![]() ![]() I had heard that Kraft was planning to roll out a line of McCafé coffee pods and ground coffee, but I hadn’t expected to see them until early in 2015. Not surprisingly, she woke up Sunday and reminded me of my promise, so we headed out the door because I keep my promises – one of my tenets of parenting.Īfter Little Miss picked out her candy (and proceeded to hug it because it was hers, all hers), I turned around to head out and noticed that there are new coffee pods in town. I couldn’t stomach the cost, so I promised her that we’d buy some at Walmart where it would be less than half the cost. While we were on the Mag Mile, she found an 8 ounce bag of candy she wanted to buy. And now I have a new favorite coffee to brew in my pods that I discovered last weekend.Īfter I took Little Miss downtown on Saturday, I had promised her that we could buy a bag of candy. When I want my coffee, I want it now – which is where my Keurig comes in. Though my husband usually makes his coffee in an espresso pot on the stove, I don’t have time for that. The foam from my caramel macchiato creamer is the next layer, and do you remember that caramel we reserved when making the creamer? That gets drizzled on top as thinly as I can to ensure it doesn’t immediately sink to the bottom of my caramel macchiato. The hot creamer gets poured into my coffee mug with caramel sauce, then the McCafé coffee added over top. If I want to get super fancy, I’ll heat up some milk in a little saucepan until it’s just starting to steam then use the Aerolatte my aunt bought me years and years ago to froth it up. Let it cool before you put it into a container for storage, and it’s the perfect addition to your morning coffee brewed with McCafé pods. The rest of it gets added to some scalded milk and sugar with a little vanilla bean paste, and in about ten minutes, you have the most amazing smelling and tasting creamer you’d ever think to make at home. ![]() I save some of the caramel sauce to drizzle on top because… yum. A little sugar and water boiled together, mixing in some cream and butter, and it’s ready to go. I make a caramel sauce – the same caramel sauce that I use for anything from a topping on ice cream to making a trifle and more – which is so much easier than it sounds. It’s fairly easy to whip up, and the sauce I use for my copycat caramel macchiato recipe stays good for around three weeks, not that it ever lasts that long in my house! It makes it easy to invite a friend over and surprise her with an extra special treat. Needless to say, I tend to keep the fixings for a homemade caramel macchiato in my fridge. I’m making it something special, only partly because I prefer my coffee tasting a little less like coffee and a little more like a treat. Me being me, I’m not just serving coffee. There are plenty of other moms who are up and running earlier than they might wish, and we commiserate sometimes by gathering at my house for a cup of coffee to fortify ourselves after we’ve finished the round of drop offs. Twice a week where I have to drive him to school by 8am, which means we’re up and functioning a whole lot earlier than I had managed to spoil myself with the last few years. He has band before school every Wednesday, and now he’s doing basketball, which has 8am practice twice a week. Mister Man, of course, has foiled this for me – however unintentionally. Well, sleep or the perfect coffee to jump start my brain. That isn’t to say that I’m not there supervising, but me not having to cook something for them or take the time to pack a lunch means precious more minutes of sleep for me. I’ve encouraged them to learn how to make their own breakfasts, pack their own lunches and snacks, and essentially get ready for school themselves. This is actually a big reason why the wee ones are so self sufficient. This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. ![]()
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