takes 10 minutes of riding before I’m peeling off all my layers and just riding in a singlet! In the house I crank up the heating, defrost some beef ragu I made a few weeks ago, and huddle under the doona to really warm up. But I just know these spoons would be the ultimate dessert on those chilly nights. I might even have to share them with my housemate!
Sticking on my ugg boots, curling up under one of the quilts my grandmother made and having a glass of Mulled wine or cider!!
However there is normally a piece of dark chocolate served with the wine…so the hot chocolate would kill two birds with one drink!
Wearing a warm snuggy and drinking a delicious mug of hot chocolate.
Thankfully it’s not too cold up here but I was raised where it was very cold indeed. Layers of clothing work the best I think.
Also eating traditionally “warm” meals makes us feel warmer. Soups and stews always warm me up.
Keeping warm this winter with loads of slow cooked meals, hearty stews and casseroles….not to mention by tryingto perfect my mulled wine recipe!
Hi Lorraine! I keep warm in winter by baking yummy desserts and having them with a warming and cosy drinks – like hot chocolate
Yummy and warms you up!
I keep myself warm with ‘pashmina’, large scarf thingy which can be wrapped around body or neck. They are light/compact enought to put in a handbag ready to wear when cold anytime.
Slow cooked stews, self saucing puddings and squishes from my kids
Layering,lol…doubling up on all clothing, so beginning to look like the goodyear blimp, but really feeling the cold this year. Lots of night time fires, soup simmering on the woodstove most of the day, and brisk walks with the dog whenever the sun appears(unfortunately that doesn’t necessarily mean that it is warm, but it still feels a little comforting)
I love my cosy fire place.
This hot chocolate looks incredible
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Thank you for doing such a seasonal giveaway! I keep warm in winter by baking more! The oven warmth when you open it after the baking is done feels so good and has awesome smell too! (most of the time
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Staying under the Donna more, isn’t technology wonderful that I can be curled up in bed & still in touch with family around the world – & writing comments on NQN.
Hello Lorraine, another great competition, love it! I warm myself up by practising bikram yoga and by cooking comfort meals
Thank you,
Katerina
There is no way I could survive winter without my Boys, our tow Burmese cats. No matter where I am in the house I generally have one (or two) cats attached to me somehow. At my desk blogging Eddie sits on my lap, in bed both are under the covers with me and the human Boy (lol) Even when Im walking around the house, Rollie launches onto my shoulder and remains there for as long as he can. Just gorgeous
Apart from all my favourite comfort foods, I’m keeping warm with a crazy, patchwork rainbow blanket I made.
By stoking up the woodfire and cuddling on the couch!
Originally hailing from Ireland means I’ve always been used to cold weather. Melbourne winters always remind me of home. This winter I find it exceptionally difficult to keep warm physically when I’m out & about as I’m 32 weeks pregnant and CANNOT find a decent warm maternity coat, which means I’m still wearing my regular coat with my belly poking out! LOL luckily I am still quite mobile and energetic so try to power walk for warmth when outside (sometimes with a Max Brenner italian hot chocolate in hand when it REALLY cold). When I get home, it’s all about the homecooked foods … Curry’s, casseroles and pastas … Oh and of course not to forget chocolate cupcakes and other sweet treats for dessert. I’ve recently imported 12kg of flour from Ireland and each weekend bake loaves of bread to eat with the various soups I like to make from scratch … My favourite (and that of baby) is carrot and ginger soup …. Well that’s this weeks favourite anyway!!
My boyfriend just bought me an animal print onesie. Nothing beats coming home from a hard days work and getting into a cosy onesie…except maybe a honeycomb flavoured hot chocolate!
I sit by the heater
dreaming of that hot sweet drink
I wish I could drink a liter
of chocolate as dark as ink
I am keeping warm by having a glass of red wine and a couple of chocolates at the end off the day, while curled up on the couch watch my favourite T.V shows.
I am keeping warm by going for a surf. The water is often warmer than the air, and the exercise if fantastic!
Keeping warm by a brisk walk,followed by either a chai latte or a good strong coffee,of course a dip into the treats jar as well.
My jar consists of,frogs all types,mini Mars bars,single dark chocs and crunchie bars.
Oh well there goes the benefit of the exercise!!!
Thermal undies!
Hot chocolate, electric blanket and a crossword.
Sitting in the recliner in front of the open fire, wearing Ugg boots, reading a good book & drinking inferior (but hopefully not for long) hot chocolate
Working on my “extra layer” by eating too many pies and hot chips for lunch at work…2 methods of warmth in one!
A lovely warm fire, plenty of soup and homemade bread and a nice hot chocolate to relax me before I go to bed.
