Last week when Carson was sick, the only thing I could get him to drink was milk with chocolate malt Ovaltine. It’s yummy deliciousness kept my boy nourished with it’s vitamins! and minerals!
Now that he is well, he spends hours each day demanding “more Ovaltine, please” which sadly is spoken at ear piercing volumes and without the “please” part. To do list for tomorrow: Begin weaning process from Ovaltine.
With all this Ovaltine consumption happening in our home, Tate and I got to talking about drinking it as a kid. Actually, I drank it as a kid, but Tate swears that he did not ever have Ovaltine until just last week when I bought it for Carson. Let me repeat, he did not ever have Ovaltine until JUST LAST WEEK. Just. Last. Week.
I informed Tate that this was just not possible. Not having Ovaltine as a child is downright blasphemous and dare I say it, un-American. I did have the utmost respect for my Mother-in-law prior to learning this information, but now I am starting to wonder just what kind of a Mother deprives their child of the rich chocolately goodness that is Ovaltine. Yes it has lots of sugar, I know, but it also has vitamins! and minerals! And it’s delicious.
Help Tate and I settle our dispute. EVERYONE has had Ovaltine, am I right? Please tell me that you’ve had it and that you’ve given it to your children. Also, send any Ovaltine weaning tips my way.
Never had it. I know you can buy it in Canada, as I worked at a grocery store that carried it, although I don’t think I ever sold any. I didn’t even know it was chocolate tasting!
Sorry, none here either. If we did chocolate milk it was with Hershey’s syrup. This while consuming our Krispy Kremes.
Thanks for making me think back cause now I want a donut dammit!
i’ve never had it to this day….but i’m a Canadian freak of nature…so…
i know it’s available here, but i’m not sure if it was when i was younger…
Yeah we’ve had Ovaltine, but for some reason we grew up on nesquick.
In fact, my mom called it “Bunny Milk”; she always bought strawberry. So for years as a kid, we grew up thinking rabbits produced strawberry milk…
such is life.
Sorry, little momma: Never had Ovaltine as a child; we were Hersey’s and Quik all the way.
Always knew about Ovaltine, but we were a Bosco family!
Now I need to do a quiz post on my blog….anyone ever had Bosco? Didn’t even see it mentioned on any of these comments! None of ‘em!!
Maybe we’re both crazy!
No Ovaltine for me as a child. It was either Hershey’s syrup or Nestle Quick that got mixed in with my milk.
I’ve never had ovaltine. I don’t like chocolate. Double blasphemy, i know.
I now have a crazy desire to know what Boscoe is.
sorry, hon, never had it either. it was quik all the way.
I have had Ovaltine. We were going to get some Quik powder once (I must have been in about 4th grade). I say Ovaltine and said, “Ovaltine? What’s that?” My dad said that he had it when he was a kid. He explained it was “malted.” It sounded interesting to me. I then wanted to try it, and we got it. I DO like it. I enjoy many different chocolate milk experiences.
We LURVE our Ovaltine over here!
I’ve still never had Ovaltine and we buy it for our 2.
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