Iced Mocha Please!

Never in my life have I ever drank a coffee any more involved than brewing up some grounds and adding cream and sugar. I have tried a few different flavors of liquid creamer, but my staple is plain powdered creamer.
That is, until recently.
McDonalds started selling their iced coffees a while back, and I never could imagine drinking a coffee with ice in it. I mean, once the coffee gets cold it's gross! So how would iced coffee be any better?
Finally hubby got me to try one. I can't remember what it was, but I was really surprised at how yummy it was! I eventually tried both an iced mocha and an iced latte. I couldn't tell you what the difference is, or which is which when put side by side. But they both taste good :)

I decided today that I wanted an iced mocha. But I didn't want to pack all 5 kids up just to drive 10 blocks to MickyD's and spend over $3 on a drink. Save the time, gas, and the cost of the drink itself, and I don't have to hear the whining and crying when they find out I wasn't getting THEM anything!

So I googled. :) And found http://www.ehow.com/how_7315679_make-iced-mocha-coffee.html LINK
It's actually easier than I thought it would be to make, and easier to actually make than it reads.
Here's the rundown:

1 1/2 cup strong coffee

3 Tbsp light brown sugar

1 1/2 Tbsp chocolate syrup

1 cup milk

1/4 Tsp vanilla

  Materials used were-
Measuring Cup

Magic Bullet with large cup and 2 blade cap (I'm sure the 1 blade cap would have worked fine, I just didn't feel like looking for it)

measuring spoons

small scraper

and a mixing bowl with a pour spout

I measured out 1 1/2 cups coffee and poured in the Magic Bullet.

 

Added 3 Tablespoons light brown sugar

and blended til the sugar was dissolved

 

A little helper is always nice to have :)

Then the 1 1/2 Tablespoons of chocolate syrup was added.

and blended again

The recipe says to let it cool down, then put it in the fridge to cool down more, but I figure, they don't bother with all that mess at McDonalds, so why should I? So I grabbed a few ice cubes and dropped them in.

I measured out 1 cup of milk.

We use 2% in our house.

and 1/4 teaspoon imitation vanilla extract









and mixed those two ingredients together in my mixing bowl with a pour spout.... my melted mixing bowl with a pour spout LOL.
Here's your reminder from me to be careful how close you put your plastic mixing bowls to the stove when you have a gas stove. :)








Then poured the coffee mixture from the Magic Bullet into the bowl as well.



 Stirred together.........

Then filled a glass with ice and enjoyed!!

I gotta say, even without the whipped cream on top, this was AWESOME.

The second batch I made I knocked the brown sugar down to 2 Tbsp because the 3 was pretty darn sweet, and 2 was perfect for me.

I poured all my excess into a pitcher and put in the fridge, and this morning I enjoyed the rest of it :)

Never will I pay $3.29 for an iced mocha again!