I love that when my husband goes out of town for work, he'll always tell me that he misses my cooking. (True or not, it's super sweet). The other thing I love is that he'll bring recipe ideas home from places that I've never been. I'm not talking about intricate recipes from exotic lands. We have pretty simple taste. In this case, I'm talking about a milkshake that he had at Jack in the Box.
You see, for a limited time, Jack in the Box was offering a Hot Cinnamon Shake that wasn't available to us here in the Northeast. In fact, according to the Jack in the Box website the closest location to us is 694.12 miles away in Statesville, NC. No offense to the Jack in the Box franchise, but if I'm going all the way to North Carolina for a milkshake, I'm going to Cookout. I apologize to all the people that haven't been to North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, or Virginia lately and have no idea what I'm talking about. So I set out to replicate this shake at home. It became quite the ordeal. Turns out, the spicy cinnamon syrup that one might need to make this on their own was discontinued about a month before I started looking for it. Anyone know who makes this besides Monin? Because it's pretty unavailable right now. I thought my milkshake dreams were over.
But wait! Then I encountered Fireballs Cinnamon Whisky when a friend brought it to our whitewater rafting getaway in Maine. It has the same spicy type of cinnamon flavor that you'd expect out of a Red Hot candy but with the added bonus that there's whiskey in it. Spiked milkshake? Yes please! So I ran out to get my own bottle and the Fireballs Milkshake was born.
I realize that it looks like plain vanilla, but it's really not about how it looks right? In my defense I put some Red Hots on top to spice things up a bit and they sank. It made for a boring looking milkshake but a happy surprise when I reached the bottom of my glass!
Cinnamon Whisky Spiked Milkshake
Serves 2
3 cups vanilla ice cream
1 cup milk
3 ounces Fireballs Cinnamon Whisky
Combine all ingredients in blender until smooth. Enjoy!
P.S. In case you're into details like me and you're wondering why I've spelled whiskey two different ways in this post, check out this exhausting explanation.
*Linking up today with Stephanie, Chelsee, Lisette, Catalyn, and Kristin :)
I am definitely a make from scratch girl, but sometimes I just don't have the time. I used to feel bad about it, but now I've learned to love the challenge of whipping up something creative, fast, and easy and just make it look like I made it from scratch. Late last night I started making cupcakes. My inspiration? Boston Cream Pie. Why did I name this post the "cheat sheet"? With less than five ingredients this recipe certainly feels like cheating! Here is the recipe for the easiest Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes ever made!
Easy Boston Cream Pie Cupcake
1 box marble cake mix (plus ingredients listed on back of box--usually egg, oil and/or water)*
1 package of vanilla pudding (plus ingredients listed on back of box--usually just milk)
1 container chocolate frosting
Prepare cake mix according to package instructions. Bake as directed until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcake comes out clean. While cupcakes cool, prepare vanilla pudding in a small bowl. When pudding has just set, carefully scoop the center of the cupcake to make a hole about 1 inch deep. Fill hole. Place scooped portion back on top of cupcake and frost. Enjoy!
*Note: I actually made this recipe egg and oil-free by using 12 ounces of tonic water in place of the oil, eggs, and water in the recipe. This makes the cupcakes awesomely moist but also hard to handle. If you choose this method, let the cupcakes rest overnight before attempting to fill and frost them.
Linking up with Ashley, Jessica, and Rekita!
Last month for Kevin's
birthday, we had plans to go out to a fancy dinner. When the marathon
events happened, the city was shut down for a day and our reservations
had to be canceled. While our dinner plans paled in comparison to what
was going on in the city around us, I still wanted to make Kevin's
birthday dinner special and allow us to not be consumed by watching
the news all night. We were on lock down and had to figure out what to
make from what we had.
Something
we always have? Bacon. And what's one thing that my husband (and
possibly every man) loves? Bacon. So I set out to make a fancy meal of
bacon everything, and was pretty pleased with the results. I'm going to share with you what we had for dessert first. I made the easiest, most delicious maple bacon ice cream sundae.
Maple Bacon Sundae Recipe
(amounts are approximate--this is supposed to be easy, so just go for it. Don't get out your measuring cups!)
2 scoops vanilla ice cream
Chocolate syrup
1/4 cup whipped cream (homemade or Cool Whip)
1 tbsp maple syrup
Bacon pieces, to taste
Scoop vanilla ice cream into a bowl. Drizzle chocolate syrup to taste. In a second bowl, scoop 1/4 cup whipped cream and mix with 1 tbsp maple syrup. Top with bacon pieces. Devour!!
Have I mentioned that I
started having Kevin use a rating scale to determine whether or not he
likes a new recipe? Yeah, this bacon sundae is the very first to get a
perfect 10. I told him that it wasn't really fair considering it was
the one thing that I hadn't made from scratch, but honestly he's right.
It was awesome. Stay tuned later this week for the rest of the amazing bacon meal!
Linking up this recipe at:
http://www.letsgetbananas.com/
http://blissfullymiller.blogspot.com/
http://mandysrecipebox.blogspot.com/
http://kitchenmeetsgirl.com/
