Little Foodies: The Perfect Milkshake

The Foodies' KitchenJuly 19, 2016

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The Perfect Milkshake must have the right consistency: not too runny, and not too thick. The most important thing here is to choose a good ice cream with your favorite flavor, and that when it’s in the freezer, its hard and cold. This, to ensure that the ice cream won’t melt as fast. And in our case, we decided to go with a classic vanilla ice cream, looking for a brand with a nice white color, not yellowish and not too sweet.

We recommend using whole milk to help achieve the creamy consistency we love. We are already having good ol’ regular ice cream, whipped cream and sprinkles… so let’s do this the right way: with whole milk.

To add an extra touch, both to the taste and look, we decorated the milkshake glasses with melted chocolate and sprinkles. We used dark chocolate, but you can choose between dark or white chocolate, and even replace the sprinkles with shredded coconut or cookie crumbs… but we love color and chocolate!

Oh, and before we forget, we also added a bit of whipped cream on top of the milkshake (the one from the supermarket already prepared will work fine), then to give it the final touch a small meringue per glass, and a colorful straw.

And as usual, Almacenes Siman Guatemala had what we needed to make these recipe work: a set of milkshake glasses from Circleware, a small but mighty fast Oster blender, and a set of kitchen towels that helped us keep our working station nice and clean.

So, here it is, our recipe with the right amount of ingredients to create two well-sized perfect milkshakes. Remember that you can print the recipe bellow, so the kids can follow along by organizing the ingredients, getting the utensils and preparing the recipe!

Helga & Kitty

The Perfect Milkshake

Recipe adapted from Cupcake Jemma
Makes 2 milkshakes

Ingredients:
4 ½ cups of vanilla ice cream
⅔ cups of whole milk, cold
4 oz of dark chocolate, melted. To cover the glass rims
multicolored glass sprinkles, to decorate the glass rims
whipped cream, to decorate
small meringues, to decorate

Procedure:

In the microwave, melt chocolate in 30 second intervals, mixing each time. Set aside.
Place the melted chocolate in a bowl that is big enough so the rim of the milkshake glasses fits in to get covered in chocolate. Make a ring around the glass, covering the entire rim.
Immediately, sink the glass into a bowl filled with multicolored sprinkles. These will stick to the melted chocolate. Take the glasses to the refrigerator while you prepare the milkshake.
In a blender, mix the ice cream and milk. Blend until it is well incorporated, about 5 to 6 seconds will do.
Immediately fill the decorated milkshake glasses.
After pouring, add some whipped cream on top and place a small meringue at the very top. Add a colorful straw, and enjoy!

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