Frozen Crio Bru
Servings 1 serving
A light, refreshing, chilled version of the best drink of all time-Crio Bru! With a handy supply of frozen Crio Bru cubes handy in your freezer, your wait time to chocolatey heaven is seconds away!
Ingredients
- For Crio Bru
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups milk I like Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
- 1/2 cup Crio Bru grounds
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup or up to 1/2 cup if you're not a dark chocolate fan
- For Frozen Crio
- 12 cubes of frozen crio
- 1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk or milk of your choice, plus more if needed
- 1/2 frozen banana sliced into disks (can substitute half of an avocado)
- For Chocolate Whipped Cream
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Mini chocolate chips or chocolate shavings for garnish
Instructions
- Pour water, milk, syrup, and Crio Bru into the pressure cooker pot.
- Secure the lid and turn pressure release knob to a sealed position. Cook at high pressure for 5 minutes.
- When cooking is complete, use a natural release for 10 minutes and then release any remaining pressure.
- Place a fine mesh sieve over a large bowl and pour Crio Bru through the sieve to filter out the grounds.
- Let Crio cool slightly, then pour into ice cube trays (my trays fit about 1 tablespoon per cube). Freeze until solid then transfer to a gallon size freezer bag.
- To make Frozen Crio Bru: Add 12 cubes of frozen Crio Bru, milk, and banana to a high powered blender and blend until smooth. Add more milk if needed to help it blend. Grab a spoon and a smoothie straw and Enjoy!
- Optional: Top with a dollop of chocolate whipped cream and a sprinkle of mini chocolate chips or chocolate shavings
- To make Chocolate Whipped Cream: Add cream, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, and vanilla to a high powered blender. Blend on medium speed until thick. (This can also be done with a bowl and a hand mixer). Store in a sealed container in the fridge. Will stay thick up to 5 days.
Notes
If you don't have enough ice cube trays to freeze all of the Crio Bru, you have 2 options:
1) Store remaining Crio Bru in fridge. When cubes are frozen solid, transfer them to a gallon size ziplock bag and pour more refrigerated Crio Bru into the trays.
2) Drink the remaining Crio Bru cold from the fridge-it's amazing! Also, for my sugar free peeps out there, you can brew the Crio Bru without the maple syrup, then add 2-3 dates to the blender for a little sweetness.
1) Store remaining Crio Bru in fridge. When cubes are frozen solid, transfer them to a gallon size ziplock bag and pour more refrigerated Crio Bru into the trays.
2) Drink the remaining Crio Bru cold from the fridge-it's amazing! Also, for my sugar free peeps out there, you can brew the Crio Bru without the maple syrup, then add 2-3 dates to the blender for a little sweetness.
