What’s your favorite guilty pleasure? Dancing to “Gangnam Style?” Watching Honey Boo Boo drink her go-go juice? Downing milkshakes? All the above? Well I can’t help you deal with PSY’s intoxicating rhythms or America’s newest trashy reality TV show, but I can certainly share some unexpected delights you can create in the dining hall. I’m giving you my 100 percent guarantee that these milkshakes will definitely bring all the boys to the yard.
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Before you add your go-to toppings, you first need to know how to make the basic milkshake. There’s no definite ratio of frozen yogurt to milk; it’s mostly based on personal preference. I followed these loose guidelines:
Basic Milkshake
Ingredients: Vanilla or chocolate frozen yogurt Skim (or 2%) milk
Directions: 1. Swirl any amount of the frozen yogurt flavor of your choice in a cup. 2. Pour milk into cup until it is just below the level of the froyo. 3. Stir together until you get your desired consistency.
Tip: Substitute chocolate milk to make chocolate milkshakes for an extra blast of richness.
Once you’ve got these basics down, it’s time to … “op, op, op, op… Oppan Gangnam Style,” … wait, no. Sorry. It’s time to go crazy with a variety of delectable mix-ins.
Hot Cookie Bar Milkshake
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Ingredients: Basic vanilla milkshake Rainbow chocolate chip cookies from Hot Cookie Bar Rainbow sprinkles Chocolate syrup
Directions: 1. After you’ve completed the basic vanilla milkshake, scoop up as much of the gooey, cookie-doughy goodness that is the Hot Cookie Bar as you can. (The night I made this milkshake, they had rainbow chocolate chip dough.) 2. Cut the cookies into bite-sized chunks and mix them into the milkshake. 3. Sprinkle some of the cookie dough chunks, rainbow sprinkles and chocolate syrup on top for heavenly finishing.
Reese’s Milkshake
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Ingredients: Basic chocolate milkshake Peanut butter Chocolate syrup
Directions: 1. Spoon a couple dollops of peanut butter into the basic chocolate milkshake and loosely mix in. 2. Drizzle some chocolate syrup on top.
Strawberry Shortcake Milkshake
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Ingredients: Basic vanilla milkshake Strawberry shortcake
Directions: 1. Crumble up the strawberry shortcake and blend it into the vanilla milkshake. 2. Add some extra crumbs on top of the milkshake.
Nutella Milkshake
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Ingredients: Basic vanilla milkshake Nutella
Directions: 1. Take several heaping spoonfuls of Nutella and swirl into the vanilla milkshake.
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This is only the tip of the iceberg for milkshake concoctions, but hopefully these satisfying choices will keep you busy for a while.
Tip: For best results, chase with Honey Boo Boo’s go-go juice while galloping to “Gangnam Style.”