This winter I’ve been keeping warm by baking banana and choc chip cupcakes, raspberry chocolate brownies, chocolate ganache tarts, poached pears with a chocolate sauce and dark chocolate chip cookies – notice a theme? I’ve also been staying warm by enjoying soup every second day. My favourite soups at the moment are leek and fennel and a Thai chicken and galangal soup. Pies have been another comfort food – I made your red curry vegetable pies last week
I’m always on the lookout for a beautiful hot chocolate (the best one so far has been the Africa hot chocolate from Colefax Chocolates in Haberfield) so this would be perfect.
by starting it with homemade porridge and ending it with a slow-cooked meal (and, if i’m being really naughty, a pudding as well!)
Being pregnant with a belly is keeping me warm with fuzziness inside.
I also love a cuddle from my husband, he always happy to abide.
lots of slow cooking that warms the body and the soul.
Snuggling snuggling snuggling! The all natural way to stay warm! We love soups for internal warmth too…chocolate spoons sound delicious!
Having soups on the slow combustion fire ready to eat all through the winter is a great inner warmer and wow my Hubby would love to finish with Blackbird chocolate spoons!!!!a perfect finale
Eating soups having drinking chocolate and hiding under the blankets
I am keeping warm with some thermals and warm minestrone soup!
I’ve pulled out a very old, shall we say vintage, blanket that a friend of my mum knitted in the 80′s and it is as good, if not warmer, than any doona. If only I could find someone to knit me one now in some different colours !
I get terribly excited over winter fashions. Having lived in Queensland for years, it was too warm for gorgeous boots and thick, warm jackets and scarves. I am making up for those fifteen years away from Melbourne and shopping up a storm to ensure I am warm – no, really, that is my only motivation, warmth (LOL)…
I love to sip hot chocolate to keep warm in the winter
Lots and lots of layers, super stylish ear muffs and loads of hot chocolates – about to run out so this prize would be perfect timing!
Snuggling with my two little girls who are both little heat generators! Oh and ugh boots to keep the toes toasty. Those spoons look delicious!
What an exciting Giveaway! I wish I was eligible!
My winter night favs are hot chocolate, snuggle blanket and a great Romance novel. Mnnnnnn….
In bed, best husband in the world(38yr Anniversary) on one side and sleeping cat on the other and good book. Add hot choc if I’m lucky. Bliss!!!!
Oh they look so yummy! I’ve been keeping warm drinking lots of organic coffee and making pots of coconut and red lentil soup for lunch. Delish!
a fine red wine in front of the fire place!
I heat up milk,cocoa,honey,pinch of hot chilli,& few squares of dark chocolate! Stir,pour in mugs, & throw in some marshmallows then play Trivial Pursuit with family! nice and warming.Imagine then, if I throw in the above ‘choc’ spoon.How warming THAT would be !!!???? Would love to indulge in this! thanks Lorraine for sharing!
Running around on a netball court on a sat afternoon, certainly keeps me warm
It’s been school holidays and the weather, well, hasn’t been the kindest, yes it is Winter. So we’ve been keeping warm by playing Wii, nothing like competition to keep the body warm.
Cups of tea and espresso for me and creamy hot chocolate for the little Miss and little Mr, although they can get cold while we debate who goes first.
I’m keeping warm with a lovely crocheted rug and a hot cup of tea, although, this hot chocolate sounds wonderful and would be a welcomed change
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3 jumpers and a rug does it for me.
Usually with a hot shower after a 15C surf on the West Coast of NZ. I hope I still count for the draw since I spend nearly every other week in Sydney!
Hot chocolate and cuddles with my toddlers
I’m keeping warm this winter with fuzzy socks and yummy soup whilst watching old movies. Anything Audrey Hepburn is good for a little heart warming.
I’m keeping warm this winter by exercising! I’m trying to get to the gym as often as I can to run or do classes and funnily I’m not as cold this winter, I spend most of my days with a bright red face from working out!
These delicious looking hot chocolates would be such a tasty treat for me to enjoy! Yummo!
An early evening walk with my husband – we’re lovely & warm by the time we get back to prepare dinner!
Whoa those look kickass!
I’m keeping warm with the following combo: a hot water body constantly strapped to my belly, and a vat of mashed potatoes in my hands at all times. A+ for effectiveness.
I love sitting in the sun reading my favourite book snuggled in my favourite patchwork quilt.
My hot water bottle & I are the best of friends through Winter. Never argues with me either or tells me I am a lousy cook.
