I can smell the love in the air. All those romantics are out in full force planning the perfect Valentine's Day. The whole world gets in on the action and romance takes over everyone's brains. It's such a sweet time. Such romantic time. Such a...
excuse me while I hurl.
Seriously people it's just a day like any other. You can love your special person every day of the year and not just one day a year. Plus all the sappiness is a bit much for a gal like me. It's so over the top sweet it makes me...
wanna hurl.
Don't get me wrong. I love "love". I love romantic movies. I love romantic gestures. I just do not quite get why we need to mark it on the calendar like it's such a hard thing to remember to love the one you're with. Bugs the crap out me. You should not need a cheesy commercial telling you to buy a gift for your partner. You should just do stuff like that because you love your partner. Honestly if I see one more commercial that makes young folks think they need to spend hordes of money to get their significant other to love them, well, you know the drill...
I think I'm gonna hurl.
I also think it puts too much pressure on people who are not in a relationship. Valentine's Day is sort of a cruel holiday for single folks. The commercials make people think you are a loser if you're alone. I say hell to the no. Enjoy being alone while you can. One day you'll be married with a house full of kids and pets and you won't even be able to use the loo without being interrupted 10 times. Then you will think back to a time when things were quiet. I love my family but my god man, they are loud. Some days I'd love a little peace and quiet. So if you have that, enjoy it while it lasts. Don't let the commercials and all the hoopla get to you. It's all a conspiracy that makes people like me...
wanna hurl!
Okay so now that we've got the warm and fuzzies out of the way, enjoy your romantic milkshake for Valentine's Day. I used one straw, cuz sharing food or drinks...
makes me wanna hurl!
Red Velvet Milkshake
Ingredients
- 2 heaping scoops of chocolate ice cream
- ½ cup whole milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Red gel food colouring to desired colour
Instructions
- Pop all your ingredients in a blender or magic bullet (my preference) and pulse a few times. I find short bursts work well to break up the ice cream.
- Now give it a good whir.
- Pour into a glass.
- Serve with a big old red velvet smile!
Notes
If you want to make this with Red Velvet Ice Cream I have two recipes for it on my site. You can find one that uses cake mix in it. You can also find one that is red velvet with no cake added. I love red velvet ice cream. You can do so much with it.
Red Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches
Hope you have an awesome week. More giveaways and interesting posts coming at you later this week.
Toodles and smoochies! xx
Cydnee
My favorite milkshake is peach!
Kim Bee
I love peach! Good choice!
Amanda Thompson
I love chocolate-peanut butter milkshakes!!
Kim Bee
That'e one of my faves too.
Robin Chesser
My daughter adores red velvet in any shape or form!
Kim Bee
I feel the same way.
Meghan
You always put a smile on my face! I agree with every word you said & I see Valentine's Day as an opportunity to be even more pink and sparkles than I normally am... like I need an excuse 😉 I usually go for Baileys milkshakes, but I'm thinking red velvet is in my future! Looks so pretty too!
Kim Bee
Me too. I love pink so I like to post for Valentine's Day. But I sort of hate Valentine's Day. Lol!
Oh Bailey's would be fab!
Suzanne Perazzini
I agree it is a sad day for those without a Valentine in their lives. I was reading a blog today which said that in the Dominican Republic, the 14th is friendship day as well because there are all sorts of love. I think that is much kinder.
Kim Bee
I like the idea of Friendship Day. I just hate holidays that make people feel alone or make people that think they need to spend money they don't have. Weird little quirk. However I love "love". I have weird quirks, lol.
Kathy S
My favorite milkshake is vanilla. Happy Valentine's Day.
Kim Bee
Great choice.
Nikki
my favorite milkshake is plain vanilla
Kim Bee
Great choice Nikki.
Laura W
Chocolate is my favorite milkshake.
Kim Bee
Love chocolate shakes.
lynnie
This looks AMAZING!!!! YUM!!!Thanks for sharing 🙂
Kim Bee
Thanks for visiting and liking it.
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Chocolate peanut butter is my favorite flavor!
Kim Bee
Always a good choice. Chocolate is prefect with peanut butter.
