Orange Julius With the Secret Ingredient!

alexandrashaine's Note:

Well, I can't tell you HOW I got the "secret ingredient", but it's one of those things where you kind of say to yourself, "Now why didn't I think of that"? Coffee creamer! The powdered kind. That's it--simple I know! I grew up on these things--a must have at the mall--and trying to make them at home just wasn't quite right....try this. You may need to fiddle with the amounts some. When I make this recipe the blender is topped off - about 1/2 inch from the rim, but I don't really measure anything when I make it--i just throw stuff in until it tastes right.

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 5 oranges, peeled and separated
• 1 1/2 cups crushed ice
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 cup milk (whatever % you have available)
• 1/2 cup powdered coffee creamer
• 1/4 cup sugar or 1/4 cup sugar substitute

Directions:

1. Add ice and water to blender and turn on high for a few seconds.
2. Add orange sections about 5 at a time, blending a little as you go.
3. Add the other ingredients in whatever order and blend until smooth.
4. Taste.
5. Add more creamer or sugar if necessary.
6. I use small to medium size seedless, sweet oranges.

Reviews

[children from A to Z]

We just made these and the flavor is spot on with the Orange Julius chain. I saw other reviews that it was chunky, so we put our oranges through our juicer first then put all the ingredients in the blender. Fantastic! I have another 8lbs of oranges to use up so I see more of this in our future. Thanks for posting!

[Chemaine]

We used splenda to sweeten.. you need two small packets instead of 1/4 cup of sugar. We also used French Vanilla coffee creamer (powdered) it gave it a nice flavor. I couldn't fit everything into the blender though. We will be making peach Julius and Strawberry Banana ones next!

[Shu Shu]

Not my favorite version...it was *really really chunky* even after blending it to death lol. Also, I didn't think it was too close to the original. I followed the recipe to a "T"