anybody had one of these? I just wonder whether it's worth spending the 1minute in the drive thru.

Ingredients (Allergen statement in ALL CAPS.)

Nonfat Milk
Pasteurized, homogenized fat free milk, vitamin A Palmitate, vitamin D3 added.

Espresso

Chocolate Syrup
Sugar, water, natural (plant source) and artificial flavors, chocolate liquor, caramel color (with sulfites), high fructose corn syrup, vanilla extract, salt, potassium sorbate (preservative), citric acid, red 40.

Whipped Cream
Cream, nonfat milk, corn syrup, sugar, mono-and diglycerides, natural (vegetable source) and artificial flavors, carrageenan, propellant: nitrous oxide.
CONTAINS: MILK.

Chocolate Drizzle
Corn syrup, water, hydrogenated coconut oil, high fructose corn syrup, glycerin, nonfat milk, cocoa powder, cocoa (processed with alkali), food starch-modified, disodium phosphate, potassium sorbate (preservative), xanthan gum, artificial flavor (vanillin), salt, soy lecithin.
CONTAINS: MILK AND SOY LECITHIN.

Actually, from the ingredient list, it appears that this will actually cost me something. No thanks!

@sbcpunkrocker: +1. I wonder if I could ask for the mocha drink, but tell them to hold the Nonfat Milk, Chocolate Syrup, Whipped Cream, and the Chocolate Drizzle? That way my espresso would be free.

@sbcpunkrocker: Hey, look. The HFCS has HFCS in it.

Seriously though, you're right. We're all paying for this crap.

@MichaelBrazell: It was okay. I actually prefer my mochas a little sweeter than what I got. But if you like the coffee/chocolate combination and don't need the coffee to be sweetened first, then this might be good for you. I did find that it was a more coffee-centric mocha (as opposed to being chocolate milk with a splash of coffee taste), and I liked that.

You know they've been pushing these pretty hard for a while I can't imagine most people are ordering them. I got a coupon in the mail for a free one, I carried it around in my pocket for 2 months before it expired.

Every time I was at a McDonald's during that time I felt bad ordering one because they look like a pain to make. I kept imagining it was going to be a huge fiasco so I skipped it. With my luck I'll get the guy who's never had to make one before and it will take 20 minutes and 3 employees, probably requires a manager's supervision.

Um...so you have today and next Monday, and then you'll have to pay for your whipped choco-slush?

So, basically today and next Monday? :)

I have had a couple of these though and they aren't bad. I think they'd be worth a swing through the drive-thru if it's not too busy.

had a free one a couple months ago. it was a terrible excuse for an espresso drink. i don't know if i'd even call it a mocha. more like a "warm mocha-flavored beverage."

These things are vile. I consider myself a connoisseur of crappy mocha beverages (and I have the fat ass to prove it). Every McDonalds mocha I've purchased I've dumped out after a couple of sips. I get a freebie or buy another one hoping my previous experiences are flukes, but they still taste lousy. It could be me. But if I'm not able or willing to shell out the money for Caribou (free espresso bean!) or Starbucks, Tim Horton's mochas aren't half bad.

This is of course McDonald's way of disguising how bad their coffee is. Put enough chocolate-flavored corn syrup in it and you can boil it up two days' worth at a time.

But credit Starbucks for turning one of the last things you could drink without taking a huge nutritional hit into a dessert.

I go in for a plain old cup of coffee and feel like a freak.

@Gene Gemperline: Did you order it cold or hot? Either way, warm is definitely not what you asked for.

@MichaelBrazell: I went to McD's to get breakfast today and the person asked if I wanted a free sample. It was alright, and since I was going there to get breakfast anyway. But I wouldn't really go out of the way to get it though.

Nice to see that Mickey D's is finally pricing the mocha at what it is really worth -- nothing.

McDonald's coffee and the like are much better now than in years past, when they ONLY served coffee. That being said, we still are talking about McDonald's here. This is the place that gave the world the Filet-O-Fish.

Go to your locally-owned coffee shop for your quality coffee fix.

Do not take advantage of this if you like a real Mocha. I got one last week with a coupon for a free sandwich if I bought any McCafe item. I chose the Mocha. Think regular old burnt McDonalds coffee with some hershey's syrup in the bottom.

It was pretty horrid, though once I got to work and poured it into another full cup of coffee with some creamer and sugar, it at least passed as simply a slightly burnt, overly sweet cup of joe.

I knew it wasn't going to be coffeeshop quality, but this was downright horrid. HORRID.

