Mocha Coffee Ice Cream Punch

4 cups boiling water

4 oz instant coffee

4 cups sugar

2 T vanilla extract

2 gallons (2%) milk

2 (1/2 gallons) vanilla ice cream, softened to room temp

2 (1/2 gallons) chocolate fudge ripple or chocolate ice cream

whipped cream

maraschino cherries with stems

nutmeg

Combine boiling water, coffee, sugar and vanilla in a plastic 5 gallon container. Stir well. Cool. Chill until serving time. Just before serving add milk and ice creams; mix until slushy. Pour into a chilled punch bowl. Serve with dollops of whipped cream. Garnish with maraschino cherries. Sprinkle nutmeg on top. Yield 50 to 60 servings.

For single servings:

****My mom and I share this delicious drink as a guilty pleasure. We certainly don't make a the amount the recipe serves but instead make enough for 2. She makes about 1/4 cup of instant coffee and mixes it with 12 oz of cold 2% milk. We also add about 2 tsp of chocolate syrup and a 'splash' of vanilla flavoring. We use about 2 heaping tsps of powdered sugar instead of granulated sugar. Add vanilla or chocolate ice cream in our glasses and pour coffee/milk mixture over it...the rest is a few moments of guilty pleasure.