Tag: the coconut collaborative

I have discovered a dairy free frozen dessert that doesn’t contain soya and that tastes delicious.

I found this tub of loveliness in Waitrose, but you can also get it in Sainsbury’s, and . . . it comes in a chocolate combo, which is next on the list to try!

It is heady with the flavour of vanilla, with the coconut coming in at the end. A dollop of it is mighty fine on a steaming bowlful of crumble, particularly strawberry crumble (one of my favourites) and it melts down to a milky consistency.

I really wanted to use it in a drink, but not the usual milkshake / smoothie type thing. And then I remembered affogato. This would work in an affogato thingy-bob, wouldn’t it?

I have never had affogato before. Mainly because a) there will be something else on the dessert menu that I want more, and b) I am not a fan of coffee at the end of a meal. Why would you want some caffeine loaded drink an hour or so before you have to go to sleep?

I thought. I umm-ed and I ahh-ed. I mulled it over. Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate my brain whispered to me.

Initially I was just going to throw a scoop of the frozen coconut dessert in my simple dairy-free hot chocolate, but . . . if I added a shot of coffee to the hot chocolate . . . mocha affogato ahoy!

A glass of hot chocolate and coffee into which the coconut slowly melts, imparting a lovely (surprise, surprise) vanilla coconut flavour.

And just for the record, I used decaf coffee, but if you feel the need for a pick-me-up go with the full strength stuff!