Copy Cat Cool Latte

Copy Cat Cool Latte

Coffee Base:

1/2 cup coffee grounds

1 1/2 cups boiling water

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Cool Latte:

1/2 cup coffee base

10 ice cubes

1/2 cup cream, half & half or low-fat milk

For the Coffee Base:  Pour boiling water over the coffee grounds in a glass container (I use a French Press).  Let water and grounds sit until coffee comes to room temperature.  Strain the grounds from the brewed coffee.  Heat the coffee in the microwave for 2 minutes or on stove top.  Add 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla to coffee and stir.  Store in a sealed glass container in the refrigerator.

For the Cool Latte:  Put 1/2 cup of Coffee Base in blender.  Add about 1- ice cubes a couple at a time, blending until it looks like slush.  Add milk and blend for about 10 seconds.  Pour into a glass and drink with a straw.  

This is a pretty darn good knock off!  

Buttery Nipple

Buttery Nipple

1 oz butterscotch schnapps

1/2 oz Irish Cream liqueur

Layer the Irish Cream over the butterscotch schnapps in a shot glass.  Shoot it. 

Oh Mama!  That is good!!!

Mocha Coconut Milk Frappuccino

6 oz strong cold coffee
4 oz Silk Coconut Milk
2 tablespoons Hershey's Dark Chocolate syrup
4 large ice cubes

Blend until smooth.  Pour into your special Iced Coffee/Frappuccino drinking glass with the fancy straw and enjoy.  Hit it with a shot of Whipped Cream from a can if you'd like!

144 calories.

Ginger Pear Smoothie

Ginger Pear Smoothie

2 ripe pears, washed, quartered and cored
1 cup cantaloupe chunks
2/3 cup Dole Pineapple Orange Banana Juice
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tsp Spice World Squeeze Ginger (or 2-inches fresh peeled ginger)
1 cup ice
Honey to taste

Place all ingredients in Ninja blender and process on "Smoothie" mode for a couple of minutes until smooth.  If you have a less powerful blender, you might want to peel the pears first.

Adapted from Ninja recipe.

Salted Caramel Mocha

2-3 tsp Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate syrup
1-2 tsp Caramel syrup (I prefer Ghirardelli's)
Pinch Fleur de Sel
3 heaping tablespoons Coffee Mate
Hot Coffee
Whipped Cream

Put the chocolate and caramel syrups in a large mug.  Add the salt and Coffee Mate then slowly stir in the hot coffee until mixture is combined, leaving room at the top for the whipped cream.

Delicious!  Better than Starbucks.  If you want it sweeter, add 1/2 tsp sugar (or to your taste)

Vanilla Caramel Frappuccino

1 cup cold strong coffee
1/2 cup milk
4 ice cubes
1 tablespoon Torani French Vanilla syrup
2-3 tablespoons Hershey's Caramel syrup
Whipped Cream, if desired

Place the coffee, milk, ice, vanilla and caramel syrups in a blender.  Blend until the ice is completely crushed and the drink is slushy.  Add whipped cream and a straw.  Makes one Grande drink....take that Starbucks!

Sweet Iced Black Tea with Cream

Sweet Iced Black Tea with Cream

4 cups boiling water

8 tsp loose English Breakfast tea (or 8 tea bags)

1/2 cup sugar

Crushed ice, for serving

1/2 cup heavy cream

Pour water over tea and steep for 5-7 minutes.  Strain.  Bring tea and sugar to a boil in a saucepan.  Let cool.  To serve, pour 1/2 cup tea over crushed ice in 8 glasses and then top each with 1 Tbsp cream.

I have no clue where I found this recipe, but I'm glad I tried it!  This is delicious! 

Margaritas

Margaritas

6-oz frozen limeade concentrate

6-oz tequila

2-oz Grand Marnier

Crushed Ice

Kosher Salt

Lime wedges

Rub the rims of you margarita glasses with the lime and dip into the kosher salt. Fill your blender container about half full of crushed ice. Add the limeade, tequila and Grand Marnier and blend until smooth and slushy. Pour into the glasses, garnish with a lime wedge and serve.

These are SO good!

Jennifer's Wedding Sangria

Jennifer's Wedding Sangria!

1 1/2 cups blackberry brandy 

1 large can frozen lemonade concentrate 

1 1/2 cups pineapple orange juice

1 cup cranberry juice cocktail 

4 (750 milliliter) bottles merlot

1 cup triple sec 

1 lemon, sliced into rounds 

2 navel oranges, sliced into rounds 

1 lime, sliced into rounds

1 fresh pineapple, peeled, cored and sliced

1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and halved 

1 cup white sugar 

Sprite or Club Soda(optional)

Combine all ingredients except the Sprite in a 3 gallon beverage dispenser (available at Bed Bath & Beyond...we bought the one with a cooling chamber so the ice doesn't dilute whatever you're serving!) Fill the dispenser chambers with ice and let the mixture stand for several hours before serving. Top each serving with a splash of Sprite if desired.

