St. Patrick’s Day Mint Chocolate Shake

Each month I like to bring you a fun, recycled craft project, but with St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner I decided to incorporate a craft project with a recipe.

You see, I love peppermint, and by love, I mean whenever I order ice cream, 9 times out of 10 it will be peppermint flavor. So when I saw recipes floating around for copycat Shamrock Shakes I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to create my own. The best part, my kids don’t like peppermint, so I don’t have to share.

Let’s start with the craft project though because you really need to do this before making the mint chocolate shake.

What you need:

Straws
Card stock – scraps are perfect to use for this
Foam heart – even better if you have some left over from Valentine’s Day crafts
Small wood block, or old wood stamp that you no longer use
Hot glue
Green paint – I used Martha Stewart Scottish Highlands
Scissors
Glue stick

Begin by attaching the foam heart to the wood block with hot glue. It dries very quickly so set aside for a minute or two while you spread a little green paint onto a paper plate.

Dip the heart stamp you have just made into the paint and create a shamrock shape. I used the edge of the foam brush I spread the paint onto the plate with to create the little stem.

Using scissors cut around the painted shamrock and attach it with school glue to a paper straw.

Tip: Use larger straws for thick shakes.

Now it’s time to make the mint chocolate shake.

Yum

St. Patrick’s Day Shake

Ingredients

Mint chocolate chip ice cream
Vanilla ice cream
1/4 tsp peppermint extract
Reduced fat milk
Chocolate
Sprinkles

Instructions

In a blender combine 2 scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream with 5 scoops vanilla ice cream, the peppermint extract and milk.
Melt a small amount of chocolate in the microwave and rim each glass with it.
Place sprinkles in a wide bowl (or on a plate) and dip the chocolate-rimmed glass into the them.
Pour in the mint chocolate shake and add the fun straw.

https://www.thecentsiblelife.com/st-patricks-day-shake/

Enjoy!

Tonya

About Tonya Staab

Tonya Staab is a freelance writer and the creative mind behind Create-Celebrate-Explore, a lifestyle blog that inspires parents to craft, cook, travel, and celebrate every day with their children.