Addiction.
I have an addiction. It’s not a drug addiction. Well, maybe it is. Caffeine is a drug, right? I’m addicted to iced coffee. Or maybe just coffee in general. But more specifically Dunkin’ Donuts coffee. This shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise since I’ve mentioned my DD trips in many posts. It’s bad enough that Brinley has even memorized my ice coffee order and points out every Dunkin’ Donuts when we’re out asking me if I forgot to stop. For years, I’ve always ordered the same thing: medium French Vanilla iced coffee with milk and sugar.
Well, yesterday I pulled into the drive-thru on my way out for the day. I don’t usually look at the menu because I always get the same thing. But this time a rather large poster caught my attention. I looked up to see a phrase that said something along these lines “The best of both worlds – chocolate and coffee together.” And right there was a picture of a mocha flavored iced coffee. Now I’m not really one to try new things and I love my iced coffee so much that I’d hate to sacrifice such a thing by ordering something new and then not liking it. But, for some reason, I decided to give it a try.
That was a mistake. And not in a bad way. It was TO.DIE.FOR! I can’t believe it took me this long to try it because it was amazing. I love chocolate almost as much as I love coffee so putting them together was sheer perfection. I’ve had mocha flavored drinks in the past but usually they’re too overwhelmingly mocha-y for my taste. I prefer to actually taste the coffee in my drinks because I love the flavor. I don’t just drink coffee for the caffeine, I drink it because I truly enjoy the taste. So now I’m in big trouble. Yesterday Scott informed me that we need to cut down on our Dunkin’ habit because it’s getting a little crazy. (He’s just as much an addict as I am.) Apparently we’re spending about $80/month to support our addiction. That’s on top of the coffee that we already drink at home. Yikes! Not to mention, all that sugar and milk is probably not helping in the fitness category either.
Any suggestions on a less expensive, more healthy addiction that’s just as delicious?
about 1 year ago
This is such a wonderful post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now, I want to try it! I, too, HEART Dunks. Perhaps because YOU got me addicted and in turn I managed to get James addicted.
When I was taking that summ-ah math class, I thought I was spending too much on Dunks, so I decided to try Micki D’s (McDonald’s) $1 Sweet Tea. AWESOME. More than half of the price and definitely delicious. Obviously, I do not get that in the AM but at that 3pm or 5pm “coffee” hour, it hit the spot.
In terms of the “fitness” aspect, have you tried doing Dunks without sugar? I feel the taste is “sweet enough” that I never needed that extra sweetness. It might make the coffee flavor even better.
loveeeeeeee you.
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