Creamy Mango Cooler

Hello! How's are you feeling this summer? Here in the Philippines, summer officially started just a week ago but the heat is already like "whoah!!!" Lol.

Anyway, instead of feeling irritated because of the heat, we tried to squeeze the fun out of the season and just let things cool down with summer activities such as swimming! My little girl just loves it!

Here in Pampanga, we have beautiful resorts. We have our own version of Boracay named PORACAY which has white sand also. This is located in Porac, Pampanga, hence its name. We also have Fontana Leisure Parks and Casino, Villa Alfredo's Resort (which is a paradise!) and Villa Antonina's among the many others. Maybe I will write a seperate blog on this topic because we sure have a lot of resorts here. What better way to cool down than to swim, eh?

So anyway, speaking of cooling down, today, we were kinda craving for halo-halo. But then we were just too lazy to go out of our way to buy the ingredients from the market so instead, we went to a grocery nearby and found gulaman (gelatin; jelly) and mango flavored pearl powder. An idea popped out of my mind and so we bought one of each plus one can of evaporated creamer and went home. And the rest is history. Lol!

Of course, halo-halo will always be delicious. But then if you want to try something new, something frugal (tipid) and something easier to make then I suggest the Creamy Mango Cooler. It's refreshingly cool!


INGREDIENTS:
- 1 15g pack gulaman (gelatin/ jelly) powder, clear or yellow color
- 1 ripe mango cheek, flesh cut into small chunks (optional)
- mango flavored pearl or juice powder
- 500 mL water (about 2 cups)
- 1/3 cup evaporated creamer
- 5 tbsp table sugar
- ice
- rice crispies

STEPS:
1. Dissolve the gelatin according to instructions, add mango chunks and 2 tbsp sugar (adjust according to desired sweetness), mix well then cook as instructed. Once set, cut into 1 inch strips. Set aside.
2. In a blender, put 2 cups water, 4 tbsp mango powder, 1/3 cup evaporated cleamer, mango chunks, 3 tbsp sugar and 2 cups ice. Blend well into a smoothie.
3. Pour into a glass, top with mango gelatin and rice crispies. Then it's ready to be served!

Creamy. Delicious. Refreshing. Easy to make. Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!

So I hope you enjoy this and let me know how yours went. Happy summer!

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