As the temperatures dip down in our area to the singles digits, I have a secret to confess. I don’t want to go out for Valentine’s Day. I have no desire to get all dressed up and freeze to death before arriving at an overcrowded restaurant or a packed movie theater. While I am completely down with takeout food, I prefer to stay home, snuggle up, watch a romantic comedy and sip a special beverage. This year I found a recipe for Kahlua Coffee Frappuccino recipe and realized how easy it would be to make them into mocktails. I changed it around a little and added mocha coffee to give it an added chocolate boost. Not only that, this recipe didn’t have any complicated ingredients I’d need to run to the store to purchase. Everything is available in my cabinet.
Here’s what you’ll need.
As usual, this recipe is easy to make, taking ten to fifteen minutes to throw together. Because who wants to spend Valentine’s Day evening working in the kitchen? If you prefer not to make this recipe as a mocktail, substitute 1/2 Kahlua for the almond extract.
Just mix the coffee and milk together in your blender, then add the extract (or Kahlua), sugar and ice. Blend on high for 30 to 45 seconds. Divide the mixture between four glasses. To make it fancy, you can add whipped cream and shaved chocolate. Maybe even add a ring of chocolate sugar around the rim. (To do this dip the rim of the glass quickly in corn syrup, then in the chocolate sugar.)
- 3/4 cup milk
- 3/4 cup prepared Mocha coffee mix
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 cups ice
- 4 teaspoons sugar
- Chocolate shavings and whipped cream for garnish
- (If you are preparing this as a cocktail, use 1/2 cup Kahlua.
- Mix together milk and coffee. Add mixture to a blender, along with the extract, ice and sugar. Mix 30 to 45 seconds. Pour into four glasses. Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
What are your plans for Valentine’s Day?
Looks great!
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Love the “mocktail” idea! Thanks for sharing, I pinned this!
-Cindy
This frap looks really yummy. I love a good mocktail to drink – all the time!
What a great mocktail recipe! It looks delicious. 🙂
I love Kahlua!! I would love to make this Frap while watching a good Netflix movie!!
Neat drink. Very tasty looking.
That looks delicious! I love mocktails. Cocktails are so tasty, but sometimes, I just don’t want a hangover.
Oh that sounds really good. I love coffee beverages.
These look DELISH! I love frappachinos…….so definitely need to try them!
This looks and sounds so delish and easy to make! I’m going to try this at home!
I’d definitely add in the Kahlua. I love that stuff!
This is my kind of drink! I love that it includes on hand ingredients!
I am like you. I would rather stay in as well! This looks like tasty treat for me to try.
This is such a cute looking drink! I used to like Kahlua even though I hate coffee, but I haven’t had it in many many years.
This looks really yummy. I love to put Kahlua in my coffee. Thanks for the recipe.
We will be in this weekend because it’s going to be very cold. I love the flavors in this mocktail and will be trying it this weekend.
This looks so delicious. I will have to make some to try.
that sounds so fancy. I think I would like to try it
My husband really likes a good Frappuccino. I bet he’d like this quite a bit too!
What a great drink idea. Our cold weather is coming tomorrow.
This sounds so yummy, I would love to have something like this to start off my mornings!
Oh yum! That looks heavenly. My mom was a huge kahlua gal, so I’m sure she would have appreciated this lots!! It looks really good.
I am with you I much rather be at home than out in public. Besides my husband always has to work on Valentine’s Day.
This recipe sounds good! I will have to give it a try!
This looks tasty! I love anything coffee flavored!
You did a great job on these! They look delish!!!
This looks like a great Mocktail. I love anything with Kahlua in it. Thanks for the recipe.
I love coffee anything. I could drink it all day.
Ohh that looks yummy! I think we are staying home for Valentines Day and watching movies!
I love Kahlua! Forget ‘mock’ I want the real deal baby! 🙂
This would be so easy to sip on the entire afternoon! Love the idea. Great creation
We are going for a dinner this weekend. Kids are old enough to stay alone. I love this drink.
Does that Kahlua Mocktail ever look good. I am trying to get something together for my Hubs. We don’t want to go out for Valentines and plan on staying in. This looks like a fantastic idea.
Oh these sounds really good! I think I may have to make one myself. Cheers!
Sounds delicious to me as well. May I grab this from screen? 😉 Very innovative
Ohh I know someone who would love this, perhaps I’ll have to treat him over the weekend. x
Do I love Kahlua? YES – and now I love this idea – YAY again thank you 🙂 I don’t think mine could ever be as pretty tho! lol
Oh, that looks delicious. It’s got coffee in it so can I please have one for breakfast now?!
I love coffee flavor drinks like this. I will definitely give this a try. I don’t drink that much so a mocktail sounds perfect.
Oh this sounds wonderful. We are going RV’ing for Valentines Day so maybe.. just maybe I can gather this up and make it.
The freezing to death aspect hits me everytime. I hate the winter. After Xmas, it should get hot again 🙂
That sounds delicious. I love fancy drinks like this!
Love this.
We’re very likely staying in all weekend because I forgot to book a sitter OR make dinner reservations!
We are getting ANOTHER foot of snow tomorrow night, so we are in whether we like it or not!