Top secret recipes_ sodas, smoothies, sp - Todd Wilbur [17]
• MAKES 1 16-OUNCE DESSERT.
OREO COOKIE
2 cups vanilla ice cream
¼ cup milk
3 Oreo cookies
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, crumble the cookies (in a plastic bag) into little pieces with your fist or 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 Oreo cookie pieces and stir, then pour it all into the frozen 16-ounce glass and serve with a spoon.
• MAKES 1 16-OUNCE DESSERT.
REESE’S
2 cups vanilla ice cream
¼ cup milk
2 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
(1 package)
1. Freeze a medium glass or ceramic bowl in the freezer for at least 30 minutes. Freeze the peanut butter cups in a plastic bag, and while you’re at it put the 16-ounce glass you plan to use in there as well.
2. When the bowl is frozen, break the peanut butter cups (while 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 pieces and stir, then pour into the frozen 16-ounce glass and serve with a spoon.
• MAKES 1 16-OUNCE DESSERT.
MCDONALD’S SHAKES
Forty million customers get a dose of Mickey D’s fast food every day. That also happens to be the exact same number of Americans who snore every night. Coincidence? But seriously, with all those daily McDonald’s fans, you have to figure that at least a million or so go for one of the chain’s three standard flavors of thick shakes: vanilla, chocolate, or strawberry (as for the special Shamrock Shake, we’ll talk about that one in the next recipe).The clone recipes here are quick since each one requires just three simple ingredients and a blender to mix it all up. How McEasy is that? Throw everything in a blender and press a button—the one on the right. And if you want your shake thicker, just stash it in the freezer for a while.
CHOCOLATE SHAKE
2 cups vanilla ice cream
1¼ cups low-fat milk
2 tablespoons chocolate flavor
Nesquik mix
STRAWBERRY SHAKE
2 cups vanilla ice cream
1¼ cups low-fat milk
3 tablespoons strawberry flavor
Nesquik mix
VANILLA SHAKE
2 cups vanilla ice cream
1¼ cups low-fat milk
3 tablespoons sugar
1. Combine all ingredients for the shake flavor of your choice in a blender and mix on high speed until smooth. Stop blender, stir if necessary, and blend again to help combine the ingredients.
2. Pour into two 12-ounce cups.
• SERVES 2.
MCDONALD’S SHAMROCK SHAKE
You’ll find it very easy to re-create the flavors of McDonald’s perennial St. Patrick’s Day shake using only four ingredients. The two that make this holiday shake unique are the mint extract and green food coloring. Make sure your extract says “mint” and not “peppermint.” And if you don’t want shakes that are green like the real ones, you can certainly leave out the food coloring. After all, it’s only for looks. Now you can sip on a Shamrock any time of the year. Blarney!
2 cups vanilla ice cream
1¼ cups low-fat milk
¼ teaspoon mint extract (not
peppermint)
8 drops green food coloring
1. Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until smooth. Stop blender to stir with a spoon if necessary to help blend ice cream.
2. Pour into two 12-ounce cups and serve each with a straw.
• SERVES 2.
SONIC DRIVE-IN CREAM PIE SHAKES
If you placed all the cups end to end that Sonic uses in a year, they would circle the earth twice. That’s including the detour the cups would make to avoid passing through downtown Detroit.
These awesome shakes are unique for the graham cracker crumbs in the mix that make them taste as if you’re slurping up a creamy chilled pie.You can either crumble up your own graham crackers or use the already ground stuff in a box that’s used most often to make graham cracker pie crusts.
BANANA
If you love banana cream pies, you’ll love this shake. Just be sure your banana is ripe.