Sitting in front of the wood fire or moving quicker than normal
My slow-cooker is my winter-warmer-upper! The smell while it’s cooking, or when you come home, the unctuousness of the fall-apart meat, the reheated left-overs the next day at work (jealous workmates a bonus!)… yum, yum, yum…
I like to go for a bracing walk with my dog…I’m all rugged up in my Anaconda gear, he has his fur coat and by the time we get back we are both warm and I then tell myself I have really earned my hot chocolate!!
it’s embarrassing but nothing beats curling up with a nice warm drink (perhaps a hot chocolate?) and my snuggie!
Wearing the possum fur socks my Tasmanian relatives sent me (possum from New Zealand! Where they’re pests! I’m not evil!) and having lots of mugs of tea and coffee to warm my hands
Keeping warm??? Not!!! I’m afraid I am a whinging Queenslander who has never acclimatised to the cold. So shivering incessantly becomes second nature unless the cold snap is broken (if only temporarily) by a healthy addiction to hot chocolate – yummo!! This blackbird chocolate just might work a treat!!!!
I’m keeping warm by spending a week in Queensland! Unfortunately that means no email access except for this last 15 minutes:)
The way I like to keep warm in winter is what I like to call nature’s hot water bottle my kitty cat Maggie she sits on my lap and radiates heat into my body
Burn the candle at both ends at an (amazing) conference for a week = get sick and don’t feel to cold! I didn’t plan it this way but it’s worked really well to keep me warm, and despite being fairly incapacitated for the past week, I had such a great trip that I don’t think I actually mind too much!
OMG I can’t think of a better way to warm up than a hot chocolate! THank you Lorraine for the opportunity to win!
I’m definitely going to be back every day
After a long hot scented bath, I change into my flannel pyjamas, curl up in front of a fire with a hot chocolate and raisin toast.
Hot chocolate, a good book ( how good is a king of thrones)a doona and a hot water bottle.
Having lots of soups, rugs, heater and the aircon on warm
A cold winters night..hot shower, warm cosy pj’s, ugg boots, hot chocolate with marshmallows and a good movie. ahh bliss.
I’m parked in front of my heater!!
When warm clothing and the heater can’t warm me up, I make a hot water bottle and jump into bed for half an hour with a good book! It’s amazing how the heat stays in my body for the rest of the day!
Each winter I’m forced to take vasodilators to increase the flow of blood to my hands and feet so I don’t lose fingers and toes when I can’t feel them. So my answer is – with drugs!
I was never allowed by my mother to have ugh boots – she had very high dress standards – but finally, at 46 years of age, I’ve listened to my therapist and bought some. Funny how mothers have such power over us!
Here in Tasmania, we really know what winter means! Frost on the ground and the temperature in the minuses. To stay warm it’s all about rugging up in warm clothes, scarves and long walks. Back home, it’s curling up in front of an open fire – and a mug of hot chocolate makes a winter night just perfect!
A warming soup with crusty bread!
Snuggling up to my 2 year old at night
My uggs, big pink fluffy nightgown and cuddles from my cherubs keep me warm in winter. But do does living in Nth Qld – where it barely gets cold!!
Yum! Those hot chocolate spoons look and sound delicious. I’m warming up this winter by putting on the log fire, hanging out with my mum and beloved dog, watching cooking shows and doing crosswords
Not to mention cooking some comforting foods. We’re making pikelets to warm us up right now! Yum Yum 
I’ve found that snuggling up in a warm bed with my hot water bottle against my back and my warm cuddly cat against my chest works wonders. I never want to get out of bed when this happens!
Just made a pumpkin soup, so I’m going to have to say soup! But I love a nice hot chocolate or a chai as well
I actually travelled to Qatar where it is a very warm 45 degrees during the day. That was a bit of a novel way to warm up! I was almost glad to be back to frosty mornings when I returned to Australia.
i had a baby boy on the 4th of june – so i have been snuggling up with him to keep us both warm, and drinking lots of tea, some real hot choc would be a nice treat
I’ve been staying warm by cooking lots of slow cooker recipes. The smell filters through the house for hours warming the heart and soothing the soul! I have also been doing lots of washing, and although not environmentally friendly, drying it in the dryer. This way the heat generated from the dryer get pushed through my home warming it up nicely. Of course, then there is no need for heaters but it is nice to snuggle up with my other half (notice I didn’t say “better” half ha, ha!)under a nice warm blanket with a freshly brewed coffee in hand!
Two ways – multiple cups of steaming hot tea AND taking our sons to meet their great grandmother in Malaysia (and escape the chill!!). Hot chocolate would go down well, as we have our first winter in southern wa!
