Milk Bar + Recipes
by Jennifer Cooper, posted on February 13th, 2013 in Cooking
Here’s a super cute idea for after school, parties, or anytime you and the kids need a dose of warm fuzzies—a milk bar. All you need is milk, cookies, and fun milk bottles*. You don’t even need festive straws, although we think they make the milk taste extra awesome.
Prepackaged flavored milks are loaded with sugar and yikes, chemicals. Here are four flavored milk recipes that feature natural ingredients and put you in control of the sugar.
Pink Milk
1 cup frozen strawberries or raspberries
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
4 cups milk
Heat berries, sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat until the berries break down and the sauce thickens into a syrup. Strain through a sieve or fine mesh strainer. Once syrup is cool, combine it with cold milk. Serves 4.
Banana Milk
4 ripe bananas
1/4 cup sugar
6 cups milk
Place banana, sugar and milk into a blender. Blend until smooth. Serves 6.
Chocolate Milk
1/2 cup cocoa
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
6 cups milk
Combine first three ingredients in a blender or whisk in a large bowl until combined. Then add 6 cups milk. Serves 6.
Vanilla Milk
4 tablespoons vanilla
1/4 cup sugar or honey
6 cups milk
Combine vanilla, sugar or honey and milk. Stir. Serves 6.
*Resources: We used frappacino bottles as our milk bottles. Looking for more proper milk bottles? Check out the ones here. They’re adorable!
Jennifer Cooper Reply:
February 13th, 2013 at 4:45 pm
They’re totally worth the investment. I bet you can find a source in Canada. I found one in the US but it might cost you a ton in shipping.
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