Shirley Temple Milkshake

Shirley Temples, Have you ever had one?......Have you ever even heard of them? Please, Por favor! Tell me that you have?!

As a little chica I dreamed of the days when mi mama told me that we were going out to a restaurant to eat.

I always pondered about the food that I was going to choose to eat, but the drink, my bebida of choice never changed. It was always a Shirley Temple with extra, extra cherries. 

The grenadine in the drink gave it a magical red color, the bubbly twang of the ginger ale always made me feel like I was drinking something way more grownup than just plain old chocolate milk. 

The grand finale was the white & red striped straw plunked in the middle of the glass aligned with plump, sweet maraschino cherries. 

I've made these very same drinks, with all their magical appeal but this time I gave them a little frozen twist.

One sip, may make you wanna tap dance in your chair, just like the curly topped-" Little Princess" whom this drink was named after!

                                                                        Ingredients ♥

2 scoops vanilla ice cream
ginger ale soda
1/4 cup of grenadine
1/4 cup of maraschino cherry juice ( and some cherries too)

                                                                        Directions ♥

Pour 1/4 cup of Grenadines syrup plus 1/4 cup of maraschino cherry juice in a tall ice cream soda glass or a mason jar.  Whisk with a fork, ( or if you'd prefer, stick everything in a blender)then slowly, while still whisking, add ginger-ale soda until the glass is three-quarters full. Add 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream, add soda to the top of the glass, and serve with a spoon and a straw stacked with maraschino cherries.  I added a few red sprinkles just to add a little more pretty, and an extra scoop of vanilla ice cream but they are totally up to you!

Cherry Mexican Raspado

What happens on a Saturday morning, when you wake up to rain, then hours later that rain turns to drizzle, that drizzle turns into huge beautiful quarter sized snowflakes.

Then within an instant the heavens open up and the whirlwind of weather turns the romantic snow scene into a snow/rain/ice fusion also known as hail.

So what do you do when God decides to give you all you can eat perfectly sized frozen chunks of ice?  Well, you grab some plastic cups fill them to the brim with frozen sky pour in some cherry juice infused with grenadine, toss on a couple of plump cherries and make yourself a " luscious"
Cherry Mexican Raspado. 

Yours may not come with the heavens stamp of approval like mine, but it will taste heavenly and that's almost just as good!


The word raspado derives from the Spanish word raspar- which means to scrape.

If you've never heard of a Mexican Raspado, it's kind of like an Italian ice, but the ice is much more coarse and they can be made into so many yummy flavors.....which include cupcake! 

Well not exactly cupcakes, but I loved these icy treats so much I did make them into cupcakes.

You can see them here and find out a little more about " El Senor Raspado" and his delicious raspado flavors!

So you have to entender ( understand) that my shaved ice was truly a pure gift from El Cielo, so I used quick ingredients from my kitchen.  I will give you my super simple recipe

                                                         Ingredients
shaved ice
grenadine syrup
cherry juice
maraschino cherries

                                                        Directions
1. Quickly run out your back door and find the cleanest, freshest batch of ice you can find. If you weren't lucky enough to have the heavens provide the ice, then you can put some crushed ice into a blender.

2.Start with about 1 to 2 cups of crushed ice. Once you have the ice in the blender, you should also add 1 1/2 cups of water into the blender.

3.Next, you need to turn on the blender and blend the ice and water together. Make sure not to keep blending until the mixture is liquid. Check the consistency of the mixture and you can add ice as needed. You want the mixture to have the consistency of shaved ice.

4. Once your ice is ready, scoop it into cups and pour your grenadine in and next your cherry juice sprinkle on a few cherries and VOILA! Your very own nature made raspadito!

Okay and now here's one that takes a little bit longer but sounds super delicious!  

Cherry Lime Raspado