Toasted Marshmallow Shakes...and a Crush!

I have two crushes to tell you about today, and the first one is that glass of deliciousness up there. It is a Toasted Marshmallow Shake. Yes, you read that right. I know it looks like it might actually be a chocolate shake, but that delectable brown color comes from blender-ized toasted marshmallows, along with some milk and some vanilla ice cream. And when you take that first sip...it's a total toasted marshmallow in smooth, silky milkshake form.

I helped one of my sweetest friends try this recipe out over Labor Day weekend, and speaking of sweet...this shake is almost as sweet as she is. It is sweeter than this:

It is even sweeter than THIS:

Photo by Bruce Sohl

And that is pretty sweet. Here's the deal - you spread out a bag of marshmallows onto a cookie sheet. Make sure you line the cookie sheet with foil, and if you have the nonstick kind, even better. Toast them under the broiler until they are well, well, well-done. Watch those babies closely, and stir them around a little - you want them toasted as all-over as possible. Then pop them in your blender with 2 cups of vanilla ice cream, 2 cups of milk and a tablespoon of sour cream. Blend for 5 minutes. Yes, five minutes. Then park it in the fridge for a while until it is good and cold and presto - toasted marshmallow shake. Make sure you hold back one marshmallow to toast lightly and perch on the top.

That's my first crush of this post. My second one I am actually even MORE excited about, and that is a new partnership I am starting with one of my favorite blogs, the AWESOME Design Crush. I've been following this fabulous blog ever since I figured out what the word blog meant. It is written by the wonderful Kelly, who finds recipes and pictures and books and jewelry and you name it from all over the planet, and gathers them all together with links on her one gorgeous blog. One day I realized that she had linked to one of my posts, and oh, happy day! We hit it off from there, and a little while ago she invited me to do a regular post on her site. So look for my guest post on Fridays on this beautiful blog, and if you don't already have it on your reader, or blogroll, or wherever you get your blog-reading, I promise you'll have your own crush on Design Crush very, very soon.

So here's the recipe for toasted marshmallow shakes, and here's my own toast to Design Crush - come visit me there on Fridays!

Toasted Marshmallow Shake, adapted from Spike Mendelsohn's recipe

1 ten ounce package marshmallows

2 cups whole milk

2 cups vanilla ice cream

1 tablespoon sour cream

1. Preheat the broiler to high. Line a cookie sheet with foil and lay marshmallows in a single layer. Broil until very dark brown, watching constantly and stirring halfway through. Cool.

2. Add mil, ice cream, sour cream and marshmallows to blender. Blend for 5 minutes. (You may have to do this in batches, depending on the size of your blender.

3. Chill in refrigerator until very cold, about one hour. Top with lightly toasted marshmallow and serve!

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