Stracciatella Drinking Yoghurt
Stracciatella drinking yoghurt is a creamy chilled drink made with plain yoghurt, whole milk and melting flakes of dark chocolate, sweetened with sugar and fresh vanilla. The TM7 grates the chocolate finely and blends everything into a silky, speckled drink. Ideal as a quick breakfast or refreshing snack straight from the mixing bowl.
About this recipe
Stracciatella drinking yoghurt with the Thermomix TM7 brings the classic Italian chocolate-flake trick to your breakfast glass. When you search for drinking yoghurt recipes, you usually find bottled versions full of stabilisers, but this all-in-one kitchen machine lets you build the drink from plain yoghurt and long life whole milk in minutes. The secret lies in the contrast: the TM7 grates dark chocolate into fine shards that float through the creamy base instead of sinking, while the seeds of a fresh vanilla pod add speckles and perfume. As a quick breakfast or an after-school snack, it drinks silky and cool, with a gentle tang from the yoghurt balanced by just enough granulated sugar. Because everything is blended and grated in a single bowl, washing-up stays minimal and the chocolate never needs a bain-marie. Once you taste homemade stracciatella yoghurt, the shop-bought carton loses its appeal for good.
Preparation tips
- Use a vanilla pod with a supple, glossy skin rather than a dry one, as flexible pods release far more seeds. Halve it lengthways and let the TM7 blades do the scraping work so no aromatic seed is wasted in the drink.
- For the prettiest flakes, add the dark chocolate only at the very end and pulse briefly; longer blending turns the shards into speckles. Serve the yoghurt well chilled in tall glasses with a spoon for the chocolate at the bottom.
- This drink keeps for a day in the fridge if you whisk it again before serving, since the milk and yoghurt separate slightly. Choose a chocolate with at least 70 percent cocoa solids for a deeper, less sweet contrast against the tangy dairy.
Recipe variations
- Lactose-free version: swap the plain yoghurt for a lactose-free yoghurt and use lactose-free whole milk. The dark chocolate, vanilla and sugar stay the same, and the stracciatella flakes cling just as beautifully to the creamy base.
- Festive winter version: add a pinch of cinnamon and a grating of orange zest together with the vanilla seeds, turning the drink into a holiday treat. For children, use milk chocolate instead of dark for a milder, sweeter stracciatella.
Thermomix TM7 Benefits
- Grating the dark chocolate directly in the bowl gives fine, even flakes that float through the yoghurt instead of sinking to the bottom. [Multi-Function]
- Weighing the granulated sugar and milk straight into the mixing bowl saves tipping ingredients between jugs and keeps the ratios consistent every time. [Time Savings]
- Mixing the yoghurt and whole milk at high speed produces a silky, lump-free drink base in seconds, far faster than whisking by hand. [Time Savings]
- Grinding the vanilla pod seeds with the sugar releases their full aroma into the drink, giving speckles and perfume no bottled extract can match. [Multi-Function]
- Heating the milk gently before blending melts any sugar crystals completely and brings all ingredients to an even, pleasant drinking temperature. [Temperature Control]
Ingredients
- dark chocolate (50% cocoa solids)
- long-life whole milk
- plain yoghurt
- granulated sugar
- vanilla pod