Step 1: Put hot chocolate powder in a small pan & stir in 1/2 cup milk. Heat gently (stirring) until almost boiling. Remove pan from heat.
Step 2: Put hot chocolate milk in heatproof bowl or large pitcher & whisk in the remaining milk.
Step 3: Add the yoghurt plus peppermint extract & whisk again.
Step 4: Pour the mixture into 4 tall glasses, filling them no more than 3/4 full. Top each drink w/a scoop of ice cream. Garnish w/fresh mint leaves if you want fancy w/color.
Step 5: VARIATIONS: For a "Chocolate Vanilla Cooler", use light cream instead of yoghurt + 1 tsp vanilla extract instead of peppermint extract -- or -- For "Mocha Cooler", dissolve the chocolate in 1/2 cup strong black coffee & reduce milk to 1 1/4 cups. Use cream instead of yoghurt & leave out the extract.
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