Food Friday: Chai Tea Latte ice cubes

It is freaking November already, can you guys believe it?.... I still feel as if it's July. This entire year has flown by so quickly. We all know what comes with fall though... Pumpkin spice EVERYTHING... don't worry I am not a hater. I enjoy a nice pumpkin drink from time to time but It had me thinking about other types of delicious fall beverages. I have ALWAYS loved the Tazo chai tea latte concentrate. A warm chai tea latte with foam, yes freaking please.

I wanted to take it in a different direction though since I do live in California and its not always the coldest outside. I wanted to make something that I could use during my 3pm pick me up when I usually opt for an iced beverage.

 Freaking Chai Tea Latte Ice cubes *light bulb* I randomly thought of how delicious this would be and dude, I was right. 

So I present to you my creation:

This recipe can seriously be made with a blind fold on super easy peezy. The three ingredients that you will need to make these ice cubes are:

• Tazo (or brand of your choice) Chai Tea Latte concentrate 
• Type of milk that you prefer (Cow,soy,almond,coconut ect.)
• Cinnamon

You will also need an ice cube tray to make these delicious little cubes with. Once you have all the ingredients ready, mix equal parts of milk and concentrate and stir around. Pour the mixture into the ice cube tray and dash the tops with cinnamon. Place in the freezer until they are completely frozen (I left mine in overnight). Once they are frozen take them out and wiggle them around until they fall out of the ice cube tray. Play into a ziplock back and.......

TADA! *magic* You have now officially made some delicious Chai Latte cubes of goodness. "Hmm.... but what the hell should I do with these?" you might ask. Im sure there are tons of ways that you can use these but the couple that I tried are below. :)

The first way that I used the cubes were in my coffee. Brandon, no matter what the temperature outside, likes iced coffee. Sometimes I will make sure to have iced coffee ready in the fridge, but lets be honest, no one has time for that Shiz. I put 4 chai ice cubes in the bottom of my glass and used my trusty keurig to brew up a cup of coffee for him. I added a dash of creamer because he likes it a little on the sweeter side, once the cubes have melted and the coffee was cold I added regular ice cubes to make it super chilly. 

For myself, I made an iced chai latte by mixing equal parts of the milk and concentrate into a glass and topping with the chai cubes. No watering melting cubes for me. 

The next way that I used these ice cubes were with frozen bananas and a dash of milk. I have been making banana ice cream for the last month and love it! It's super easy to make because the base ingredient is frozen bananas. I used 2 chai iced cubes but you could certainly add more to your liking. I normally use my food processor to make my "ice cream" but was feeling lazy and used my magic bullet. I added all the ingredients right in and this delicious super creamy milkshake like consistency ice cream came out. One more dash of cinnamon and you have just made your self some cinnamon chai banana ice cream. Oh yeahhhhhhh

  

Hope you all enjoyed this recipe, let me know if any of you make these little delicious cubes.