My friend went to Switzerland and emailed me about these…I thought she was kidding, they sounded too good to be true. Sounds a great winter treat, I’ve spent this winter trying to perfect the art of hot chocolate, but I’m guessing these spoons are better than anything I’ve made. The other best way to keep warm is to snuggle a dog (they have a higher body temp than us), and mine loves the attention. Hey I reckon those choc spoons would be even more amazing with a shot of frangelico…..now I’m drooling.
I keep warm sitting in front of the heater with a blanket and a nice cup of tea and yummy hot baked dessert mmmmmmmmmmmm yummmmmmmm
Hitting the local farmers market in SA on Sundays, wrapped in big woolly scarf, grab a coffee and chocolate croissant (to die for) close my eyes for a moment,imagine I’m in Paris.Winter not so depressing after all!!
What a clever idea! Can you reuse the spoons? I’m going to check them out in line to see it we can get them in Toronto. The packaging is seriously beautiful.
With rising energy bills, the best way for me to keep warm is to snuggle with my children! Oh and my husband is a good hot water bottle at night as well!
Nothing beats a snuggle with the boy on the couch while tucking into a warm apple pie fresh from the oven with a good vanilla ice cream in front of the telly
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY! Need I say more? Seriously sipping delicious hot chocolate while Snuggling up with a great read is the ultimate in keeping and staying warm.
Hot Chocolate, Pink fluffy gown and my man…that’s how i keep warm!
Cooking lots of different home-made soups keeps me warm in winter.
I cuddle my boyfriend and kitten against their will.
I take a thermos with me wherever I go and have hot whatever’s all day – chocolate is my favorite!
Hot chocolate, open fire snuggled next to he who thinks he rules the house.
With the massive jacket I bought in Europe, which I’ve dubbed the SBJ – Sleeping Bag Jacket!
Layers and layers of warm clothes, fluffy slippers and plenty of hot soup.
Movie nights with my gorgeous little family, rugged up under a blanket watching our favourite flicks, nothing quite like making fond memories
a hot cup of chocolate to stay warm.
Six years ago my husband and I moved into an almost derelict house. Finally it has been renovated to a point where I can unpack, so that is how I am keeping warm this winter. Getting plenty of exercise too!
In bed with a good book and a hot mug of white Chocolate
A real log fire, a cozy nook, a cup of tea and my current book!
I snuggle up to hubby. He is always warm!
This winter seems to have been unusally cold in Sydney – or is it just me?
So I’ve been keeping warm as toast with a really retro nanna HOT WATER BOTTLE. Makes the bed really warm to get in to and stays warm the whole night – best part is it costs virtually nothing, which is a huge bonus now electricity is so expensive, and its environmentally friendly (the cool water goes on the plants the next day).
After being so virtuous I’m more than ready for some sin with a honeycomb Blackbird Hot Chocolate! Plus you get a bonus spoon, right.
Where are these stocked in Sydney? Confectionary stores, delis, gourmet greengrocers?
Hi Lorraine! I keep warm in winter by baking yummy desserts and having them with a warming and cosy drink – like hot chocolate
Yummy and warming too!
Eating hot homemade soup and then being snuggled by my two huggable children. Life can’t get better than that!
I keep warm by drinking my inferior hot chocolate in front of the heater. Any block chocolate that gets cracked open needs to be consumed quickly before it melts.
I love to cudfdle up on the couch with my hubby and snuggle blanket. Add to that a warming toddy and I just melt with contentment.
“Hey Louise B – I found that I was my warmest when I was pregnant, lovely for my first born in July but not my second born early Feb”
As to staying warm this winter, I have to admit that this is my laziest one, I am still volunteering 3days a week but at home I am curling up under a fluffy blanket reading and it is wonderful. I only have my heater on in the mornings to take the chill off for the day.
Three little words
HOT WATER BOTTLE!
extra food, cuddles and love
Oodles of noodle soup!
my mothers chicken soup, the natural cure for everything
I keep warm my snuggling up in my Snuggie blanket in front of my warm fire with a hot chocolate topped with melted marshmallows
Hot water bottle and slippers, it always works.
A slow-cooked meal simmering, a hot chocolate, blanket and a good book…nothing better!
sexercise
With great difficulty! Winter chills me to the bone & I feel it terribly, consuming one hot cup of tea after the other to try & warm up from the inside out.
Snuggled up with hubby on the couch, covered with a king size wool blanket, as we hide away from the world counting down the days for Summer to return and our hibernation to end.
The Russian way, a shot of Vodka in the morning & boy does it do the job!! But you need to do it again at lunch, so best suited to weekend warming only
Im keeping warm with my layer of extra fat from eating all these hearty meals and chocolate!
I wear lots and lots of layers, super stylish ear muffs and drink loads of hot chocolates – about to run out so this prize would be perfect timing!
