Made-up Milkshake

My dh and I recently moved into a new apartment, one that (among other things) affords us a larger kitchen and more counter space. Who knew I'd ever care about such things?! It also allows me to have my most used (or most "wish I used"...) appliances out and accessible.

One of these is our blender.

Recently I've had a hankering for a milkshake. I've been eyeing that blender every day for two weeks now, and I finally could not ignore it anymore. Unfortunately a key ingredient for any respectable milkshake is ice cream.

My dh and I tend to make our own ice cream in our adorable little ice cream maker. But the season here in Colorado isn't quite ready to have ice cream readily available in the freezer. So, I did a little research on the Internet and found that you can make milkshakes sans ice cream by adding in things like cream, sugar, ice, etc. All the more motivated, I rolled up my sleeves and got to experimenting.

I started with about a cup and a half of skim milk (that's the only kind we have) and added in a little bit of York Peppermint Patty coffee creamer that I had left over.

I put in a little bit less than a scoop of sugar (I know that my exact measurements here are so helpful...) and then dumped in a bunch of crushed up Andes mints.

I added 6 or so cubes of ice, put the lid on the blender, and hit the button for Milkshake.

A few seconds later I taste tested. It was very runny and not quite sweet enough. So I added a few more cubes of ice and a little more sugar, and Milkshaked it again.

This is what I was envisioning:

This is what I got:

It looks vaguely like a milkshake in that picture, but let me tell you...
It was basically a glorified glass of milk with chunks of ice and a bunch of crushed up candy at the bottom.

But, hey, it still tasted good with a chocolate chip cookie!

After all, what's a new wife to do? Well, use ice cream next time.

Or at the very least, whole milk and heavy cream.