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Chocolate Drinks for Summer

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Cold Chocolate Drinks to Cool You Down

A long cold chocolate milkshake or smoothie, like the one shown here, can be totally delicious when you are relaxing on a hot, sunny day.

If you are watching your fat intake, skip the piped cream on top, use skimmed or semi-skimmed milk and you still get all the beneficial nutrients from the milk. Add some fruit as well, and it's even healthier. Unfortunately, the ice cream rather detracts from the healthy properties of milkshakes so they are not to be recommended if you are trying to lose weight.

The recipes here are quick and easy to make so they don't require a lot of effort.

White Chocolate Banana Shake
Rawdawg Rory's Chocolate Banana Smoothie
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Chocolate Milkshake

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This is the traditional summer milkshake, no frills, just chocolate.

Ingredients
1 cup of milk
50g/2oz plain chocolate
1cup of icecream - vanilla or chocolate

Method
1. Put the chocolate and about half the milk into a pan and heat gently, stirring all the time, until the chocolate has melted - do not boil.

2. Remove from the heat and chill.

3. When the chocolate milk mixture is sufficiently chilled, put it in a blender with icecream and the remaining milk and blend until it is frothy. Pour into glass.

4. You can add another scoop of icecream to the shake and sprinkle it with grated chocolate to finish.

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Minty Chocolate Milkshake

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Try adding mint, after all we all love mint chocolate!

Ingredients
1 cup of milk
4 tbsp drinking chocolate
1/2 cup creme fraiche, natural yoghurt or single cream
1/2 tsp of peppermint essence
2 cup of chocolate or vanilla icecream
mint leaves to decorate

Method
1. Using a little of the milk, mix the drinking chocolate to a paste in a small pan and then gradually mix in about a 1/4 of the milk. Heat it, stirring continuously, until it is nearly boiling.

2. Let it cool and then put it in a blender with the remaining ingredients, except the mint leaves, and blend.

3. Pour the mixture into a glass, put in a scoop of ice cream and decorate with the mint leaves.

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White Chocolate Banana Shake

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If you add a banana you can kid yourself that it's good for you!

Ingredients
1 cup of milk
2oz white chocolate
1 peeled banana
1 scoops of vanilla icecream

Method
1. Put the chocolate and about half of milk into a pan and heat gently, stirring all the time, until the chocolate has melted - do not boil.

2. Remove from the heat and chill.

3. When the milk and chocolate mixture is chilled, put it in a blender with the banana and ice cream. Blend until the banana is completely adsorbed into the rest of the liquid.

4. Put the milkshake into a glass. You can decorate it with a little drinking chocolate sprinkled over the top.

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hamshi5433 Oct 17, 2011 @ 9:25 am | delete

Chocolate and anything to do with chocolate is just enough for me! Love the Mint chocolate milkshake recipe..I`ve tried the aero one, need to try this one too!

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lbrummer Jul 25, 2011 @ 4:44 pm | delete

I'll try anything chocolate---it's my favorite. Thanks for the recipes.

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clouda9 Feb 18, 2010 @ 12:23 pm | delete

Simply delish and refreshing chocolate drinks you have highlighted here! Had to add to my Beverage Chefmasters lens ;)

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newshound78 Jul 7, 2009 @ 11:32 am | delete

Its been so hot in the Uk this week, these have been great ( just add extra ice me thinks)

Thanks Again

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