Dear Pseudo-Chef,
I used to work near a healthy takeout restaurant in Boston's Back Bay called b.good. They used to make a delicious chocolate peanut butter milk shake called the Drunk Elvis. Any suggestions as to how one might make such a shake at home? I've been craving one since this morning's healthy but non-chocolate smoothie. –- Susanna, MA
Hey, I know that joint. I wrote a little piece about it back in 2004 when it first opened.
So, since that shake sounded so good, and I seriously doubted my ability to crack their code, I asked the owners for the recipe. They were happy to oblige. When co-owner Jon Olinto sent it over, he added, “I can only hope that before you post the recipe, you'll test it at home and vomit all over yourself.”
Thanks, Jon. I surely did. And it was awesome.
Drunk Elvis
6 oz. milk
6 scoops non-fat vanilla frozen yogurt (about 1½ cups)
3 Tbsp. Teddie all-natural, smooth peanut butter
3 Tbsp. Hershey's chocolate syrup
1 banana
Blend in blender until smooth. Serves 2. Oh, who am I kidding? Served 1. (Garnish at your own discretion.)
b.good, 131 Dartmouth St., Boston, 617-424-5252; 24 Dunster St., Cambridge, 617-354-6500
AAH! I can't tell you how excited this makes me! So excited that on this 22-degree day, I plan on running out to the grocery to buy Teddie PB and one banana so I can have this for dinner.
YUM.
Posted by: squeezyB | January 25, 2007 at 03:53 PM
This reminds me of when I was training for the marathon a few years ago. At the end of our long training runs my friend G (that's actually what I call him, what up, G?) used to make me the best best strawberry peanut butter smoothies - so awesome.
Posted by: Julie | January 25, 2007 at 03:55 PM
Marathon? Are you crazy, woman? Of course, you could probably down 4-5 smoothies at a time with that kind of metabolism. On second thought, J, you're pure genius.
It's worth it squeezyB. Enjoy!
Posted by: Tammy | January 25, 2007 at 05:17 PM
No booze? Pshaw.
Ah, well. I can fix that.
I'm thinking Jackie D.
Peanut butter mudslide.
Posted by: cookiecrumb | January 25, 2007 at 07:58 PM
Excellent.
Posted by: Tammy | January 25, 2007 at 08:13 PM
I can confirm that the recipe is barely enough for one! But then again, in my younger days I could put away one of those original Awful Awful's at Friendly's and have a go at the second one you got free if you could finish the first!
Posted by: Dad | January 25, 2007 at 08:59 PM
Was the Awful Awful the equivalent of a Fribble back in the olden days?
Posted by: Tammy | January 26, 2007 at 08:40 AM
Funny! The promotion on the Awful Awful was that you couldn't finish it (hence the second one free if you did). The Fribble is a mere shadow of what the bigger and thicker Awful Awful used to be circa 1965.
Posted by: Dad | January 26, 2007 at 05:22 PM
hey - Im a fan of old food and food packaging/advertising - does anybody have images of old Awful Awful ads or glasses - or possibly know how far back the Fribble goes back at Friendlies - thanks
Pete (mankatt@aol.com)
Posted by: Pete | March 01, 2008 at 08:15 PM