I like to grind them up with a coffee grinder or with just my bare hands. Now I bring water to a high boil and than turn of stove leaving the pot still in its place. Than I throw all the goodness in the very hot water and stir it around for 10 minutes or so. Than take a coffee filter place it in a decent size cup and filter the goodness from the badness into the cup. Now I take a packet of hot chocolate powder, throw it in the cup(if its not too hot to mix the hotchoc in I microwave it), stir it around and enjoy! I like the hot chocolate the best because you can't even taste anything but the hot chocolate!