@MichaelBrazell: Their iced mocha was decent enough, but I had a coupon for a free normal sized one, not the tiny size they're giving away to everyone right now. I definitely wouldn't drive there just to get the free sample.

@pecan 3.14159265: it wasn't as hot as it should have been, honestly. though i think the temperature was the least of it's problems.

Do they even use espresso?

@Gene Gemperline: I mean, i see it there in the ingredients list - but i did NOT taste any espresso in mine. It tasted like vile coffee and chocolate-flavored syrup.

Even free, I won't take the time to get one. I just can't think of any way it could be palatable, given the source.

If it has whipped cream on it, it's a dessert, not a beverage.

They're not so good. I like McD's coffee, but these are crappy powder drinks.

Wow, so much I hate for the McD's mocha. I actually like the iced mocha (haven't tried the hot that I can recall).

I also like Starbucks and Caribou Coffee. I feel like I'm in the vanishingly small intersection of a three-circle Venn diagram.

Tried the iced mocha today and the drink itself was super-duper sweet, nevermind the whipped cream on top. This isn't a beverage: it's an alternative to their hot fudge sundae.

But hey: a free sugar boost. *shrug* Got me through my Monday afternoon.

Don't expect this stuff to taste like coffee. I think they store it in a bag, work some magic, and put it in the cup.

Mine tasted a little like plastic

@sbcpunkrocker: Hrm. I'm allergic to red #40. I hate how they sneak it into random things like that.

Is the chocolate just not chocolate-colored enough for them?

@sbcpunkrocker: You must be a blast at parties!

@MichaelBrazell: short answer: no.

I tried one of these back when they had the full size ones for free (the hot drinks). One step above gas station cappuccino. I still feel ripped off, months later.

@Gene Gemperline: It's my assertion that no, they do not serve espresso at mcdonald's. I'v asked just for an espresso, just for kicks and it's like getting into an argument with a soda machine.

Honestly I can't imagine why they would even try to put true espresso in the drinks because, how the hell are you supposed to discern the taste of a good crema beneath all that sludge? It'd be like going to jamba juice and getting a champagne smoothie.

@sbcpunkrocker: Thanks for the ingredient list - drinking this stuff would cost me something too!

Wow, a lot of hate for McCafe. Personally, I like their hot mocha (didn't much care for the iced mocha). I'll miss the free one, but I can see myself continuing to buy them at regular price. Then again, I'm no coffee snob, and I don't know how it compares to the expensive competition.

FYI, YOu have to ask for it - they aren't just passing them out.

@Hooray4Zoidberg: Not to encourage you to get one of these horrid things but, they basically put a cup underneath a nozzle and the mocha, milk, and espresso come out of their respective tanks and into your cup, takes about a minute. It's kinda nasty.

Steamed milk, chocolate syrup, and whipped cream with a chocolate drizzle. . . . and 1,500 calories. No thanks.

All you guys commenting on things you don't know sound pretty stupid. It isn't made from powder, and yes it is real espresso beans. It isn't boiled up in bulk, and the coffee, milk, and flavoring do not all come out of tubes at once. It is a Sinfonia espresso machine, manufactured by Franke. I own one in my home. The beans sit in a hopper above the machine and our ground fresh for every drink served (you can see this in the store also). Each drink is made when ordered, the coffee and milk are measured by the machine, but the person making the coffee must add flavoring and stir. The hot chocolate this machine makes is awesome, too bad McD's doesn't let anyone know that they have it (oh yeah, I also use the exact same chocolate they use, surprise it isn't "chocolate flavored corn syrup," it's premium stuff.)

@nybiker: Funny, I was thinking the same thing. But I'd be ok if they left the milk in.

@kelmeister: Agreed. I've tried the iced mocha free sample several times and even bought a full-size one to be sure. Pure dreck with some kind of chemical aftertaste. I'll stick with Dunkin Donuts, thanks.

@El_Fez: Oh, puh-leaze. I know McDonald's doesn't have the best reputation, but.. really?

Let's say, if you're concerned about calories, you order it with nonfat milk (as opposed to whole milk). A medium mocha, iced OR hot, is 270 calories.
[nutrition.mcdonalds.com]
(By the way, if you're curious, whole milk only brings it to 330.)

Compare this to a 20oz Coca-Cola, which is 240 calories.

OMG I got a caramel latte when they came out with all the coffee drinks and it was the most horrible thing I have ever drank. It tasted like cough syrup and I though no this has to be a mistake got a second one to replace the first one equally as bad. I was telling my dad about this and he told me his manager was telling him the same thing the other day. He also got one of the coffee drinks and it was bad too.