Showing posts with label milkshakes from food storage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label milkshakes from food storage. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Powdered Milk plus Cocoa Powder makes yummy treats!


Just because we're not spending money for 3 months doesn't mean you can't have YUMMY treats for your kids to enjoy during the hot summer months!


Who would have ever known that you can make the most amazing
Fudge Pops 
AND 
Chocolate Peanut Butter Milkshakes 
with FOOD storage ingredients!!

Well, you can 
 and they taste just as good or even BETTER than anything 
you can purchase at a store and you can make them anytime you want as they use 
basic food storage ingredients 
that you always have on hand!!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Milkshakes 
1-1/2 cups COLD water
1-1/2 cups dry milk powder
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder 
1 large spoonful peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
(2 cups of ice or more)
Place all ingredients (but ice) in blender and blend on high for one minute.  
Then add in 2 cups of ice and blend well.
Do a taste test to see if it is "icy and thick" and then if not, add in more ice to make the desired consistency of milk shake.   
It is SO yummy 
and you will never know it isn't made of real ice cream!

Homemade Fudge Pops
(tastes just as good or better than store bought)
 4 cups water
¾ cup sugar
1 heaping Tablespoon cornstarch
½ cup cocoa powder
3 heaping Tablespoons flour
¼ teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups dry milk powder
1 teaspoon vanilla

In medium saucepan, bring 4 cups water to boil.
Mix together all dry ingredients in a bowl and add all at once to boiling water.
Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly.  
Add in vanilla and cover top with plastic wrap and let cool 30 minutes.
Stir well, pour into Popsicle containers (I used a funnel to fill my molds so I didn't make such a mess) and freeze at least 3 hours. (PS...I purchased my Popsicle molds at TARGET)
If you don’t have Popsicle molds, you can just
pour the mixture in 2 oz. paper cups and put a Popsicle stick in each. 

After freezing, peel away the paper cup, OR, run Popsicle molds under very hot water, pull out the Popsicle and enjoy, while watching the faces of young and old smile as they eat them!

Dr. Seuss says it best...
"Try them you will like them you see"! 
Enjoy!