If you’re tired of having diluted coffee, try making milk ice cubes! They’re super easy to make and you can make a large batch ahead of time so you can enjoy strong, flavorful coffee whenever.

You can use any milk you want, from dairy to oat, and they’ll freeze perfectly. This is a great hack for hot summer days when ice seems to disappear in the blink of an eye. You can also freeze iced coffee, too, if you want a really strong drink.

Here’s how to make oat milk ice cubes for your brown sugar coffee!

Frozen Milk Ice Cubes

Frozen milk ice cubes are the perfect way to cool down a drink without diluting the flavor. It’s perfect for iced coffee, tea, matcha, and even smoothies. You can use any milk you’d like, even alternative dairy milk.

You can also use these ice cubes to make milkshakes or smoothies or even to cook soups or sauces.

Can You Freeze Milk?

Yes! It freezes perfectly fine and retains its flavor after freezing.

It’s a great way to store excess milk if you can’t consume it before its expiration date. You can freeze it in small tubs or ice cube trays. The sooner you freeze milk, the longer it will last in your freezer.

Generally, you can store frozen milk in your freezer for up to three months, but you should consume it before then for optimal freshness.

You should thaw it in the freezer if you want it to be liquid, which must be consumed in 3 days.

Otherwise, use frozen milk ice cubes in drinks, smoothies, milkshakes, soups, etc.

How to Make Frozen Milk Ice Cubes

You’ll need an ice cube tray to make frozen milk ice cubes. Ideally, you’ll want a tray with flexible cube molds you can push out from the bottom, but any will do.

Fill the ice tray with milk, leaving a little room on top for the milk to expand when freezing. Let it freeze for 3-4 hours or overnight, then use them in your cooking or drinks!

Dairy takes on other smells from the freezer, so make sure it’s away from pungent items like fish or meat.

I don’t recommend trying to take them out if they’re partially frozen because it will spill.

You can also use an ice mold for a large ice cube, which is best for iced drinks.

Note: Your ice cube tray may smell like dairy after freezing milk, so give them a good soak in soap water to eliminate the smell.

How to Use Frozen Milk Ice Cubes

My favorite ways to use frozen milk ice cubes are in:

• Iced coffee or iced drinks
• Smoothies and smoothie bowls
• Soups
• Cream sauces or pasta
• Granitas or shaved ice

Do Brown Sugar and Oat Milk Go Together?

Brown sugar goes well with any milk, especially oat milk. It’s a powerful combination worldwide, with ultra-popular drinks like the brown sugar oat milk shaken espresso from Starbucks or brown sugar boba milk.

The brown sugar complements the texture of flavor of oat milk well, which helps bring out the sweetness. You can add brown sugar itself or brown sugar syrup to oat milk, which you can then use in coffee.

To elevate it further, you can add spices like cinnamon or nutmeg for a more festive drink.

Why Does Oat Milk Say Added Sugar?

Unfortunately, oat milk has a high added sugar content of about 7g per serving because of how companies process the oats to turn it into oat milk.

Manufacturers add enzymes to oats to process it into oat milk, which breaks down the oats into sugars, which includes maltose, which ends up in the oat milk.

The FDA requires a brand to label its product with added sugar if any sugar is created during production. That’s why there is also oat milk that says “unsweetened” because the maltose is removed or the processing is different.

Is Oat Milk Good For You?

This is a hot topic in the alternative milk community, as some oat milk brands have a high starch content and added sugars. These extra sugars could concern those watching out for their blood sugar levels.

However, health is always a personal subject; what is healthy for one person can be unhealthy for another.

Generally, oat milk doesn’t have a negative health impact on most people. However, people who have diabetes or need to be cautious about their blood sugar levels should be more careful about consuming oat milk regularly.

According to a study, oat milk has a medium glycemic index of about 60, meaning it doesn’t rapidly spike blood sugar levels, but not slowly, either. For comparison, rice milk has a high glycemic index of 90.

A cup of oat milk can have anywhere from 15-22 g of total carbohydrates per serving.

How to Make Oat Milk

If you want unsweetened oat milk, make your oat milk at home! It’s the easiest way to know what is in your oat milk and a fun activity.

Plus, it’s cheap to make and will save you from spending $5 per 1.5 liter of oat milk.

For homemade oat milk, soak a half cup or full cup of rolled oats in water until absorbed. Then, add your oats and 3 to 4 times the amount of oats in water to a blender and blend until smooth. Strain and add sweetener or flavorings until you get the desired product.

For creamier oat milk, use more oats and less water. Use more water or less oats for a thinner oat milk.

Some people also like adding a pinch of salt to help bring out the flavor or vanilla extract for vanilla oat milk.

Tips

Here are some tips on how to make oat milk ice cubes for your coffee at home:

• If you want sweet frozen milk, add sugar to it and pour it into your ice cube trays. Just note that it will take longer for your milk to freeze because sugar has a low freezing point, meaning it needs lower temperatures to freeze.
• Frozen oat milk ice cubes are great if you drink your coffee slowly over time. This gives the ice cubes a chance to melt into your drink. Otherwise, you’ll drink black coffee with a hint of milk and leftover oat milk.
• If it’s a really hot day, consider blending your coffee with frozen oat milk to make a coffee slush! It’s so good; even if it melts, you’ll have a cold coffee beverage!