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."
 
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Ready In:
10mins
Ingredients:
5
Yields:
4 6 oz coolers
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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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

  1. 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.
     
  2. VERY good recipe! It is so refreshing on a hot humid day! I just loved it! Thank you so much for a nice recipe.
     
  3. Wonderful!! Chocolate, peppermint, and ice cream, heaven in a mug! I cant wait to try the chocolate vanilla cooler and mocha cooler variations!
     
  4. 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.
     
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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)
 
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