Bed socks! I love Bed Socks. Got ‘em in all colours! Great when climbing into a cold bed at night, and toasty through the day when worn with my comfortable Moccasins! Not a fashion statement, I guess, but very comfy! I also love my faux fur doona comforter, my animal print mink blanket snuggled over me on the couch, my wood-fire heater, my hot-body of a Hubby and my four gorgeous, cuddly kids! In danger of sounding very cheesy, they warm my heart most of all…! We could all do with hand-warming mugs of steaming hot chocolate, though!
During the day, chasing my kids around usually!
In the evenings, a glass of red and cuddles with my husband, while we chat about our day.
Currently trying to warm up by sitting in front of a roaring open fire. I think a hot chocolate would totally add to the experience!
We are keeping warm with our home made Sweet Chilli Sauce, using our home grown Chillies. Yum!
Warming from the inside out with Lots of homemade pumpkin soup.
I like to lie in bed with a little glass of port, a piece of dark chocolate and one cat on each foot. Snugglyicious.
Lots of blankets on the couch, an electic blanket, and chocolate!
Lots of homemade slow cooker stews and soups are keeping me warm:)
Me and my 3 yr old girl sit with hot chocolate and marshmallows, under the big soft fluffy blanket that we have in the lounge room and have cuddles and watch a nice family movie together. Nothing warms me more than her smile though.
I sit infront of my heater all night and roast.
Beanie, hobo gloves, thick socks, hot Milo – all the cold weather survival gear comes out! And Sydney isn’t even that cold
Hot electric Blanket and a Snuggly Puppy does the trick!
I’m struggling to keep warm this year as the heater tends to wake the baby (it’s quite noisy and gusty in her room when it comes one) so we have it down really low. Instead I’ve taken to doonas on the couch and dark chocolate – a hot one would be even better.
Cuddles with my hot water bottle; otherwise known as Donny, my gorgeous dachshund!
Cycling mostly!! I have tried to stay on my bike all winter. So far so good, although much later in the day and shorter times exposed! (And many many layers…) Also have discovered the most beautiful tea known to man – Dilmah’s Rose and Vanilla scented tea. So lovely and soothing on cold days!
Chocolate stirrers are fantastic – I made flavoured ones in the shape of hearts for presents for a baby shower and everybody loved them, they really make great little gifts.
Chai, chai and more chai is keeping me warm! It’s the perfect winter drink because not only is it a warm drink but all the lovely spices in it instantly warm me as soon as I get a whiff of them…so delicious.
Chilli Hot Pot! especially on the nights when it is unbearably cold. Snuggling with my hot water bottle is also nice!
I came across this great shop on the way to Balarat last to visit my brother called The Chocolate Mill and had the most amazing hot chocolate made from real Belgium chocolate so I bought a bag while their and they have been keeping me very warm all winter long, you need to go there Nigella it is a true delight.
Since splitting up with my soul mate a month ago the only thing keeping me warm is my hot water bottle and my cat. Hot chocolate would heal my soul and allow me to feel comfort.
I recently bought a ‘kigurumin’ which are jumpsuit-pajama costumes. Mine’s a bear! It’s super comfy and I just walk around the house all day in a bear suit.
Lots of layers and warm socks.
I dont really have a choice, but I keep myself warm with my little chihuahua, he has to always sit on my lap
Personal hot water bottle.
making lots of homemade chunky vegetable soup
When heading out to keep warm I break out my scarf collection and accessorise. When staying in its a bowl of hot soup and then snuggle up in bed with my electric blnaket to peruse one of my many cookbooks and add to my must make recipe list. My current cookbook obsession is The Homesick Texan. Plenty of spicy dishes in that to warm me up.
Keeping warm crocheting a blanket! And when finished it will keep me even warmer!
We’ve got the gas heater going and I’m opting to cook using the oven so we get the benefit of its heat too. Just last night I made hot chocolates for dessert – but it wasn’t anything like the Blackbird spoons, just your standard powdered version – how yummy would these be. Also Lorraine, I must “thank” you for putting me onto the Sea Salt Lindt – seriously addictive.
My husband has a sure-fire cure for the cold – he is in vegas on a bucks party! So while I’m hearing stories of nightclubs, pool parties and buffets, our 18 month son and I are huddled beneath blankets sitting inches in front of the heater! Brash – the baby – had his first baby-chino over the weekend. I think that would be his answer for the cold!
Oh I’m a hot chocloate nut!! As not a coffee drinker, I go insearch of a good hot chcolate most morning at the various coffee shops in the city. Its very surprising how different they are!
