How to Make a Milkshake
Forget the smoothies, granitas, cool lattes, and other frozen imitators—there’s nothing that satisfies your sweet tooth like a good old-fashioned milkshake.
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You Will Need
- Ice cream
- Ice cream scoop
- Blender
- 1-2 tbsp. flavored syrup
- 1/2 c. milk
- Large glass
- Straw
- Hot water (optional)
- Fruit (optional)
Steps
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Step 1
Scoop in ice cream
Scoop your ice cream into the blender--you’ll need four full scoops.
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If you have trouble dipping into hard ice cream, run your scoop under hot water to heat it up between scoops.
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Step 2
Pour in syrup and milk
Pour the syrup and milk into the blender.
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Add complementary fruit to your shake, like real strawberries to strawberry ice cream, or bananas to chocolate ice cream.
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Step 3
Blend
Put the top on the blender, and blend on medium speed until it’s smooth and creamy.
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Step 4
Pour
Pour the milkshake into a large glass.
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If you added fruit to your shake, garnish the glass by hanging a piece on the rim.
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Step 5
Drink
Drop in the straw, take your first big slurp. Then raise your glass to old-school ice cream drinks!
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In soda fountain parlance, a Black & White is a milkshake made with chocolate syrup and vanilla ice cream.
