grandma susie's chocolate milkshakes

grandma susie says that the advantage of being a grandma is that when all your granddaughters come to visit you can produce fabulous chocolate milkshakes topped with excessive amounts of squirty cream and extra chocolate. we spent a glorious sunny week at grandma susie's indulging in such treats!

the advantage of writing a blog about chocolate is that when we get home we have an excuse to recreate them and earn big brownie points with our girls!

cocoa bean's hot chocolate mixes are great for this recipe and this is a great alternative way to use them in this fabulous hot weather; the cinnamon and chilli ones make a cool variation.

cool chocolate milk shakes

(serves 4 if parents are making them

or 2 if grandma is...)

5 tbsp chocolate drops

2 tbsp vanilla sugar

1 tbsp cocoa powder

2 tbsp chocolate icecream

1 pint of cold milk

squirty cream

place the chocolate, sugar, cocoa and a little milk in a saucepan and gently heat until the chocolate melts and the sugar dissolves.

remove from the heat and whisk in the icecream and remaining milk.

pour into glasses top with the cream and adorn in the most fanciful ways with straws, umbrellas and chocolate shavings.