Chocolate Cookies ‘n Cream Shake
Growing up I loved girl guide cookie selling season. Now, we didn’t have those tasty mint thin cookies until I was a teenager; before that, the box of cookies was half vanilla cookies with vanilla cream and half chocolate with chocolate cream. Could never decide which ones I liked best but my favourite way of enjoying was to crush them up and stir them into vanilla ice cream for a nice cookies ‘n cream treat.
I’d have used the blender to make a milkshake but that appliance never came out of the back of the cupboard in my mom’s kitchen. I know we had a blender and it was one with the super heavy glass jar but for some reason I can’t decide if it was actually avocado green or if that is just a made up memory because every other appliance was that shade of green.
Do you ever get a craving (like mine for a good ‘ol cookies ‘n cream shake or ice cream and find yourself without a key ingredient? Well maybe two: no vanilla ice cream and no patience to drive to the store or to make it myself and wait. Improvising is the name of the game.
Here’s what you need: Vanilla greek yogurt, a frozen banana, milk and ice. Blended together you’ll get a good base for your shake with the added bonus of some protein.
Next add in your mixins. With no girl guide cookies to be found, I had to settle for some oreo cookies…poor me…and a little added cocoa. Now, I don’t pretend that this is a smoothie and consider this very much to be a dessert or special treat because I’ve found absolutely no way to justify the nutrition content of these cookies.
Chocolate Cookies 'n Cream Shake
Enjoy a chocolate cookies ’n cream shake even if you don’t have ice cream. This version uses vanilla greek yogurt, milk and frozen banana to give you that ice cream like consistency.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup greek vanilla yogurt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 tbsp cocoa
- 1 cup ice
- 2-3 oreo style cookies
Instructions
- Add all ingredients, except cookies to the blender.
- Start blending on low variable speed and slowly increase to high speed.
- Blend until banana and ice are fully broken down and the mixture has a smooth consistency.
- Break cookies in half and toss in blender. Pulse 3-5 times.
- Pour shake into glass.
- Optional: add additional cookies on top.