Longing for a glass of something icy cold this summer? Or maybe a scoop of ice cream? Have both in one glass with this unusual treat — vanilla-flavored milk with chocolate "ice cubes" that slowly melt and swirl into the milk.
It has the sweet creaminess of ice cream, and the icy cold quality we are looking for in the summertime. It's sort of like hot chocolate, but for the summer.
The chocolate ice is especially interesting — it's not just frozen chocolate, but a mix of milk, instant coffee, chocolate, and sugar. It freezes into icy little cubes of chocolate, perfect for swirling into cold milk or even iced coffee.
• Get the recipe: Vanilla Milk with Chocolate Ice Cubes - at Le Pétrin (In French, with Google translation)
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(Images: Sandra Vital of Le Pétrin)
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a generous splash of Kahlua and BAM!
I read this and went "why haven't any of us thought of this before!"
What a great idea! I'll be trying this out soon...
Uh, brilliant!
What were the chances that I had all the ingredients? I made it and am looking forward to having it tomorrow...for breakfast. Oh yes.
I will have the most amazing White Russian of my life tonight. Thanks.
This looks delicious. I can definitely see it being a nice drink on a hot day. Or possibly not for a hot day. Might turn into a "it's so damn hot... milk was a bad choice" kind of situation.
oh-so-clever!
Super smart! I can't wait to try it :)
it's great but how the hay is everyone so mature that nobody mentions that it looks like cubed poop? okay, i'll go back to my 2nd grade play group now...
I'm stuck at work but I want this very badly. Stat.
@sabjimata : to me, they look like fudge squares <3
christine...that's my point! fudge! oh well, guess i have been hanging out with my 8 year old son too much this summer. school gets out early in florida :)
Looks amazing, but I am dying laughing at some of the sentences Goodle translate pulls up!
"You can decorate the drink by serving with whipped cream and chocolate or cigarettes into the gourmet dessert"
Cigarettes??
*google. arg
I was wondering about the "cigarettes" part--do you think they meant those thin rolled wafer cookies (called, I think, Piroulines)? Because that would probably taste a lot better than actual cigarettes served alongside...
I just checked the French--"cigarettes du chocolat"--I imagine that means thin chocolates, not a cocoa-flavored tobacco product (ew.)
I could see enjoying this with some sort of liquor added to it
I'm thinking that adding frozen banana slices this this might be even better (vanilla soy milk for me)!
The Clumsy Eater