I’ve sort of played around with this recipe some to suit.

7 cups or 7 envelopes nonfat dried milk

1 box powdered sugar (If you buy it in 2 pound bags like I do, it’s half the bag.

2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder

2 cups creamer

2 cups mini marshmallows

1 cup mini chocolate chips (I’ve started leaving these out and adding more sugar and cocoa.  The chocolate chips all go to the bottom of your cup, which is fine if you like it, but I’d rather mine were in the drink, not stuck at the bottom.)

Mix everything together and store it in a large jar.  Takes 1/3 cup of mix to 3/4 cup hot water.

A few years ago, my ex-husband and I took the boys to a local restaurant one summer.  When we were ordering our drinks, the waitress suggested some fruit tea, which she proudly announced as her own creation.  I told her I didn’t like the white grape stuff and she said it wasn’t that at all.  So, we ordered it.  While the ex wasn’t too fond of it, no surprise since he doesn’t like fruit, the boys and I loved it.  I asked her what was in it, and she smiled secretively and said she couldn’t tell.

We went back a couple of times that summer, and always ordered the tea.  But the next time we went in the fall, it wasn’t on the menu and we were told it wouldn’t be served again.  The story we got was that it was expensive to make and they just couldn’t charge the same price for it as they did other beverages on the menu, so they weren’t offering it any more.

Not a problem.  The boys and I set out to make our own.  It took a few trials and some rather nasty errors, but we finally got it right.  I’m sharing the recipe after years of keeping it to myself

This is more of a fruit drink with a little tea than a tea with a little fruit.  You’ve been warned….

Ingredients

2 2/3 cup pineapple juice

2 2/3 cup tea

1 1/3 cup orange juice

1/2 cup lemon juice

1 cup sugar

Directions

Easy.  Mix it all together and stir.  It’s better cold and iced.  Too much melting ice sort of messes with the flavor.