I bought this gallon jug of chocolate milk on mark down about 10 days ago. I often pour off about half and freeze for a treat later on. But this time I just didn't do that, thinking my kids would drink this all up quickly. Well, as things happened, they just didn't drink it all that quickly.
Two nights ago, I noticed that we were past the sell-by date on this gallon of chocolate milk, so I knew I needed to get this used up very soon. I served glasses of the chocolate milk with dinner, but there was still over a cup left.
Then yesterday morning, I thought I detected a very, very faint souring. I have a nose that any perfumer would envy. I can smell things that the rest of the family can't. So, I knew this wasn't spoiled milk, just milk about to turn. I decided to make this into cocoa for breakfast. I blended the remaining milk with some water, cocoa powder, sugar and vanilla. It made a very tasty cocoa. But still I had about 3/4 cup of this cocoa remaining. This is the chocolate milk that will not go away!
In the afternoon, I went ahead and made today's breakfast. I used the remaining cocoa for the liquid in chocolate-chocolate chip pancakes. Waste averted -- yummy pancakes that I had planned to serve with berry coulis (frozen raspberries, blueberries, strawberries from last summer). Well, as life happens, the berry coulis didn't get made. But, wouldn't that have been delicious?! Anyways, we had the chocolate-chocolate chip pancakes with maple syrup, and they were tasty, especially when I got a bite with a melty chocolate chip.
And now, the chocolate milk that would not end is finally gone.
Have you ever bought what you thought would be a bargain, but it turned out that you couldn't use it after all?
