*Delicious with whole milk or low fat milks. Joshua uses lactose-free milk for his, and we have noticed that the lactose-free milk gets much more frothy in the blender than regular milk does. A pinch of salt can help reduce the froth if you prefer.

**Joshua's original recipe used 2 tablespoons of cocoa. I love that amount, but he now prefers just 1 tablespoon of cocoa.

Optional ingredients:

A dash of vanilla, or substitute vanilla sugar for the regular sugar...

For more nutrition, we like to add whey protein powder to our mocha frappuccinos. Joshua adds unflavored/unsweetened whey protein and says he can't taste the whey at all. (We ordered this unflavored whey protein from Amazon.com since we couldn't find any locally.) I like vanilla flavored whey protein in mine. (We bought our vanilla flavored whey protein at Costco.)

Ice! If you prefer a colder iced coffee drink, you can replace some of the milk with a few ice cubes. Another option is to freeze coffee in an ice cube tray and use the coffee ice cubes so you're not diluting the drink with plain ice cubes. :)

Making a dry mocha frappuccino mix for later:

Joshua likes to have one of these mocha frappuccinos in the morning at work, and to save time in the mornings he places the dry ingredients in a sandwich-size ziplock bag. We usually make about 5 bags at a time.

In the morning, we empty the dry ingredients from the bag into the blender with 2 cups of milk.

Or even easier -- place a cup of milk into a quart jar (a bottle with a lid would work as well), add the dry ingredients, and shake well. Add the remaining 1 cup of milk and shake until ingredients are dissolved (~3-5 minutes).

This method doesn't even require the use of a blender, and Joshua likes it just as well as the blended version, although I personally prefer the very frothy blender texture. :)