We love Almond Joys at our house.
We’ve had a little heat wave the past couple days, so I thought I nice cold drink was in order.
A nice cold Almond Joy drink. Mmmm.
I took our favorite Almond Joy Hot Chocolate recipe that I shared here.
And iced it up.
The original recipe calls for almond milk and coconut milk. This time I substituted the almond milk with regular milk and a little bit of almond extract to save money. Verdict? Deee-lish. It tastes even more like the real candy bar but…I honestly still prefer the almond milk because it provides more subtle flavor. The benefit of using the almond extract version though, is that I can afford to make it a little more often! 🙂
Here’s the recipe for the iced version if you want to give it a shot:
Iced Almond Joy
2 c. coconut milk
2 c. cow’s milk + 1/8 tsp. almond extract OR 2 c. almond milk
1/3 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4 c. sugar (or less, depending on how sweet you prefer it)
* Combine 1/2 c. of one of the milks, chocolate chips, and sugar in a medium sized pan on medium heat. Stir until melted and well combined.
* Take off heat and let it cool. Refrigerate until chilled.
* Add the remaining milk. Blend or vigorously whisk together.
Serves 4.
Other variations:
For an iced chocolate simply use 4 c. cow’s milk.
You could also add some vanilla extract.
Or try melting some peanut butter with the chocolate in the first step. Yum!
Enjoy!
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Have a good day!
Yum! This looks amazing 🙂
oy. that looks amazing. you are a genius
Sounds great. Alonmd Breeze make an almond & coconut milk bled in a sweetened and n unsweetened version, I think I’ll use that to make your easy recipe even quicker. Thanks for the idea 🙂
Sounds SO good! I need to get some coconut milk to try this!
You can also buy those Torani syrups. They make an almond and coconut, and with just a couple pumps, you can then leave out the 1/4 c sugar.
These drinks sound delicious! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
That looks so good!!
We love this recipe in the winter…and started making it with a mix of half almond and half coconut milk, and then using Nutella instead of chocolate chips. It adds a bit more of that nutty flavor to it. I can't wait to try it iced! Holy yum!
This looks delicious! I tried using coconut milk for hot cocoa this winter but mixing it with almond milk and serving it iced sounds even better.
I wonder how it would be mixed into an iced coffee…my favorite place to get coffee near me has almond joy coffee and it's fantastic!
I'll need to give it as try