Nothing better than a good hearty meal and curling up on the couch with a blanket and a movie on a cold winters night
Oh gosh how clever. I must say that here in the tropics it never gets really cold, or what other people would call cold. I do love a hot chocolate though – especially topped with marshmallows.
Hi keep warm but lighting the woodfire heater, putting on a great dvd, snuggling on the couch and making a mug of hot chocolate to go with it = great night in.
Keep trying to find adecent hot chocolate – they’re never ‘chocolately’enough – so keep trying to make up new combinations -maybe these will do the trick. Also snuggle up and take the cat to bed! when he wants to come under the covers too,you know it’s cold!
having a hot chocolate with marshmellows and squirty whipped cream on top. sitting by the open logged fire with a blanket and a good book
I sunggle up warm under a quilt sipping hot chocolate with my gorgeous husband.
We are keeping warm this winter by cooking loads of spicy food and then after dinner snuggling under a big blanket and watching our favourite shows.
My left leg/foot is being kept warm by a very attractive moon boot and compression sock thanks to breaking my ankle in Hong Kong, leading to surgery there and then an added bonus of getting dvt on the flight home. The rest of me is kept warm by trakkie daks, an ugg boot and very unfashionable jumpers. With a broken ankle, you can’t go out anyway!
A shop was having a huge sale on teas, so I bought all those flavours like Irish breakfast that you just never try and am drinking daft quantities of tea. And then at 3am I have to convince myself that I don’t need the loo!
Layer upon layer of clothing … and more coffee than could possibly be good for me
I’m keeping warm this winter by drinking homemade soybean drink made by mum. Oh and also snugging up next to my hubby in front of the tv
mah blankie. I love mah blankie.
Sitting and sipping a hot cup of spicy chai tea latte.
Keeping warm with spicy curries and puddings hot from the oven. Yum!
I keep warm by wearing lots and lots of layers, super stylish ear muffs and drink loads of hot chocolates – about to run out so this prize would be perfect timing! Oh and warm, delicious chicken and corn soup for dinner tonight
Hot Chocolate!
The best way to keep warm is with a hot chocolate and your honey in front of an open fire. But it sounds like I’ve been missing out cause the open fires are few and far between and I haven tried this hot chocolate yet. Sounds like something special so I hope I win.
This winter I have re-discovered the joy of a good cup of tea and figured out how to brew it precisely to my taste. It only took me thirty years!
Running on the treadmill. It keeps me warm and is good for me.
Weather in Melbournes quite nice these few days but still i’d love a hot chocolate
I’ve been keeping warm in my flannelette sheets, they aren’t very glamourous but they are so warm, that and the silk bed spread I got from Vietnam are keeping me nice and toasty, it’s surprising that silk looks so soft and thin but it retains heat really well. I love my bed in winter! That and eating far too much delicious things and mulled wine
I wouldn’t survive winter without chocolate fondue, my armchair and my latest book club read! It’s all about being cozy and warm, especially here in Canberra where the temperatures are below zero most nights!
Nothing, bar nothing, gets me warmer in in Winter than a steaming mug of hot chocolate.
I keep warm by snuggling into bed with my sleeping 2 year old daughter or 5 year old son. No matter how chilly it is, they seem to radiate warmth and sweetness in their sleep.
Whipping up beautiful things in the kitchen and hot water bottle / bed socks
I’m keeping warm this winter with the weight I gained during pregnancy and by cuddling my lil girl!
If I have to leave the house, I love to get in my car and go for a long drive as the seats are heated and keep my back warm and toasty.
I keep warm by driving in my little pink dihatsu (called Strawbie) with the heater on high, the fan on 4, seat dancing to Nelly’s “it’s getting hot in hereee”.
I’m a huge fan of the good, old fashioned rubber hot water bottle in winter! I have a pink one with a gorgeous, soft, fluffy pink cover, it keeps me warm while watching TV and all through the night in bed so I don’t need the air conditioner or electric blanket on so I suppose that’s very ‘green’! A hot water bottle can last for hours so I think it’s a very efficient, personal heating system and the perfect thing to cuddle as I’m downing a smooth, luxurious hot chocolate!
I keep warm at night by wearing soft fluffy bed socks!
Saunas – great for letting off some steam too!
Living on top of the Heater… i have scorch marks on my bum!
I boil up the kettle, put some boiling water into my biggest mug that has a huge handle so you can really get your hands around it and find my favourite Madame Flavour tea bag, currently the white with rose, then make a beautiful tea and get my cuddly blanky with the moon and stars all over it and put it over my feet. If my hands and feet are warm, I am too. BLISS!
hearty brekkie – skiing – apres – hearty din – snuggles
Lots of warm strong chai tea. New wool socks from Kathmandu.
Mental battle against the wind and rain.
