There are a couple of things that set this Italian masterpiece apart from what we’re used to drinking in the United States. For starters, the American version is very milky. It also tends to be rather thin.  Alternatively, the gourmet hot chocolate drink is more of a dessert than a sippable beverage — sometimes it’s even served with a spoon!  It includes cornstarch as a thickening agent and utilizes dark cocoa, as pure as you can get it. The texture incredibly thick, almost like melted ice cream, and it generally comes in a much smaller serving.