Never again will your iced coffee get watered down. And never again will you have to drink boring plain old water.
Chocolate Milk Ice Cubes
If you’re like me, one of the best parts of summer is iced coffee. I go to bed thinking about my first sip in the morning. Really. In the winter, I like hot coffee with just milk. But I like my iced coffee a bit sweet. (Probably because I worked in a Greek restaurant through college and drank a ton of their so sweet iced coffee.)
But watered-down coffee I don’t like. So I make chocolate milk ice cubes. Problem solved: No watered down coffee, and my coffee with chocolate milk is just a bit sweet.
Coffee Ice Cubes
Of course, coffee ice cubes are the (other) perfect way to keep your iced coffee from getting watered down.
But they are also frosty-delicious to add to a cold glass of milk to get through an afternoon slump. A protein-packed glass of milk will help fill your tummy until close to dinner. And a few coffee ice cubes will give that shot of energizing caffeine — but probably not enough to keep you awake at night. For me, the magic number is four ice cubes!
100% Juice Ice Cubes
Three is the number of frozen 100% orange juice cubes I toss in my water. It’s just enough sweetness to taste like a juice spritzer. Sometimes I add sparkling water, but more often it’s just plain old water. My kids love two or three OJ cubes, too, especially when made in the little ducky ice cube tray. Cranberry juice cubes are also delicious and so pretty in water. Or combine an orange juice cube and a cranberry juice cube.
