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Icy Mocha Blended

This is a great recipe if you have a craving for something sweet but don’t want to indulge in an overly caloric dessert. With each serving having only 85 calories and 2 grams of fat, you can save yourself the trip and the cost of going to a coffee shop with a friend and indulge right in your own kitchen.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 2 servings

Ingredients

1 cup low-fat chocolate milk (should be 3 g of fat or less per 1-cup serving)
1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
1 cup (about 9 medium) ice cubes
2 tablespoons fat-free aerosol whipped topping

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Add the milk, coffee granules, and ice cubes to the jar of a blender with ice-crushing ability. Blend on high or the ice crush setting until the mixture is smooth and frothy. Divide evenly between 2 glasses, and top each with 1 tablespoon whipped topping. Serve immediately.

  2. nutrition information

    Step 2

    Each (8-ounce) serving has:

    Step 3

    Calories: 85

    Step 4

    Protein: 4g

    Step 5

    Carbohydrates: 17g

    Step 6

    Fat: 2g

    Step 7

    Saturated Fat: 1g

    Step 8

    Cholesterol: 8mg

    Step 9

    Trace Fiber

    Step 10

    Sodium: 112mg

Reprinted with permission from I Can't Believe It's Not Fattening! by Devin Alexander. Copyright © 2010 Devin Alexander. Published by Clarkson Potter Publishers, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Devin Alexander is the author of The Most Decadent Diet Ever, Fast Food Fix, and coauthor of The New York Times bestsellers The Biggest Loser Cookbook and The Biggest Loser Family Cookbook. She was a chef on NBC's The Biggest Loser and the host of Healthy Decadence on Discover Health and FitTV.
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