Monday, July 14, 2008

Peppermint Mocha Coffee creamer

Okay, so last week I professed my love for my coffee mug, Today I'm gonna let y'all in on the secret of what I put in that cup {and no, it's not Booze, lol} I absolutely fell In LOVE with peppermint mocha coffee-mate, it was on sale and I had a coupon and I bought 2 bottles on a whim.. I thought, why not just try it 'tis the season and all. When I ran out I was distraught, I couldn't find it anywhere, so I searched online, I had to find it somewhere... But the only store online that I could buy it from wouldn't ship it to NY.. so I was outta luck.. so I tried contacting Coffee mate and they gave me a very bland response..
Dear Ashley,

Thank you for taking the time to contact NestlĂ©® Coffee-mate® Non-Dairy Creamer Peppermint Mocha regarding your suggestion of making this variety year round. We welcome questions and comments from loyal consumers and appreciate this opportunity to assist you.

We would like to assure you that we have reported your comments to our Marketing department. We are committed to providing you with products that live up to your high standards for taste, quality, nutrition and enjoyment - in short, "the very best."

We appreciate your interest in our products and hope you will visit our website often for the latest information on our products and promotions.

Sincerely,

J.R.
Consumer Response Representative

Well, that was it and I never heard from them again... but the scary kinda thing is there is a huge following for this stuff, I was absolutely astounded at the amount of posts that I found online regarding Peppermint Mocha Coffee-Mate, but nobody had a recipe, everyone just wanted the original thing.. but not me, if I can't find the real thing I'm gonna do the next best thing and make the best dang copycat that I can make... and so I did...

Ingredients

  • 1 pint fat-free half-and-half (or regular, but I like the fat free)
  • 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1/8 cup peppermint syrup (I got mine at Starbucks for about $6)

Directions

  1. pour the half and half into a medium saucepan.
  2. stir chocolate chips into the pan.
  3. turn the heat onto medium-low and melt the chocolate into the half and half.
  4. DO NOT LET THIS BOIL.
  5. Once the chocolate is melted turn the heat off.
  6. Store in a container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks :) (but it never lasts that long, lol).
this stuff makes my coffee Happy :)


This is a real pic, straight out of the Senseo my coffee looked like this one morning and I almost fell right over.. that is one seriously happy cup of coffee :)

3 comments:

April said...

I am so glad to have found this! I LOVE this creamer as well! Thanks for the recipe!

Alaina said...

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I try to buy as much of this stuff as I can when the holidays roll around and have all my friends addicted to the stuff too...now we can make our own! Thank you!

Anonymous said...

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I wish there were more people in the world like you. I'm pregnant right now, and I've been craving this! I hate buying from starbucks because it is so expensive - so now I can have it at home!!