With Slimming World, you absolutely can swap your coffee for a deliciously creamy, ice-cold frappé – and still get a cool weight loss result on the scales!
While coffee shop frappés do look tempting, they can quickly sabotage your slimming plans. We’ve whizzed up a simple two-step Slimming World recipe to hit that sweet spot in just five minutes (quicker than standing in the cafe queue!).
Meet the Slimming World frappé family
Tropical mango frappé
Our totally tropical mango frappé brings the holiday vibes. Pop your straw into this fruity Food Optimising treat and let it transport you to soft sands and turquoise waters…
makes 1
9 Syns (deduct 6 Syns if using semi-skimmed milk as a Healthy Extra ‘a’ choice)
ready in 5 mins
What you need:
250ml semi-skimmed milk
½ tsp coconut flavouring – or you could use orange, banana or vanilla extract if you prefer
ice cubes
15g reduced-fat squirty cream
chopped fresh or frozen mango, to decorate, optional
For the sauce:
50g prepared fresh or frozen mango chunks
1 level tsp sweetener granules
What you do:
1. To make the sauce, blitz the mango with the sweetener, then push it through a sieve into a jug. Drizzle half of the sauce around the inside of a glass.
2. Blitz the milk, coconut flavouring and ice cubes in your food processor. Pour the frappé into the glass then top with the cream, the remaining sauce and the chopped mango, if using.
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Strawberry and vanilla frappé
The sweet strawberry and vanilla frappé is berry, berry tasty. Game, set and match to Slimming World!
makes 1
8½ Syns (deduct 6 Syns if using semi-skimmed milk as a Healthy Extra ‘a’ choice)
ready in 5 mins
What you need:
250ml semi skimmed milk
½ tsp vanilla extract
ice cubes
15g reduced-fat squirty cream
sliced strawberry decoration if you wish
For the sauce:
50g strawberries, hulled
1 tsp sweetener granules
What you do:
1. To make the sauce, blend the strawberries and sweetener, then pass through a sieve into a jug. Drizzle half of the sauce around the inside of a glass.
2. Blitz the milk, vanilla and ice cubes in your food processor/blender. Pour the frappé into the glass and top with the cream, the remaining sauce and strawberries, if using.
Choca mocha frappé
Sometimes that coffee hit is still needed, even on the sunniest days – and this darkly delicious chocolatey drink will cool you down and pep you up!
makes 1
9½ Syns (deduct 6 Syns if using semi-skimmed milk as a Healthy Extra ‘a’ choice)
ready in 5 mins
What you need:
1 tsp coffee granules (dissolve in 1 tsp boiling water and let cool)
250ml semi skimmed milk
1 level tsp cocoa powder
ice cubes
2 level tsp Choc Shot
15g reduced-fat squirty cream
What you do:
1. Put the coffee, milk, cocoa powder and two handfuls of ice cubes into a food processor/blender and whizz until frothy.
2. Drizzle one level tsp of choc shot around the inside of the glass. Pour in the blended coffee mix and top with the light squirty cream and the remaining choc shot.
More nice ices…
Slimming World members have a cool selection of fully Food Optimised frozen treats to choose from on our exclusive members website, including:
Mint choc chip ice cream
Knickerbocker glory
Malteser ices
G&T ice lollies
Peach ripple lollies
