Thanks for all of your replies. I appreciate the ideas....Regarding the Atkins shakes, I have tried this, and I just hate the taste of those things. I tried the Crystal Lite idea also, but so far, I have not had success with the consistency. I will try the other suggestions, although I am wary of using a lot of heavy cream or half and half due to the richness and the calories.

FYI, especially Bina and others in SoCal, I went to The Coffee Bean, and the 16 oz. Mocha blended w/out sugar has 21 carb grams; so maybe an occasional indulgence, and just drinking about half might be OK - I guess it depends on what your own individual limits are.

I have indulged in Carbolite to get my frozen fix, but I do not like the g.i. effects, and I am not crazy about eating such processed, engineered foods.

Thanks for all of your suggestions; even though this seems trivial, I would love to figure out something that satisfies this craving w/out blowing out my carb count.