Tara Noland
Chocolate/Banana!!! Woohoo!! Love it!!
Kim Bee
I love chocolate with banana.
Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love.
This looks dreamy, Kim! I think my favorite milkshake is cookies and cream!
Kim Bee
I love cookies and cream. One of my faves.
Kimberly P.
My favorite milkshake flavor is dulce de leche. So good!
Kim Bee
Oohhh.... I like the way you think.
Debbie Bray
chocolate is my favorite
Kim Bee
I adore chocolate.
Stephie @ Eat Your Heart Out
I can't blame you on wanting to hurl. I very recently broke up with someone...so I especially want to hurl this year. Not to mention I'm at a time in my life where I know about 2342343 of my facebook friends will be getting engaged on Thursday! Yikes. I'm happy for them...but I still want to hurl. 😉
I'm all about strawberry milkshakes all the way!
Kim Bee
Oh you poor dear. Life and love blow sometimes. No way to sugar coat that. I don't blame you for wanting to hurl. I know so many people love those wedding shows and I look at them and go "saps". Meanwhile I'm married. Not sure what that says about me. lol
Good choice.
MaryB
My favorite milkshake is vanilla bean. Happy Valentine's Day!
Kim Bee
Now that sounds super yummy!
kesha
My favorite milkshake is a moosetracks milkshake!
Kim Bee
Oh my gawd, I love moosetracks. I have a Moosetracks copycat ice cream recipe on my blog if you have an ice cream maker.
Kesha
I do have a ice cream maker! Yay:) I will be making your moose tracks recipe! I can't wait! I ate a moose tracks milkshake every morning when I was pregnant! They are AMAZING!
Kim Bee
I shall dig up the link. I did it on a guest post for a fellow Canuck friend. I'll find it tonight and pop it on here.
My first all I wanted was watermelon. My second I could not stand meat to the point of not going anywhere near the meat aisle in the store. Lol!
kesha
Oh I can not wait! Thank you for sharing it with me! My daughter loves it too! I might be a little selfish on this one though! I bet homemade Moosetracks is even better! With Ardin, I craved Moosetracks milkshakes every single morning! and also Strawberries and Boiled shrimp mixed together! I know how gross!!!!!
Kim Bee
Here's the ice cream link- http://www.theblackpeppercorn.com/2012/07/copycat-moosetracks-ice-cream-guest-post-from-cravings-of-a-lunatic/
Kristen
Thank you for all of that link love. You are such a sweetie, all Valentine's mush aside. I love ya all year long!!
As for milkshakes, I like chocolate peanut butter.
Kim Bee
You are most welcome. Send me the recent ones if you have time and I'll shoot the links into my Lunatic Loves post this Wednesday. Happy to spread the chocolate love.
This seems to be a popular choice.
Jill Hartley
Just a plain chocolate milkshake-- extra thick!!!
Kim Bee
Great choice. I add a bit of heavy cream in mine for added thickness. So good.
Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie
My favorite milkshake Has got to be peanut butter cup
Kim Bee
Peanut butter and chocolate seems to be a very popular choice.
charj
I have many favorite milkshakes, but chocolate malt ranks a little higher
Kim Bee
That's a great choice.
Kayle (The Cooking Actress)
Hahahaaaa so much hurling 😛
My fave milkshake is prob. peanut butter 🙂
Kim Bee
I know right.
Peanut butter seems very popular.
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The only thing I have to say is this recipe definitely does not make me wanna hurl. 😉 Fun post - thanks.
Kim Bee
Lol, thanks John.
Holly
How plain and boring but my favorite is a vanilla milkshake.
Really enjoyed the sentiments in your post-- well said!
Kim Bee
Thanks and great classic choice.
Terri
My favorite milkshake is peanut butter!
Kim Bee
I swear most people seem to be picking peanut butter. Very interesting indeed.
SprungAtLast
Mint chocolate chip, even though the chips get stuck in the straw!
Kim Bee
Great choice. You definitely need a super wide straw for that.
Marsha M. Los Angeles CA
I just love a good chocolate milkshake with a cheeseburger from In N Out burger.
