We all scream for ice cream!

Many moons ago the Big Guy and I were invited to a New Year’s Eve party at the old Media Club in downtown St. Louis. The specialty drink of the evening was a frozen brandy alexander.  It tasted like an excellent milk shake, but with a kick!

I hadn’t really thought about the drink again until we started dreaming up a fun drink for our immediate family for the holidays.  While the basic ingredients are brandy, crème de cacao and half and half, we decided to substitute the half and half with French vanilla ice cream.  To make it extra festive, we added a skewer of a special chocolate dessert from my bonus daughter in law.  YUM!

We are now thinking about making a grasshopper in the same fashion since the only added ingredient is crème de menthe.  I can’t wait to come up with another drink, perhaps with Chambord, so we can have a trio of ice cream drinks in red, white and green for the holidays!

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