I love milk. I used to hate when my mom would make me and my brother drink it every night with dinner. Now that I'm older, I make sure I drink it at least once a day. I've always been curious about other kinds of milk: non dairy. I've tried soy milk, but about a month ago I decided to pick up a few new forms of milk to try.
I decided to pick up some vanilla Rice Dream and Silk's Dark Chocolate Pure Almond milk. The rice dream caught my eye while I was at Wegman's picking up some food. I had actually heard of rice dream before in the TV show Scrubs. J.D. and Turk are eating rice dream ice cream out of sake cups...I love that show.
I had to try it the second I got home. It has...a very interesting flavor. It really does taste like drinking vanilla flavored rice. As gross as that sounds, it actually wasn't bad. The milk wasn't super thick, and the rice flavor went oddly well with the vanilla flavor. I really want to try the ice cream now. As much as I liked this though....
This milk was like heaven in my mouth. It was like a thin milkshake. The dark chocolate taste was perfect. I love almonds, and the faint taste in the milk just made me smile. I love them in solid form and can now love them in liquid form as well. I'm addicted. Unfortunately, it is a bit pricey. It runs between $3.50 and $3.90 for a half gallon. I'll definitely be treating myself to this milk often though.
I figure this milk can be my healthy alternative to ice cream on hot summer nights. I didn't copy the nutritional facts or anything, but I'm pretty sure there's only around 90 calories per serving. Definitely a lot better for you than a big bowl of ice cream. I may have to try freezing it as well and making a delicious dark chocolate almond milk ice pop.
I tried the vanilla flavor too, which was also very good. The almond flavor was much more noticeable in that one. They have other varieties as well that I'll have to try. If the original is as thick as the flavored kinds, I can't see myself using it with cereal or anything. I'll have to try it out at some point to see.
I recommend both milks as a nice alternative to the fatty after-dinner desserts. It's the perfect treat to soothe the sweet tooth.
