I have a super power. I can look at a sad, understocked, and unloved fridge… and find a dessert in it. You have the bottom scrapings of the peanut butter jar, a bit of powdered sugar, and some random chocolate chips? Dessert. You have honey and walnuts? I think there’s something we can do there. You have marshmallows? Um… that’s totally dessert. You’d be surprised of the wonders you can work with strawberry jam. Bacon can be salty dessert. Bake it with brown sugar, you big dummy. Granola? Put that on anything and drizzle it with honey. Barbecue sauce!? Wait… only if you’re desperate. Capers? No… those aren’t ever dessert. Maybe I’ve gone too far.
Here’s a dessert that came from my (slightly) understocked fridge. Ok.. truth be told, I had lemon sorbet in my freezer. Maybe that doesn’t exactly count as understocked… but maybe I’ve just spoiled myself. I mixed tart lemon flavors with creamy milk and crunchy graham crackers. The result is a no muss, no fuss, anytime dessert-y good time.
This is another one of those loose recipe situations. Life doesn’t always require lists. Let’s just go with it.
Grab a blender and a pint of tart lemon sorbet. Blend sorbet with about 2/3 cup of milk. I used a few splashes over 2/3 cup. Once milkshake is blended smooth and thick, add a hearty handful of crumbled graham crackers. Stir with a spoon. Spoon the milkshake into 4 small glasses. Top with whipped cream and more graham cracker crumbled. Eat with a spoon and big ol straw. