Coffee Drinks

vim_n_vigor
vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
edited October 4 in Food and Nutrition
I saw some posts over the past few days from people not wanting the extra calories from things like Starbuck's coffee drinks. Here is an alternative that you can easily make at home or at work:

8 oz coffee (regular/decaf/flavored/unflavored your call)
1 cup vanilla soy milk (could use almond milk, rice milk, your preference)
1 tbsp of flavored creamer (I used Pumpkin spice - 35 calories)

You can drink this warm, blended with ice, whatever. It doesn't have a strong sweet taste, it is nice and creamy, and perfect for the cold, rainy morning we are having in Michigan today. Oh, and for all of this liquid - about 135 calories.

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  • misty589
    misty589 Posts: 319 Member
    do you heat the milk in a pot or something?
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    If you want it hot I would think you would have to heat it, yes.
  • monih10
    monih10 Posts: 577 Member
    I was just wondering the same thing!

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    do you heat the milk in a pot or something?
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  • NKF92879
    NKF92879 Posts: 601 Member
    Sounds yummy!
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    Yes, please. Will you make me some right now please? I'm cold!
  • p0stdramatic
    p0stdramatic Posts: 372
    One thing I can't give up is coffee. I use Swiss Miss Diet in mine. It's not the best choice, but it's delish, and only 32 calories for the coffee plus hot chocolate mix. I've never tried it on ice, I don't think it would do well.
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    I didn't heat up the milk, but you certainly could!
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    Yes, please. Will you make me some right now please? I'm cold!

    Coming right up! It was very filling too!
  • FutureMrsMcFarlane
    FutureMrsMcFarlane Posts: 2 Member
    I LOVE hot chocolate powder in my coffee and am trying to find an alternative to this.....I find alot of the creamers to be entirely too sweet when adding enough to actually taste the chocolate (not just water down the coffee)

    Anyone have any suggestions for a chocolate coffee idea with low calories?
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    I LOVE hot chocolate powder in my coffee and am trying to find an alternative to this.....I find alot of the creamers to be entirely too sweet when adding enough to actually taste the chocolate (not just water down the coffee)

    Anyone have any suggestions for a chocolate coffee idea with low calories?
    I sometimes use a half packet of sugar free hot chocolate mix in with my coffee. You could try just using cocoa too - that wouldn't be as sweet.
  • misty589
    misty589 Posts: 319 Member
    use cocoa and a little sugar!
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