The Irish Pirate (Shamrock Shake)

First off, I want to apologize for not being able to post this past week.  For those of you who do not know this, I have been studying for my History MTEL (teacher's examination test).  I have already passed two of the tests that I need, and this History test is the last one! So, in order to celebrate coming out of hiding and being able to cook, go out, and have fun again, I am making a very easy, but very delicious, Irish Pirate (or shamrock shake).   There are two different versions of the recipe below that I found from a holiday drink mix site (one using vanilla ice cream and the other using mint chocolate chip ice cream).  Both of the recipes have rum in them to make them have a little kick (which I definitely need after all of the studying), but you can also just leave the rum out so that the kiddos can enjoy these shakes as well!          

Ingredients

Recipe 1:
-1 pint mint chocolate chip ice cream
-1 to 1 1/4 cup milk (depending on how thick or loose you want the shake)
-1 teaspoon mint extract
-3 tablespoons dark rum
-Green food coloring
-Mint leaves

Recipe 2:

-1 pint vanilla ice cream

-1 to 1/4 cup milk

-1 teaspoon mint extract 

-3 tablespoons dark rum

-Green food coloring 

-Mint leaves

Note: Just exclude the rum for kids and they will love the idea of drinking something green! 


Directions:

Pour the milk, ice cream, extract, rum, and a few drops of food coloring into a blender and mix until smooth.  Pour mixture into glasses and garnish with mint.  

Drink up and enjoy!

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