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  <id>640069</id>
  <title>Free McDonald's Mocha Monday </title>
  <published_at>Tue Jul 28 09:51:17 -0700 2009</published_at>
  <post_count>3</post_count>
  <board>
    <id>32</id>
    <name>Chains</name>
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      <post>
        <level>0</level>
        <id>4897112</id>
        <content>No comments? Next Monday is the last chance. 

They are ok. Chain-wise, Starbucks is better. It is not out and out disgusting like the Burger King mocha. 

I like the hot whole milk mocha best followed by the non fat hot mocha then the iced mocha, though the last seems to taste the least sweet. Most places give a generous sample size ... think Dixie cup, but slightly larger. One place must have run out of cups as they gave me a regular small size. That got tiring. It is ok for a few sips, but after a while it is pretty one dimensional. 

They are good about just giving you a free sample and not getting anything else ... though on my last visit, I was once again hooked on the beanie babies. 

Nutiionally ... for a small, not too much of a horror story calorie-wise ... about 240 for small.  Of course there is junk in it but not as much as usual ... still ... 
http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/nutritionexchange/itemDetailInfo.do

Nonfat Milk
Pasteurized, homogenized fat free milk, vitamin A Palmitate, vitamin D3 added. 

Espresso
 
Chocolate Syrup
Sugar, water, natural (plant source) and artificial flavors, chocolate liquor, caramel color (with sulfites), high fructose corn syrup, vanilla extract, salt, potassium sorbate (preservative), citric acid, red 40. 

Whipped Cream
Cream, nonfat milk, corn syrup, sugar, mono-and diglycerides, natural (vegetable source) and artificial flavors, carrageenan, propellant: nitrous oxide. 
CONTAINS: MILK.
 
Chocolate Drizzle
Corn syrup, water, hydrogenated coconut oil, high fructose corn syrup, glycerin, nonfat milk, cocoa powder, cocoa (processed with alkali), food starch-modified, disodium phosphate, potassium sorbate (preservative), xanthan gum, artificial flavor (vanillin), salt, soy lecithin. 
CONTAINS: MILK AND SOY LECITHIN.
 
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        <published_at>Tue Jul 28 09:51:17 -0700 2009</published_at>
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        <user>
          <id>10264</id>
          <name>rworange</name>
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    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>4898147</id>
      <content>The iced mocha I tried (nonfat milk) was way too sweet.  Tasted like a melted chocolate shake.  No coffee flavor.</content>
      <published_at>Tue Jul 28 15:07:57 -0700 2009</published_at>
      <parent_id>4897112</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>11583</id>
        <name>ipsedixit</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>4899499</id>
      <content>I've tried the hot latte and the hot mocha. Latte was fine, nothng extraordinary.  Mocha was very sweet, and tasted like hot chocolate. No coffee character.</content>
      <published_at>Wed Jul 29 06:11:06 -0700 2009</published_at>
      <parent_id>4897112</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>10814</id>
        <name>sbp</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>4900781</id>
      <content>Spouse, who is an iced coffee fiend, tried it.  Said he got a small cup filled with ice with barely a sip of coffee in it.  Not worth the effort.  But he does buy their regular iced coffee.  Like I said, he's an iced coffee fiend and will drink anything that's called iced coffee.</content>
      <published_at>Wed Jul 29 11:41:00 -0700 2009</published_at>
      <parent_id>4897112</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>25244</id>
        <name>rockycat</name>
      </user>
    </post>
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