Homemade Coffee Chocolate Sodas Recipe

When you want an afternoon pick-me-up, I have been treating myself to this slight take off of a NY Egg Cream - I love my coffee, and heck love the chocolate as well, why not bring them together in a frothy concoction?





Ingredients:

Left over coffee from the morning (I happen to make just grounded hazelnut coffee) - so choose your fave coffee - just let it get cold.
chocolate syrup - 2 second or more lasting 'squirts'
freshly opened seltzer
cold skim milk
super big glass
ice
tall spoon to stir

Directions:

In tall glass, add coffee, splash of milk, your squirts of chocolate and stir till well combined. Add any sugar or substitute if you like that.
Add remaining 1/3 at least of plain seltzer and stir to help create the 'egg cream' froth.
Add ice and drink up!
SEE BELOW for alterations - ideas are endless - make up your own!
(Now for a more adult and/or later in the night naughty)
***add vodka to the mix prior to adding the seltzer.
***Put in blender and create a frozen smoothie of your very own - who needs dunkin doughnuts? - Use cream for a similar version and taste to theirs.
***Add banana and a plain yogurt without the seltzer for a different wake up drink - and blend it up on your blender.

New York Egg Cream Soda

This is a classic breakfast drink I order when I am at the diner or when I am aching for something chocolaty and it's not that bad for you either...really...and contrary to non-believers, there is NO egg in egg creams sodas...recipe is from the late 1800's so I am sure there are no mistakes in this one rofl......

Ingredients:

One extra large glass
2 ounces of chocolate syrup - I use Nestles (no fat) - or more
5 ounces milk (skim to whole milk ok)
5 ounces seltzer - freshly open is best
1 fork/whisk to stir

Directions

In one large glass, pour milk till halfway up glass.
Add chocolate syrup to make extra chocolaty.
With fork or whisk, stir well till combined.
Open fresh bottle of seltzer.
While stirring 'chocolated' milk with fork or whisk all the while, add seltzer to fill glass to 1/2 inch below rim.
Continue to stir till combined.
Bubbles in seltzer will continue to form (like champagne) after you have
finished stirring and will appear like the head on a properly poured
beer.
Serve it up to one closest to you.
Note: I have use this as a hangover cure in the past when I used to drink- it's like a yoohoo gone soda, and no I will not tell you how often I have hangovers....but I will tell you
that I usually make this at least 2x a month for the fun of it for a dessert drink when I really need chocolate but do not wish the extra pounds of say a chocolate pound cake - lol.

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