Living in a 120yr old cottage, there are leaks everywhere! So my red UGG boots and a thick woolly lap rug are mandatory, even with heating!
Thermal underwear is not sexy, but it is warm.
I love to run! Ask most girl runners why they love to run and it is because we love to eat! My two passions are cooking and running and it is great in winter because I feel justified in cooking i.e. eating all the wonderful comfort foods and then followed by a hot chocolate…the blackbird ones look great……did you know that a hot chocolate made on milk is a wonderful recovery food after a long run!
Lap rug, warm clothing, hot food and drinks; my household’s cat has claimed the heater.
I love being in my pj’s, wearing my fleecy, warm dressing gown and Guinness slippers, eating a bowl of warm polenta with a delicious serving of homemade pasta sauce and cheese sprinkled generously on top with the heater going, watching some dvd’s with loved ones.
Right now I’m keeping warm on this cold winter morning by sending my son and hubby out to make me breakfast in bed!
A warm hot bath followed by rugging up in a cuddle warm dressing gown.
I haven’t got a partner but I have a wife and she is a chocaholic and would be over the moon with these great treats.
I use the slow cooker as often as I can so when I arrive home the house smells of delicious food that gives me a warm feeling, I also cook soups for lunch and make sure I have porridge for breakfast to warm me up
By wearing lots and lots of layers, classy-looking ear muffs (actually they look pretty silly!) and drinking loads of hot chocolates – about to run out so this prize would be perfect timing! Oh, and by using my electric blanket. ALL the time! (Canberra is so so cold at night)
This winter (just moved to Canberra, Brr!) I am obsessed with herbal teas, trying more fruit teas than the old peppermint and chamomile! Currently Twinings Apple, blueberry and rosehip is my fave! Great way to warm up, if there is no hot chocolate around!
I’m keeping warm by going to the gym at 6am! A hot shower after the workout and i’m ready for the day! Of course, there is also lots of layering clothing wise and LOADS of hot various soups
rugged up with my snuggy, warm cup of chai tea, freshly baked shortbread cookies and kitty cats to provide me with cuddles …
Cube of Belgian chocolate on the tongue, dissolving in a sip of hot coffee.
snuggled in front of the heater watching Sons of Anarchy is the only way to stay warm, and dry, this winter
Not very glamorous, but keeping warm by having our heater up high all the time!
There is nothing like a fresh chai tea with a drop of honey curled up under my mink blanket
I’m keeping warm by sipping on cups of green tea
This winter I’m keeping warm by drinking copious amounts of homemade chai latte- with the HSC looming my coffee dates have been put on hold
If I’m really cold I’ll heat up one of my wheat packs and put it on my lap under a mohair blanket. Toasty!
Oh please please please I would love to keep warm with these hot chocolates. I could drink them while wearing my ear muffs which I got for $2 from ebay!
I’m keeping warm under my IKEA throw- the bright red colour and $3.99 price tag keeps me toasty and happy
I have a hot chocolate with seven marshmallows daily – keeps me warm inside and out.
This broke student with no heating is wrapping herself in blankets and pretending to try and find the world’s best chocolate self-saucing pudding recipe by making a new one every second day! I reckon pudding and hot chocolate is a heavenly match!
Keeping warm in a cocoon of blankets. You can only see my face!
I’ve started learning how to make patchwork quilts, so I can burrow under them until Spring! I’m not very good yet but it doesn’t make them any less warm, thankfully.
Getting up and having a run,
In time with the sun!
Warms me right through,
So I don’t feel blue!
I sit in front of my fireplace with a cat on my lap and a wool blanket over my shoulders.
Hot drinks and my two sausage dogs (hot dogs) are keeping me toasty this winter.
Snuggled up in front of the telly, with my man, my cat and our dog, and when he tells me he loves me, my explodes with fire!!
You can imagine how cold I feel this winter
As chemotherapy took my hair away
It’s slowly growing back
So I spend as much time as I can in the sack..
Keeping warm with my partner Jason, we smuggle up on the couch with the heater on eating toasted sandwiches in front of the open fire.
When weather outside is frightful,
A baked dinner is delightful,
with warm choc pudding, you know.
keeping warm inside, let it snow!
snuggling up to my dearest is how I stay warm
This winter I seem to be wearing twice as many clothes, sitting by the fire more and use our electric blankets more just to keep warm.
I agree. A delicious cup of thick creamy hot chocolate is my favourite way of keeping warm, with my nose in a good book beside my open log fire.
Chinese herbal soup everyday
My cat on my lap and a blanket thrown over the top. Keeps both of us toasty warm.
