Strawberry Cheesecake Milkshake

Name: Strawberry Cheesecake Milkshake
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: 2 large servings
Ingredients: 1/2-1 cup milk; 2 cups vanilla bean ice cream; 1 cup fresh strawberries; 2 oz. cream cheese; Spray Cream + fresh strawberries for garnish (if desired)

May 18, 2012 · 51 Comments

5 from 1 vote

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When I was a kid, I hated strawberries. With a passion. Actually, all fruit was considered contraband. I think at one point I liked strawberries and grapefruit for a period of 3 months but other then that, everything fruity was on my ew-gross-nasty-sick-and-wrong list.

Jam is on this list. It gives me the heebie jeebies.

But then I got married. And knocked up. And had a baby with a temperamental tummy. Whatever I ate would end up in my milk supply thus giving my darling daughter a stomach ache at 3 am. {Betcha didn’t think I was going to be discussing breast milk in my post today! Sorry. Well, sort of. I promise there IS a point.} For all you Mom’s who have dealt with this like I have, the usual culprits were what were giving my baby gas. Ironically, these foods were all that I was craving—>dairy {ice cream}, spicy food {spicy curly fries} and chocolate {umm…chocolate}.

As if being hormonal and sleep deprived after giving birth wasn’t enough, throw this into the mix and what do you get? Total train wreck.

My poor husband. {“Why are you crying?” “I *sniff* have no *sniff* idea!“}

My Mom was with us at this point cooking up a storm and filled our fridge with lots of yummy meals and FRUIT. Sacrelig. How dare she!

But, of course she knew what was good for us and convinced me to try the strawberries….and apples…and blueberries. And you know what? I liked them. And not just liked them. LOVED them. Especially the strawberries. From then on, strawberries have been a staple in our house. We love them plain, in salads, in desserts and now in creamy dreamy shakes.

This was something I made on a whim as a fun afternoon treat for me and my munchkin. Oh my word. I forgot how delicious, fun, easy, fabulous and amazing milkshakes were. My life has been forever changed. I’m thinking this is going to become a regular thing.

My milkshake could bring all the boys to your yard….

Here’s how you do it:

Start off with some milk in your blender and add in strawberries and cream cheese. You can’t see the cream cheese in the blender because I put it in before the strawberries because I’m smart. And by smart I mean blonde.

Now comes the good stuff. Scoop in some vanilla bean ice cream into the blender too. Don’t go easy on this stuff.

Add the lid and blend until smooth! I don’t know about you but I could stick my face into this and slurp the day away.

But I guess I should pour it into some cute glasses and add a foot and a half of cream. You guys….twisting my arm…..Add some fresh strawberries as garnish and that’s it! Perfection right here. I like my milkshakes on the thick side, so I used a spoon, but feel free to add more milk and use a straw.

Enjoy this one guys! Perfect weekend treat for the family! Have a great weekend 🙂

5 from 1 vote