Kim Bee
We don't have In N Out Burger here. I really want to try it though. Chocolate is such a classic.
Linda Parks
My favorite milkshake is red velvet!
Kim Bee
I love your choice.
Ramona
I love any milkshake.. any day. 🙂
Kim Bee
Your my kind of gal.
Barbara
Thanks, great giveaway! My favorite milkshake is vanilla. Happy Valentine’s Day!!!
Kim Bee
A very classic and tasty choice.
Jen at The Three Little Piglets
I feel the same way about Valentine's Day - and not just because I'm divorced! But it is a good excuse to eat lots of chocolate, and I'm game for anything like that! My favorite milk shake lately is a white chocolate mocha one. Which sounds sort of random after the last bit, but you asked!
Kim Bee
I hear you. It's just a weird day I think. Like you should only show someone you love them one day a year. Odd.
Oh that sounds yummy. Hope you are doing good lady.
Hester @ Alchemy in the Kitchen
Hahaha. I come from a country where one of our national games is hurling - a different sort to what you describe tho.
I completely agree with you on Valentine's Day. I'm converting to Generosity Day (next year - I've a rake of heartshaped cookies to get through first). You definitely are a romantic at heart - cute milkshake and love the icecream sandwiches.
Kim Bee
Lol Hester, I love that kind of hurling.
Thanks so much. I just like the idea of getting to play with red and pink food for a week. *giggles*
Cook In / Dine Out
My favorite milkshake is the Black Tiger, an espresso milkshake with whipped cream from the late Coffee People chain in Portland, Oregon, although I hear the drink has been kept alive by a coffee shop called Jim & Patty's run by the originators of Coffee People.
Kim Bee
Now that is impressive. It's great when folks keep good stuff going. Hate to think of a recipe becoming obsolete.
Christy @ My Invisible Crown
I WANT the recipe for those hearts!! When I click the photo though it just shows the photo only. Any way I can get the link? Love all your Valentine's Day inspired desserts.
Kim Bee
Hey Christy. Thanks for the heads up. None of the links were working properly so I appreciate you letting me know. It is now click friendly. You can also find it by going back one day from this post. I posted the recipe for it the day before this one so it would work if you hit older posts as well. Enjoy! xx
Jennifer Grimm
I love blueberry milkshakes with whipped cream!
Kim Bee
Now that is fabulous.
Lia Simpson
Chocolate malted milkshake
Kim Bee
Excellent choice.
Justin
Chocolate Peanut Butter Milkshakes are my fav.
Kim Bee
They really seem to be the fave of so many people. It's a great choice.
Samantha Remington
Chocolate is by far the best
Kim Bee
Me too. Love chocolate.
Tanya
I love banana blueberry milk shakes, but the other day I made an orange chocolate chip Icecream milkshake and I won't lie it was so good! Love xxx
Kim Bee
Both of those sound fantastic.
Dina
Mmmm.........love milkshakes! Mocha is my fav! 🙂 But I'm sure that the book will have my trying new flavours!! 😉
Kim Bee
Mocha is a great choice. The book has tons of recipes in it.
Shannon
My favorite flavor of Milkshake is Peppermint
Kim Bee
Nice choice. Peppermint is such a cool flavour.
Shannon
Thanks! It is refreshing!
Linda K.
Chocolate malted.
Kim Bee
Fabulous choice.
Courtney
I love Strawberry Cheesecake shakes!!
Kim Bee
Great choice.
Angie Smith
I would love to receive your recipes via email. Yummy!
Kim Beaulieu
Hi Angie. If you go up to the top of the screen on the right you'll see a pink box that says "subscribe and never miss a bite". If you enter your email in the box and hit "go" it will sign you up to get all the new recipes to your inbox. If you have any problems let me know. Happy to help if you hit a snaffu of any kind.
Tina W
I am a fan of chocolate malted shakes. (call me old school....)
And I am with you on the overhyped "holiday" making me want to hurl. My BF bought me roses on our first Valentines Day together. He now understands if he brings home roses, they damn well better be in a pot ready to be planted in the garden!
Nash Khan
This post cracked me up big time and I totally agree with you!