Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Mocha Espresso Ice Pop

It's no secret that I love coffee and this time of year there is nothing better than a frozen caffeine filled treat. I made this chocolate-y ice pop in homage to a drink we serve at the coffee shop called the Mocha Espresso Shake. It's one of our best sellers so I thought I'd turn it into a cool treat perfect for hot Summer days.

What you'll need:
1 Cup of espresso or extra strong coffee
1 Cup half and half (whole milk or creamer works just as nice)
1/2 cup of cocoa, your choice of brand and flavor
1/4 cup of white frappe mix (this is optional but I find it adds a nice creaminess. It's basically powdered white chocolate, so feel free to use white chocolate pudding or french vanilla cappuccino mix as a substitute)
1 tsp sugar
Chocolate syrup for dressing
Ice pop tray

Makes approximately 8 popsicles

Again, this is one of my favorite types of recipes in that you can tweak it to your liking. If you love a strong coffee flavor, add more coffee/espresso, less milk product and less cocoa. If you like a more chocolate flavor, go crazy with the cocoa. If you're making this for kids, double everything and leave out the coffee. The possibilities are endless!


Put all your ingredients into a blender (except the chocolate sauce) and mix until just blended, it should really only take a couple seconds.


Fill the ice pop tray with the chocolate sauce in any pattern you'd like. I decided to add this step because when we make the shake at the shop we dress the cup with chocolate syrup but it's just as good without.


 Fill the tray and freeze for at least 4 hours. 



Since I was taking my time with pictures my syrup ended up pooling at the bottom because I didn't get the tray in the freezer fast enough. If you want it to end up all around the pop a good tip would be to freeze the ice pop tray first and that will keep the syrup in place while the liquid freezes. Nevertheless, it was still a delicious breakfast treat.

Let me know what your favorite hot weather treat is!

10 comments:

  1. I seriously need to learn how to make pops at home -this recipes sounds delicious! xo, Biana -BlovedBoston

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    1. It's definitely one of my favorites, I want to try out a frozen yogurt one next, we'll see how that goes! Thanks for stopping in gorgeous, have a great week! XO -Kim

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  2. You just motivated me to make some pops, as I've always wanted to do it. These with the coffee and chocolatey goodness are right up my alley, looking forward to trying these. Thanks sweet lady, I hope your day is simply gorgeous just like you are!

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    1. I've always been a huge fan of ice pops but I just feel like this is such a grown up version but still sooo good! Thanks for stopping in my gorgeous friend, hugs and love your way! XO -Kim

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  3. Oh wow these look too amazing! Definitely going to be making these over the summer, thanks for sharing this recipe Kim, hope you are having a great week so far beaut!

    Ella xx

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    1. They are so good, you won't be disappointed! Thank you my gorgeous friend, have a wonderful week! XO -Kim

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  4. These look delicious, not to mention refreshing! I am not a big fan of coffee, but I am a big fan of chocolate, so it's nice that you can tweak the measurements. Thanks for sharing!

    -Katie

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    1. That is my favorite thing about this recipe, you can change up whatever you want to what you like! I want to try a white chocolate version as well, so we'll see how that goes! Thanks for stopping in beautiful woman! XO -Kim

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  5. These turned out great, they look delicious. Thanks for sharing.

    http://www.racheldinh.com

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    1. Thank you so much for stopping in, hope you are having a wonderful week! XO -Kim

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