Legal chocolate tasting alternative?

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Dear LIst:

I make a decaffeinated coffee smoothie which my children say takes like

chocolate. I get a french roast decaf coffee (by swiss process no chemicals

added to decaf) make it very strong (expresso). Here's the recipe

1/2 cup of pecans

1 cup of water (or beef broth (it can't have any seasoning added to it)) (The

beef broth gives it a real creamy texture almost like ice cream because of the

gelatin I guess.)

3/4 - 1 cup of expresso

1/2 cup of honey (or more, taste to see if still bitter)

4-5 cups of ice (more if you want thicker)

I generally mix up the concoction before I add the ice. That will prevent the

honey from sticking to the sides of the blender. This is how I make it. I read

a post once that to make a chocolate flavor, just add cinnamin and a little of

cloves to coffee. We've tried the cinnamon and cloves which my kids liked but

we prefer it plain. I used this recipe to make popsicles too. BTW you can use

any nut, the almond and hazlenut is also delicious but I find the pecan nut to

taste the closest to chocolate. Also, if you have a good blender you don' t

have to use a flour and whole nut is fine, better without the almond or hazlenut

shell. Good Luck. I am getting nervous about Halloween myself. I want to

leave and go on vacation but no chance. My kid's favorite candy is the caramel

candy. The crunchy pecans in the BTVC is extremely good too. Eileen Brown

UC SCD 12/2004