Got Milk? with Maggie Gyllenhaal

The notable “Got Milk?” ads featuring a celebrity donning a milk mustache have promoted milk’s benefits for kids and adults alike for more than a decade. Always touting a glass of milk or starting the day off with cereal and milk, the Milk Mustache Campaign now expands to the morning pick-me-up: lattes.

At the unveiling of the first-ever latte-themed ad at City Bakery in New York City, Maggie Gyllenhaal, the campaign’s celeb, talked about how she makes lowfat milk part of her morning routine in her latte, making it more nutritious. She touted milk as the quick help she needed as a mother to give both her daughter and herself an easy, healthy meal to start their day together.

We then learned how to make our own lattes at home from on-hand baristas.

Ooh La Latte

Ingredients:

• 1 oz. Your favorite flavor of Torani syrup
• 8 oz. lowfat milk
• 2 shots espresso*

Directions:

1. Steam milk and Torani together.
2. Pour heated, flavored milk into a tall glass and add brewed espresso.
3. Spoon a thin layer of foamed milk over beverage.

*If needed, ½ cup strong brewed coffee can be substituted for 2 shots espresso.

The baristas also added a unique touch by using stencils to “draw” on top of the foamed milk with cinnamon. My favorite was being able to write “Got Milk?” in cinnamon across the top of my latte!

Connect with Got Milk?!

You can like the Milk Mustache Campaign on Facebook and enter to win your own Latte Lovers Essentials kit with cups, stencils, and more!  Or follow on Twitter @MilkMustache

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Allison received a Latte Lovers Essentials kit as a thank you for attending the event.

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