I have hugs from my god children, that warms my heart <3
I make my dog sleep on my feet while I watch TV.
i plug in my heated throw rug, flick the kettle and chillax on the couch.
The heater is on, rugged up in a soft woolen jumper, sipping hot chocolate and marshmallows watch the flame dance around, winter I’d love all year round
by cooking my family favourite roast dinners with all the trimmings
Making the most of the sun… when it’s out! I also think there are countries where it’s colder than here right now, so I just rug up and smile.
Airconditioning, hot chocolate, curries and cuddles.
My newborn son is keeping me warm this winter. He is so cuddly and he has made me feel warm inside since the moment he was born!
I have throw rugs lying around EVERYWHERE ready to snuggle into.
I keep warm in winter by keeping my feet in socks or slippers. As long as they are warm I feel warm all over!
Fluffy socks and lots and lots of cups of tea
Baking keeps the kitchen warm and layers keep me warm aided by my cat snuggling up for added warmth.
I keep warm in my purple penguin onsie, it is so cute and has feet, mittens and even a hood sewn into it, my 4 year old daughter loves it so much I made her a pink one, and then got carried away and made our small fluffy pup a blue one. I’m sure we look a scream all snuggled up on the couch together eating mashmallows and watching disney movies, but we sure are warm!
Hot milk with a shot of kahlua. Welcomes me home from work with a deliciously sweet and warming embrace!
Climbing a hill and then enjoying a warm glow and a hot cup of tea.
warm hot chocolate in front of the fire = heaven
Put the heaters on late afternoon; watch the Olympics snuggled under a blanket!
winter= doona, couch, DVD and hot chocolate
Nothing better than snuggling up in bed with my teddy bear that I have had for over twenty years. He’s cuddly, hairy, keeps me warm and his names Mark, only problem is he sometimes snores!
Pregnancy kept me warm early this winter and now that bub is born, I’m constantly snuggled up feeding or comforting him so he’s my cute little heat pack night and day!
Lots of Milo and Hot chocolate. I hate cake, icing, cream, donuts anything else sweet but choc gimme!
I personally can’t go past a great roast dinner with all the trimmings or a beautiful slow cooked meal e.g. lamb shanks.
When I have a pair of flanny PJ’s,s a old hot water bottle and a classic oven roast… I am at my toastiest ..
The best way to keep warm in winter is to keep moving. Eat heaps of warm food and keep a scarf on your neck outside to stay warm.
snuggling up to my 3 dogs and 2 cats
We are eating lots of the Korean Spicy fried chicken wings, they keep us warm on the inside, and the spicyness revs us up to keep warm on the outside.lol
Snuggie…in leopard print!
I love having a bowl of warm creamy porridge on a cold morning. Even better when I have a hot chocolate to extend the warmth. I haven’t tried Blackbird before.
Im spending a lot more time in bed, both morning and night and eating a lot of food I shouldnt
Warm socks, a big puffy coat, and a cup of hot chocolate will keep me warm this winter!
I have been snuggling up with my two children as they just love to cuddle!
I’m keeping very bundled up!
Cuddles with my family on the sofa are enough to warm my body and warm my soul.
i keep warm by going to my friends house and having girly chats while drinking hot chocolates.
We finally changed out air conditioning over to ducted. It was a massive job involving 10 workmen, our roof being opened up and no access to the toilet (!) for a whole day while they worked, but it was totally worth it. Now we are toasty warm in every room. Happy, comfortable and cosy.
Getting the brazier going, put some logs in the wood oven, make some hot chocolate and eat pizza next to the roaring fire.
A good movie,
A good thick blanket,
A good man,
and most importantly…a good cup of Blackbirds Hot Chocolate!
I another one that is a fan of the electric blanket, early bedtime and reading a good book! That’s my favourite way to keep warm!!
The single girls winter essentials, flannelette sheets and a furry cat…..:-(, but hey, no snoring to put up with !!
Still crazy after all these years!I’ve been married to my gorgeous husband for 25 years and he still keeps me warm at night.
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A hot chocloate and an even hotter man!
Curled up snug as a bug on the couch, wrapped in my favourite rug, with a hot, steaming mug of Blackbird Hot Chocolate, slowly melting off the spoon and dripping with oozy, yummy goodness. Delish!
In front of an open roaring fire, with a cup of hot chocolate. A bit like being with a man really, only more satisfying.
Sitting by the fire drinking hot chocolate. I wish!
Being snug as a bug in a rug with a mug & my pug
A hug is always good to make you feel warm, especially when its a hot water bottle you are hugging
Rugged up in front of a nice warm open fire drinking nice hot chocolate
Snuggles on the couch with my gorgeous 4 year old girl, watching cartoons and drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows. Nothing better <3
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