Chocolate Peanut Butter Milkshake

I like to think of myself as a healthy person.  Many mornings, I start my day with a smoothie that contains three servings of fruit and seven of vegetables.  I cook balanced meals with real ingredients and fresh produce.  But every now and then, you need an indulgence.  Every now and then, you just want a milkshake.

I blame my wife.  She wanted a strawberry milkshake and french fries, and, being the good husband I am, I made her both.  But I don't like strawberry ice cream, so when I was at the store, I grabbed a pint of chocolate, too, just in case.  You never know when having a pint of chocolate ice cream in your freezer might come in handy.  When I put the ice cream in the freezer, I saw the bag of peanut butter cups that had been living there since Halloween.  It was a rainy Halloween night this year, and so, although we had prepared for an army of trick-or-treaters, we only received a trickle.  And so or freezer currently contains about two pounds of peanut butter cups, and, seeing them, I developed a plan.

Peanut butter and chocolate is my all-time favorite flavor combination, and I will eat it anytime, anywhere.  Those peanut butter cups sat in the freezer, taunting m

Tomorrow it's back to the fruit and vegetable smoothie, but at least my blender got out and lived a little first.

Chocolate peanut butter milkshake
Serves 1

1 c chocolate ice cream
2 T peanut butter
3 peanut butter cups
1/4 c milk

Place all ingredients in a blender, and blend until smooth.  If milkshake is too thick, add more milk until it reaches your desired consistency.