Top secret recipes_ sodas, smoothies, sp - Todd Wilbur [18]
2½ cups vanilla ice cream
½ cup milk
1 ripe banana
2 tablespoons graham cracker
crumbs
GARNISH
whipped cream
graham cracker crumbs
1. Put all ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth. You may have to stop the blender and stir the shake with a spoon so that it blends evenly.
2. Pour the shake into two 12-ounce glasses. Garnish each ser v-ing with a dollop of whipped cream, and shake some graham cracker crumbs over the top. Serve with a straw.
• MAKES 2 12-OUNCE SHAKES.
CHOCOLATE
Simply add a little chocolate syrup to the shake if chocolate is your thing.This recipe makes two medium shakes or one big one for real chocoholics.
2½ cups vanilla ice cream
½ cup milk
2 tablespoons Hershey’s
chocolate syrup
2 tablespoons graham cracker
crumbs
GARNISH
whipped cream
graham cracker crumbs
1. Put all ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth. You may have to stop the blender and stir the shake with a spoon so that it blends evenly.
2. Pour the shake into two 12-ounce glasses. Garnish each serving with a dollop of whipped cream, and shake some graham cracker crumbs over the top. Serve with a straw.
• MAKES 2 12-OUNCE SHAKES.
COCONUT
This shake uses cream of coconut for flavoring.This is the canned ingredient used most often to make pina coladas, and can be found near the bar mixers in your supermarket.
2½ cups vanilla ice cream
½ cup milk
¼ cup cream of coconut
2 tablespoons graham cracker
crumbs
GARNISH
whipped cream
graham cracker crumbs
1. Put all ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth. You may have to stop the blender and stir the shake with a spoon so that it blends evenly.
2. Pour the shake into two 12-ounce glasses. Garnish each serving with a dollop of whipped cream, and shake some graham cracker crumbs over the top. Serve with a straw.
• MAKES 2 12-OUNCE SHAKES.
STRAWBERRY
This flavor uses the frozen sliced strawberries that are found in boxes in the freezer section with the other frozen fruit.Thaw out a box and measure the berries along with the syrup into the blender.
2½ cups vanilla ice cream
½ cup milk
¼ cup frozen sweetened sliced
strawberries, thawed
2 tablespoons graham cracker
crumbs
GARNISH
whipped cream
graham cracker crumbs
1. Put all ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth. You may have to stop the blender and stir the shake with a spoon so that it blends evenly.
2. Pour the shake into two 12-ounce glasses. Garnish each serving with a dollop of whipped cream, and shake some graham cracker crumbs over the top. Serve with a straw.
• MAKES 2 12-OUNCE SHAKES.
STARBUCKS FROZEN FRAPPUCCINO
It was in 1995 that Starbucks stores started selling this frozen drink, one of the company’s most successful new products. The Frappuccino is blended with strong coffee, sugar, a dairy base, and ice. Each one is made to order and each one is guaranteed to give you a throbbing brain freeze if you sip too hard.The drinks come in several different varieties, the most popular of which I’ve cloned here for your frontal lobe-pounding, caffeine-buzzing pleasure.
Make double-strength coffee by measuring 2 tablespoons of ground coffee per cup (serving) in your coffee maker. The drink will be even more authentic if you use Starbucks beans and grind them yourself just before brewing.
COFFEE
¾ cup double-strength coffee, cold
1 cup low-fat milk
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 cups ice
1. Make double-strength coffee by brewing with twice the coffee required by your coffee maker. That should be 2 tablespoons of ground coffee per each cup of coffee. Chill before using.
2. To make drink, combine all ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until ice is crushed and drink is smooth. Pour into two 16-ounce glasses, and serve with a straw.
• MAKES 2 “GRANDE” DRINKS.
CARAMEL
For this version, add 3 tablespoons of caramel topping to the original recipe and prepare as described. Top each glass with whipped cream and drizzle additional caramel over the whipped cream.
MOCHA
For this version, add 3 tablespoons Hershey’s chocolate