Sometimes, the weather gets so hot that it saps the energy out from everyone and we just want to laze around instead of doing anything. How about taking the opportunity to create a nourishing milk treat that is icy and delicious?

Milk can be consumed in many interesting ways to encourage kids and families to drink more. It can be made into an icy treat that is refreshing, nutritious and delicious to have. Milk is packed with important nutrients# like Protein, Calcium and Vitamin A, B2 and D3 which help your family to be active. Best of all, it is fun to create these icy treats with the kids and also give parents a treat when they comes home from work.

Milk popsicles

Everyone loves ice cream on a hot day. Instead of buying from the shops, get the kids into the kitchen and tell them that they are going to make homemade milk popsicles.

All you will need for your delicious, homemade popsicles are:

• Popsicle moulds or Paper or Plastic cups that can act as moulds

• Ice Cream sticks or alternatives like chopsticks or forks

• Milk or flavoured Milk

• Condensed milk for sweetness

• Toppings like fresh fruit or chocolate pieces

Simply mix in the condensed milk to milk and sweeten to taste. As an option, you can add in fresh fruit pieces, syrup or toppings like chocolate pieces into the moulds before you pour the milk mixture in. Finally, all that is left to do is to freeze your popsicles. When they are semi-frozen, push the sticks into the mixture and continue to freeze your popsicles.

That is it! You and your children have now created fresh, home-made milk popsicles! They are simple to make, delicious to eat and filled with important nutrients# like Protein, Calcium and Vitamins A, B2 & D3!

Iced milk cubes

Another way to make drinking milk fun is to freeze chocolate or strawberry milk in an ice mould to make iced milk cubes. For extra fun, be sure to use ice moulds of different shapes and sizes. You can get the kids involved and let them make iced milk cubes in their favourite flavour.

Depending on the flavour of the iced milk cubes, you can add them to a variety of drinks such as plain milk, chocolate, vanilla or strawberry-flavoured milks and other drinks to intensify or add flavour. You can also consider popping one or two cubes into the mouth and let the flavour melt away.

In fact, for grown-ups version, you can consider adding coffee to your glass of iced milk cubes for a delicious iced coffee. Milk time with the kids will never be the same after you try these tips out!

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• Original Milk Beverage contains Protein, Calcium and Vitamin B2
• High Calcium Less Fat Milk Beverage contains Protein, Calcium, Vitamin A and D3
• Instant Full Cream Milk Powder contains Protein, Calcium, Vitamin A and D3