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2. When the bowl is frozen, remove the Whoppers from the freezer and, while they are still in the bag, smash them into pieces with your fist or the handle of a knife.
3. Measure the ice cream and milk into the frozen bowl. Stir with a spoon until smooth and creamy.
4. Add the Whoppers, malted milk powder, and chocolate sauce to the ice cream and stir to combine.
5. Pour into a 20-ounce glass and serve with a long spoon.
• MAKES 1 20-OUNCE SERVING.
YUKON CRUNCHER
Just like eating s’mores, except you use a spoon and this version is cold.
2½ cups vanilla ice cream
¼ cup milk
3 tablespoons fudge topping
3 tablespoons marshmallow
crème
¼ cup Rice Krispies cereal
1. Before you start to make this clone, freeze a medium glass or ceramic bowl in the freezer for at least 30 minutes.
2. Measure the ice cream and milk into the frozen bowl. Stir with a spoon until smooth and creamy.
3. Add the fudge, marshmallow crème, and Rice Krispies to the ice cream and stir to combine.
4. Pour into a 20-ounce glass and serve with a long spoon.
• MAKES 1 20-OUNCE SERVING.
TIDBITS
If your Blizzard clone is not as thick as the real thing, just put the whole glass into the freezer for 5 to 10 minutes, or until it’s thick.
JACK IN THE BOX OREO COOKIE SHAKE
If you live in one of the 15 Western states served by Jack in the Box, you have no doubt cracked a gut from the hilarious TV ads produced by this popular hamburger chain. In the spots a suit-wearing “Jack” runs the company, even though he’s got a bulbous antenna ball for a head with a smiley-face painted on it. He has a private jet, he plays golf, and he even has kids with mini antenna-ball heads.
Jack also has a featured shake flavor that, as it turns out, is very easy to make at home with a blender, ice cream, milk, and a handful of Oreo cookies. Sure, the drive-thru is convenient and easy. But if you don’t feel like getting out, now you can enjoy this clone at home from the first fast food chain in the country to use a drive-thru window way back when.
3 cups vanilla ice cream
1½ cups milk
8 Oreo cookies
1. Combine the ice cream and milk in a blender and mix on low speed until smooth. Stir the shake with a spoon to mix, if necessary.
2. Break Oreo cookies while adding them to the blender. Mix on low speed for 5 to 10 seconds or until cookies are mostly pureed into the shake, but a few larger pieces remain. Stir with a spoon to help combine the cookies, if necessary.
3. Pour shake into two 12-ounce glasses.
• SERVES 2.
MCDONALD’S MCFLURRY
These 16-ounce desserts-in-a-cup are made with McDonald’s soft-serve ice cream and one of several crumbled sweet additives. Duplicating soft-serve ice cream at home comes easy using regular vanilla ice cream (not French vanilla), a little whole milk, and a frozen bowl to do the mixing.You might also want to freeze the glass that you plan to serve this in to ensure the ice cream is served up creamy yet firm, rather than melted and soupy.
BUTTERFINGER
2 cups vanilla ice cream
¼ cup milk
Butterfinger candy bar
1. Freeze a medium glass or ceramic bowl in the freezer for at least 30 minutes. Freeze the Butterfinger candy bar (in a plastic bag) as well, along with the 16-ounce glass you plan to use.
2. When the bowl is frozen, first break your candy bar (while it’s still in the bag) into little pieces with the handle of a butter knife.
3. Pour the ice cream and milk into the frozen bowl and stir well until smooth and creamy.
4. Add the candy bar pieces and stir, then pour into the frozen 16-ounce glass and serve with a spoon.
• MAKES 1 16-OUNCE DESSERT.
M&M’S
2 cups vanilla ice cream
¼ cup milk
¼ cup (1 mega-tube) M&M’s
Minis
1. Freeze a medium glass or ceramic bowl in the freezer for at least 30 minutes. While you’re at it put the 16-ounce glass you plan to use in there as well.
2. When the bowl is frozen, pour the ice cream and milk into the frozen bowl and stir well until smooth and creamy.
3. Add the M&M’s and stir, then pour it all into the frozen 16-ounce glass and serve with a spoon.