Chocolate Mint Cooler
"Ok, I know this is decadent, sinful & sure to cause extreme guilt. You know what? I really don't care! After all, it's got yoghurt in it & that's healthy ... right? I'm glad we got that settled. Could I have a refill now? Recipe source is my "CHOCOLATE" cookbook by Christine McFadden & Christine France."
photo by KerfuffleUponWincle
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
4 6 oz coolers
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup hot chocolate powder
- 1 2⁄3 cups milk
- 2⁄3 cup plain yogurt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 4 scoops chocolate ice cream
directions
- Put hot chocolate powder in a sml pan & stir in 1/2 cup milk. Heat gently (stirring) till almost boiling. Remove pan from heat.
- Put hot chocolate milk in heatproof bowl or lrg pitcher & whisk in the remaining milk.
- Add the yoghurt & peppermint extract & whisk again.
- Pour the mixture into 4 tall glasses, filling them no more than 3/4 full. Top ea drink w/a scoop of ice cream. Garnish w/fresh mint leaves to get fancy. YUM!
- VARIATIONS: For "Chocolate Vanilla Cooler", use light cream instead of yoghurt + 1 tsp vanilla extract instead of peppermint extract -- or -- For "Mocha Cooler", dissolve the chocolate in 1/2 cup strong black coffee & reduce milk to 1 1/4 cups. Use cream instead of yoghurt & leave out the extract.
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Reviews
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Very refreshing! I made the mocha variety, but with Coconut Overload ice cream that had swirls of dark chocolate throughout! Tagged for Photo Tag, December 2012. -
VERY good recipe! It is so refreshing on a hot humid day! I just loved it! Thank you so much for a nice recipe. -
Wonderful!! Chocolate, peppermint, and ice cream, heaven in a mug! I cant wait to try the chocolate vanilla cooler and mocha cooler variations! -
Because I'm diabetic, I made this sugar free and low fat by using sugar-free hot chocolate powder, skim milk, low fat yogurt and low carb chocolate ice cream. It still tasted very decadent and sinful. Great recipe.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
twissis
Iceland
I am an American transplanted from Dallas to Iceland by marriage to a native Icelander & I retired to become his "Kitchen Queen". We love to entertain our family & friends, so I have an eclectic collection of recipes. I especially love simple, easy-fix, flexible & make-ahead recipes - BUT also like challenging myself on occasion. I enjoy baking & food photography. I am devoted to the "More is Always Better Principle" & apply it liberally to bacon, butter & garlic. I can have ingredient issues due to availability here in Iceland & my DH is medically diet-restricted from some ingredients as well. Either situation might require me to modify a recipe, but I will do my best to be true to your recipes & fair/honest in my reviews. Mary Pat (aka twissis)