We served this at Jen's wedding rehearsal and it was really good! I preferred it with the Sprite. I liked it so well that I might just start mixing up a small pitcher and keeping it in my fridge :-)

For the record, I do not like wine...but this stuff is GOOD!!!

Adapted from the Sangria! Sangria! recipe at allrecipes.com

Hong Kong Style Milk Tea

Hong Kong Style Milk Tea

1 tea "bag" Lipton's Black Pearl tea

6-oz boiling water

2 tsp sweetened condensed milk

Place the tea "bag" in a mug and pour in the boiling water.  Let steep at least 4 minutes or until the tea is a dark color.  Remove the tea bag and stir in the sweetened condensed milk. 

Cinnamon Iced Coffee

Cinnamon Iced Coffee

Brew a pot of double-strength coffee, adding 1 tsp cinnamon to the coffee grounds. Chill at least 4 hours. To serve, pour cold coffee over crushed ice and add milk and sugar to taste. This is also really good with a shot of Kahlua!

Caramel Apple Cider

Caramel Apple Cider

1/6 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/6 cup heavy whipping cream

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups apple juice, or apple cider

Pinch of cinnamon or a cinnamon stick to garnish

Stir together the brown sugar and whipping cream in a small saucepan.  Cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until it starts to bubble.  Stir in vanilla and apple juice.  Cook 10 minutes, stirring often.  Garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon or pop a cinnamon stick into each cup.

Serves 2.

This is a seriously delicious treat!  Tastes like apple pie in a mug!  I found the recipe at justapinch.com and I am so glad I tried it.  :-)

Butterscotch Bedtime Warmer

Butterscotch Bedtime Warmer

8 oz milk

2 oz butterscotch schnapps

1 tsp honey

Heat the milk in the microwave until warm (about 1 minute in mine!).  Add the butterscotch schnapps and the honey.  Stir, sip and enjoy.  This is my new favorite bedtime drink!  Very yummy!

Brazilian Lemonade

I don't know why they call this lemonade, when it's made with LIMES! But it's really good! Might be the 2nd best "lemonade" I've ever had! 

Brazilian Lemonade 

2 limes 

1/2 cup sugar 

3 Tbsp sweetened condensed milk 

3 cups water 

Ice 

Wash limes thoroughly. Cut off the ends and slice into eight wedges. Place limes in a blender with the sugar, condensed milk and water. 

Blend in an electric blender, pulsing 5 times. Strain through a fine mesh strainer to remove rinds. Serve over ice. 

From allrecipes.com 

Hot Buttered Rum

 

Hot Buttered Rum

Ingredients

• 1 pound butter
• 1 pound brown sugar
• 1 pound confectioners' sugar
• 1 quart vanilla ice cream, softened
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions

1. Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Blend in brown sugar and confectioners' sugar. Remove from heat, and whisk in the ice cream, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Pour mixture into a plastic container, seal, and freeze to use as needed.
2. In a coffee mug, measure 1 tablespoon Hot Buttered Rum Batter and 1 fluid ounce of rum, then fill cup with boiling water. Stir, and sprinkle top of drink with nutmeg.

Candy Cane Punch

 

Candy Cane Punch

Ingredients

2 jars (10 oz each) strawberry jelly

2 liters lemon-lime soda, divided

2 quarts peppermint stick ice cream

candy canes

Directions

In a saucepan, melt jelly with 2 cups soda. Chill the jelly mixture and remaining soda. Just before serving, place 6 cups ice cream in a punch bowl. Gently stir in jelly misture. Add remaining soda. Add remaining ice cream by spoonfuls. Garnish with candy canes if desired. Makes 3 1/2 quarts

Mudslide

Mudslide

Ingredients

4 cups crushed ice

2 jiggers vodka (1.5 fluid ounces)

2 jiggers coffee flavored liquer (1.5 fluid ounces)

2 jiggers irish cream liquer (1.5 fluid ounces)

2 tablespoons chocolate syrup

1/2 cup whipped cream

Directions

In blender combine crushed ice, vodka, coffee flavored liquer, Irish cream liquer and chocolate syrup. Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and garnish with whipped cream and a drizzle of chocolate syrup.

Butter Beer

Butter Beer

1 can of Cream Soda
1 teaspoon of Rum Extract
1 teaspoon of Butterscotch Extract
1 tablespoon of Brown Sugar
1 cup of Vanilla Ice Cream 

Mix Cream Soda, rum extract, butterscotch extract and brown sugar until just blended. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and enjoy!