What would you do with Horlicks / malted milk powder?

Chris25

I bought a supermarket brand of malted milk instead of good old Horlicks and needless to say, no one likes it:rolleyes:

I thought I might try it in biscuits/shortbread by swapping it with a tablespoon of flour but how would you use it up?

Help - it's a huge jar

heatherw_01

Malted Chocolate Fudge Cake?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/maltedchocolatefudge_70051.shtml

Chris25

my daughter successfully made the shortbread at the weekend and substituted 1oz of malted powder for flour and used about half an ounce less of sugar.They came out crunchy like when you use semolina (grammer?) but she was really disappointed that they didn't taste of maltesers - she had the chocolate ready to melt and coat the biscuits and thought she'd save herself a fortune from buying them

razra

apart from drinking it?

I bought the cheap asda version of Horlicks just to see if I could save pennies as I love Horlicks. However I really dont like the cheap version, but it wouldn't be very money saving if I just chucked it away. I cant even decide what it tastes like but its certainly nothing at all like my fav brand:o

So does any one have any ideas for it?

Many thanks

freyasmum

No idea what it tastes like, and I love horlicks, too

Would it make any difference if you mixed it with the real stuff?

Lx

liz545

You can add a spoonful to a banana smoothie or a chocolate milkshake to make it maltier, or how about making a chocolate malteser cake?

Cake
150g light brown sugar
100g caster sugar
3 eggs
175ml milk
1tbsp butter
2tbsp horlicks
175g plain flour
25g cocoa powder
1tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarb

Whisk the eggs and sugars; heat the milk, butter and horlicks in a saucepan until the butter melts but the mixture isn't boiling. Beat the horlicks mixture into the eggs, then fold in the dry ingredients. Divide between two sandwich pans and bake at 170 for 25 minutes. Allow to cool on a rack

Icing
250g icing sugar
1tsp cocoa
3tbsp horlicks
125g butter
2tbsp boiling water
maltesers

Beat the icing sugar, cocoa and horlicks (or blend in the processor) with the butter and slowly add the water until you have a smooth buttercream. Use to sandwich and ice the cakes, then decorate with maltesers.

Hope this helps!

bluejosiah

I guess you could try taking it back and saying that it doesn't taste like it should??? It could be faulty, and most shops I know would give you a refund!

Larumbelle

Try Me Love Me

We are confident that you will love our ASDA brand and Extra Special food lines. However, on any of our food products bearing the 'Try Me, Love Me' logo, we will be happy to refund and replace the product if you are not 100% happy with it.

As quoted on the Asda website.

Does it have a 'try me, love me' sticker on it? If not, I would take it back anyway, and argue that they must know it's not that good!

Primrose

I've never tried a cheap version of Horlicks but love the real stuff. I can never wait to make up the drink. I have the disgusting habit of eating it raw by the spoonful. Would your ASDA version taste better if you tried eating it rather than drinking it ??

tifnstav

that is rank! although i do like to dip my finger in the coffee jar, i suppose i'm just as rank.

Ruby_Pudding

I went right off the stuff when I realised it wasn't veggie :sad: