Wanna save a few bucks and a few calories? Instead of heading over to your nearest Starbucks (I LOVE STARBUCKS, FOR THE RECORD. Always a superb product, delivered to my car window by a superb person with superb customer service skills-I just can't afford it every day...) for that granda mocha Frappuccino, try this recipe at home. And oh wait. Not only is it good tasting and almost half the calories... It's actually something that will fortify you instead of giving you a sugar hangover.
Ingredients
- 1 medium sized banana
- 1 1/2 T cocoa powder
- 1 T creamy peanut butter
- 1 C almond milk
- a few ice cubes
- Some coffee that is room temp or cooler (1/2-1 Cup, depending on how much you like your coffee)
Directions
- Blend til smooth.
- Pour into cup.
- Drink.
Some other great things about this? It's roughly 260 calories as opposed to the grande mocha Frappuccino which is 420. Bananas are chalk-full of vitamins that give you that extra boost of energy. Pure cocoa powder is
good for you... So you can get your chocolate fix without all of that added sugar. And wait. The best part in my opinion? It contains coffee. Which happens to be my favorite thing on this planet aside from my family and my dog.
So give it a whirl. I've been drinking one of these as a snack a few times a week now for a couple months. I really love them and they're really great at getting me out of that "It's 2 o'clock and I want to nap now" funk.
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