Cloudy with a Chance of Chocolate
An icy blender drink with a protein and caffeine kick, topped with frothy meringue cloud.
- Prep time: 5 min
- Makes: 2 (250ml each)
- Cook time: 0 min
Nutritional Information
1 cup (1/2 of recipe)
- Calories.110
- Saturated Fat.0.4 g
- Fat.0.5 g
- Cholesterol.0 mg
- Carbohydrates.13 g
- Fibre.1 g
- Sugars.11 g
- Protein.12 g
- Sodium.350 mg
Ingredients
| 1 cup / 225 g | Naturegg Simply Egg Whites, well shaken |
| 1/2 tsp / 2.5 ml | Instant coffee or espresso powder |
| 1 tbsp / 15 ml | Unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 1 pinch | salt |
| 3 tbsp / 45 ml | Icing sugar, divided |
| 6 | large ice cubes |
Directions
Blend 4 (148g) of the egg whites, 2 tbsp. of sugar, salt, coffee, cocoa, and ice cubes in a blender until it has the consistency of slush ice.
In a separate or cleaned blender, blend the remaining 2 egg whites (74 g) and 1 tbsp. of icing sugar for 3-4 minutes until they are opaque and fluffy, but not too stiff. Note: If you do not have a high powered, variable speed blender, egg whites can be whisked by hand or
Pour the slush ice blend into a high ball glass and top off with the whipped egg whites.
Sprinkle a little cocoa powder on top, and serve immediately
Tips
FLAVOUR VARIATIONS:
Chunky Monkey- add 1 frozen small banana to blend with ice in Step 1.
Mayan Chocolate- add a pinch of cayenne pepper, zest of ½ orange and 1 tsp (5ml) vanilla extract to Step 1.
Chocolate Strawberry- add ½ cup (80g) frozen strawberries to blend with ice in Step 1.
Irish Cloud- add 2 Tbsp/30ml Kahlua or Coffee flavoured Liqueur and 2 Tbsp/30ml Irish whiskey to Step 1.
Naturegg Simply Egg Whites
Made from 100% pure egg whites. We mean simple.
Learn MoreTips: Whipping
A French meringue is the most familiar, granulated sugar is gradually added to egg whites while whipping until a stiff peak is formed.