Homemade PSL Recipe

I know we are officially out of the PSL season (the hip acronym for Pumpkin Spiced Latte) and into the Peppermint Mocha Season (PMS?  That acronym needs work...), but pumpkin is universal for me.  I loooooove it.  I even buy allllllll the Blue Moon Harvest Pumpkin Ale I can find (if you locate some, let me know.  Not kidding).

My husband found me the last two six packs at Walmart *sniff*  That's real love.   And 180 calories a beer.  **SNIFF**

I don't love the sugar and artificial crap that is usually heaped in anything labeled "pumpkin spiced."  (A  Venti, no whip from Starbucks packs in 400 calories and 60 grams of sugar!!!!).  So I made my own!

I used 4 oz of So Delicious Dairy Free Coconut Milk (the unsweetened kind), about 2 tablespoons of canned 100% Pumpkin (I just keep it in the fridge in a container), add some McCormick's Pumpkin Pie Spice and blend it up in my Magic Bullet blender with using the flat blade attachment (LOOOOOVE this thing).  It's enough for two regular sized cups of coffee - stir it into your coffee so it dissolves.  You can make more, store it in the fridge and give it a little whir whir before stirring it into your ocffee each morning.  

It's 32 calories per serving (this is enough for 2 cups of coffee) and only 1 gram of sugar.  Plus 80% of your vitamin A ;)  Using milk will increase the calories somewhat but will add more protein.  Using skim milk will increase the sugar content.  

Happy Caffeinating!  Next, I'll tackle that peppermint mocha issue (420 calories and 66 grams of sugar for a venti, no whip!)