Chocolate-coffee Slushies

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 12 -16 ounces cold coffee (regular, half-caf, or decaf)
• 16 coffee ice cubes (freeze regular, half-caf, or decaf coffee in ordinary ice trays)
• 6 tablespoons hot chocolate powder (a big jar or carton of mix is more economical than a box of envelopes)
• 1/2 cup milk (use half and half or cream for a richer drink)
• whipped cream (optional)
• cocoa powder (optional) or chocolate shavings (optional) or ground coffee (optional)
• kahlua (optional)

Recipe

• 1 put cold coffee, coffee ice cubes, hot chocolate mix, and milk into your blender.
• 2 use low to medium speed, or whatever speed is recommended for crushing ice, to blend until the coffee ice cubes are thoroughly crushed.
• 3 pour into serving cups.
• 4 for an attractive presentation top with a dollop of whipped cream and lightly dust with cocoa powder, shaved chocolate, or ground coffee.
• 5 adding a shot of kahlua to each serving makes a nice drink for the adults on a warm evening.
• 6 note -- i often have enough coffee left in the pot to make a tray of cubes but in the summer i'll make an extra pot of decaf the night before to use for this and for iced coffee.
• 7 using sugar-free hot chocolate mix and low-fat milk cuts calories if desired.