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After School Treats: Classic Chocolate Milkshake
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A Classic Chocolate Milkshake: Looks yummy doesn’t it?
The Milkshake recipe is at the bottom of the post… (But first, you will have to suffer through a few back to school pictures!) 
We got the first week of school under our belt and I decided we should celebrate with a special treat for snack time today. It is hard to believe I now have a kindergartner and 2nd grader. Time has really flown by.
Both kids are loving school and are adjusting to the new schedule. I am having a bit more difficulty adjusting to the 6:15am wake up time. Even though I am going to bed at 10:30ish, I’m miserably tired. (I feel like I have a major hangover minus the upset stomach!)
Don’t they look happy and excited? (and maybe a bit sleepy and nervous too?)
I’d been worried about being overly emotional and teary-eyed while dropping my my littlest one off to her new kindergarten class. I’m not a cryer (ok,- yes I am), but when I get emotional, my eyes will tear up- its a little embarrassing. Unfortunately/(fortunately?) we got a very late start on Monday morning. (I probably should have done a few test runs on getting them both ready in the morning, I didn’t realize it was going to be 5 times more difficult getting 2 kids ready in the AM…)
By the time we got to school, it was so crowded, there was absolutely no parking! We had to park so far away it took almost 10 minutes to get to her classroom (and I still had to get my son to his class too.) We were so rushed, I didn’t have time to dwell on it at all. There were no tears on my part until after I got back home and the adrenaline had worn off.
Thankfully they had a good first day and our morning routine has been going smoother!
I received a special package from Ghirardelli in the mail the other day. It was a sample of their new chocolate sauce. Talk about a hit around our house! It really is very rich and chocolatey, I can certainly tell a difference between the Ghirardelli chocolate sauce and the brand I normally use.
I’ve been using the chocolate in my iced coffee and as topping on our fruits and desserts all week. I thought it would be perfect in a chocolate ice cream shake for a special afternoon treat to celebrate our first successful week of school! (I would go make myself one right now, but we’re out of ice cream- I guess I’ll settle for an Iced Mocha…)
Classic Chocolate Milkshake (serves 2):
Ingredients:
- 2.5 oz Milk
- 2 cups of vanilla ice cream
- 2 oz Chocolate sauce
Combine all ingredients in a blender and serve.
Enjoy!
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Nici - Posed Perfection says
Yum! I'd like to come home from school to this delicious treat! Thanks for stopping by Posed Perfection today and leaving me a sweet note about the Chicken Ranch Wrap. My husband is the one who loves these with the bbq sauce. Have a great rest of the weekend!
Blessings,
Nici
Cathy @ My 1929 Charmer says
Yummy, if I stop by after the kids class can I have one too. I haven't had one of these in for.ev.er. But it sure is making me want one now, especially since I didn't have dinner. Thanks for sharing your creative inspiration with Sunday’s Best – you helped make the party a success!
Devon Riesenberg says
Oh my goodness, if this isn't a childhood treat (or for anyone for that matter) then I don't know what is! Looks so refreshing! New follower 🙂
Alderberry Hill says
Mmmm…looks amazing!
Super pics too…our first day of school is tomorrow!!!
Ewa Kelly-Miksa says
milk shake looks delicious!
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Sarah Carletti says
These pictures are yummy! Great!
Caitlin says
YUM! These look SO good!
Kathryn Ferguson Griffin says
Oh, yummy! It looks so good. Love the second pic where he is hugging her with his silly face! Visiting from Southern Lovely. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/09/make-it-pretty-monday-week-13.html Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
[email protected] Learning to Be a Mom says
Yum! I could go for one right now! Congrats on surviving the first week of school. That is exhausting!
Christine says
They are the CUTEST!!!!!!
Oh that milk shake looks DELICIOUS!!!
Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!
Hollie - TheSevenYearCottage says
Yum… nothing like a thick, chocolatey milkshake at the end of a hard day!
Karly says
Your little ones are just adorable! So happy their first day went well!
The milk shake looks delish!
Aimee - ItsOverflowing.com says
Looks FABULOUS! Thanks for sharing at It's Overflowing!
XO, Aimee
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Katie Mar says
awww such cute back to school photos, and the milkshake looks so yummy!
Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com says
Yum! We would love for you to share this on our Kitchen Fun and Crafty Friday link party…just posted it! Thanks!
http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/2012/09/kitchen-fun-and-crafty-friday-link.html
Britni @ Hubby Made Me says
Oooh! Ghirardelli chocolate sauce?? YUM! And this shake has me drooling… the picture is so pretty I just want to dive right in 🙂 I would love if you came by and shared this at my Throwback Thursday party. I hope to see you there and thanks for sharing! http://www.hubbymademe.com/throwback-thursday-no-9/
Miz Helen says
I have been working really hard today, do you think I could have one of those? Your recipe is awesome! Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
lizy b says
Looks like your kiddos were happy! Love the old-fashioned school bus, we don't see too many of those anymore.
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Love how the shakes look in those jars. I am a follower of your blog on Facebook and would love if you could hop over to my new blog (http://sarahsaturdiy.blogspot.com/) and share the blog love. Have a great weekend!
Ali @ JamHands.net says
Thank you so much for linking up last week at Recipe Sharing Monday. The new link party is now up and I'd love it if you joined us again. Have a great week!
Ginger says
Featuring you today! 🙂 Thanks for sharing at {wow me} wednesday.
Ginger @ GingerSnapCrafts.com
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Sarah E. says
Those look fantastic! My oldest just started kindergarten this year – we were so early to his first day that we had to take a little scenic drive to kill time! We were still 10 minutes early after that! It took a few weeks and we finally have a solid schedule down. But I'm still dragging in the morning. I'm not a morning person anyways LOL
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Carole says
Hi there. The current Food on Friday on Carole's Chatter is collecting links to posts about shakes and smoothies. I do hope you link this lovely one in. This is the link . Please do pop back to check out some of the other links – there are a lot of good ones already. Have a great week.