Chocolate Milk Ice Cubes; A healthy and fun way to make chocolate milk!
This recipe was inspired by my husband’s obsession with chocolate milk. For years he has been buying the pre-made carton stuff and now my fussy eater has started asking for it too. I was pretty horrified when I read the ingredients list (four different forms of sugar, really?!) so I decided to start making my own instead.
The simpliest way to make chocolate milk is of course to just add some cocoa to milk. Personally I don’t really like this method as it usually leaves lumps of cocoa powder not quite dissolved. Heating the milk will solve this problem but on a warm summers day hot chocolate just isn’t an option.
So instead I decided to make these Chocolate Milk Ice Cubes. By heating the milk and cocoa powder everything gets combined together nicely and of course by freezing it you ensure a lovely cold glass of chocolate milk. It also means that you can batch make the ice cubes so that you have them on hand to pop into a glass of milk. Instant cold chocolate milk…yum!
I used unsweetened cocoa powder in my recipe but you could also use raw cacao powder too. I also sweetened my chocolate milk ice cubes with a little maple syrup but this is optional.
Do you think your kids would enjoy the novelty of this chocolate milk?
Chocolate Milk Ice Cube
Prep Time: 5 mins- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Total Time: 4 hours 5 minutes
Yield: 5
Category: Drinks
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A healthy and fun way to make chocolate milk!
Ingredients
- 300ml / 1.5 cups milk (dairy or non dairy)
- 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 – 2 tbsp honey, maple syrup or other liquid sweetener
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a saucepan and heat gently until everything has combined, stirring regularly.
- Allow the chocolate milk to cool slightly before pouring it into an ice cube tray. Freeze for at least 4 hours or until all the cubes have frozen through.
- To make chocolate milk simply add 2 or 3 cubes to a glass of cold milk and stir until they have melted
Fab idea. My 5 year old is always asking for the shop bought ones which not only are normally really unhealthy but also really expensive so these will be great to have in the freezer when he next asks!
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Awesome idea! Totally trying this for my little who’s been shunning milk lately. Can’t bring myself to buy store bought (so unhealthy!) and I love that you just need a couple of cubes of this to do the job. Thanks!
Yes! It’s so easy Cheryl. And so handy to store in the freezer too!