Guiltless Mocha Icey
"This is certainly not a sweet drink, but with over 5 grams of fiber, almost 8 grams of protein and only 100 calories, this drink will leave you feeling satisfied and won't leave you craving carbs like sugar laden drinks do. This is certainly a nice healthy treat for those who love bitter dark chocolate. Feel free to add sweetener to your liking."
photo by Emily Elizabeth
- Ready In:
- 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
1
ingredients
- 118.29 ml low-fat milk
- 236.59-473.18 ml ice
- 29.58 ml cocoa powder
- 4.92 ml vanilla extract
- 2.46 ml instant coffee granules
directions
- Combine soymilk, 1 cup of the ice, cocoa powder, vanilla and instant coffee granules in a blender and use the ice crush setting to blend until ice is completely crushed.
- Add more ice a little at a time, until it is the desired consistency. It will be both liquidy and icey (like the picture shows). Add more soymilk if it becomes too thick.
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Reviews
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This is... ok. I'm sipping on it now. It lacks something that I can't put my finger on. Has a good chocolate flavor, but maybe if you use espresso powder instead to get more coffee flavor. I did add a packet of Splenda, and a dash of cinnamon after tasting this, which did help the depth of flavor. It is a pretty healthy drink, so maybe I'm just missing the fat! ;-) Thanks for sharing the recipe. I'll try it again with more coffee and spices.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Emily Elizabeth
Shawnee Mission, Kansas
Growing up, my mom didn't keep any junk food in the house so if I wanted something sweet I had to find a way to make it (or go to a friend's house)! I loved looking through my mom's recipe books and trying to find recipes that I could make. I baked a lot of home made bread from Betty Crocker's Big Red Book, and every holiday, my mom and I would make pies together from scratch. I didn't actually get interested in cooking main courses until I got married and realized that I had to actually put dinner on the table every night. Just as I was starting to get the hang of it, I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in May of 2007. This meant that I had to learn a whole new way of cooking - gluten free. I have accepted this as a new challenge and have fallen even more in love with cooking and baking. There is nothing like the feeling I get when I have success with creating a new recipe! My inspiration usually comes from a craving for something that I can't have because it is not gluten free. I immediately go back to my kitchen and learn how to make it myself! I also focus on creating recipes with all natural ingredients and avoiding artificial or added sugars.
