Mint Julep Milkshake Food

THIN MINT MILKSHAKE

Steps:

• Put the ice cream, cookies and 1 cup of the milk in a blender and blend until smooth. Add more milk until the desired consistency is reached. Garnish with whipped cream if desired and crumbled thin mints. Serve immediately.

MINT CHOCOLATE JULEP SHAKE

Steps:

• Add bourbon and ice cream to a blender, and blend until smooth.
• Pour into a Julep cup, and top with whipped cream.
• Garnish with chocolate shavings and a mint sprig.

MINT JULEP MILKSHAKES

Steps:

• In a blender combine the mint ice cream, ice, and bourbon. Blend into a slushy consistency. Pour into a tall glass and top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Garnish with a big sprig of mint, sprinkled in powdered sugar.
• You can easily double or triple this recipe if you want to make more than one serving at a time for a group. You can just blend it all together and then separate out into glasses.

MINT JULEPS

Steps:

• Combine water, sugar and chopped mint leaves in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Allow syrup to cool, approximately 1 hour. Pour syrup through a strainer to remove mint leaves
• Fill eight cups or frozen goblets with crushed ice and pour 4 ounces of bourbon and 1/4 cup mint syrup in each. (Proportions can be adjusted depending on each person's sweet tooth). Top each cup with a mint sprig and a straw. Trim straws to just barely protrude from the top of the cups. Serve juleps on a silver platter.

MINT JULEP

Steps:

• Shake the bourbon, mint leaves and sugar syrup with ice and strain into a highball glass or julep tin filled with crushed ice. Churn gently with a long-handled spoon and top with more crushed ice. Garnish and serve.