Pina Colada Milkshakes

My parents told me that the first milkshake I ever tasted was a pineapple milkshake.

The idea of that has always disgusted me just a little bit.  Pineapple in a milkshake?  I have trouble believing I enjoyed that.  Maybe I disliked it so much that my moral stance of fruit not belonging in ice cream began then.  

Unless, of course, that fruit. is in ice cream. that is in a tropical drink. that contains rum...

Brilliantly, I made Coconut Frozen Yogurt.

Then, brilliantly again, I thought, "Milkshake!"

Unfortunately, I was then out of coconut frozen yogurt (read:  I ate it.)

So I took a trip to the store, and then I made a milkshake.  You can make this with coconut ice cream or frozen yogurt, if you have it.  OR, you can can do what I did and use vanilla ice cream with a splash of coconut milk.

I can't explain the flavor.  It is tropical.  It is Bahama-like.  It is very un-Alaskan.  I think that's why I like it.

Because really, if you left it up to Alaskans, we'd all be drinking salmon-flavored milkshakes.

Also, you can easily adapt this into a non-alcoholic drink.  I mean, really, you can't go wrong with a milkshake of any kind!  (Unless it is salmon-flavored).  

Pina Colada Milkshake
for each milkshake

1 cup vanilla frozen yogurt or ice cream
1/4 cup pineapple chunks
2 T. pineapple juice
2 oz. (1 shot) rum
2 oz. (1 shot) coconut rum
2 T. coconut milk, more if needed until desired thickness is reached
1 T. sweetened coconut for garnish.

Mix everything together in the blender.  Yum!

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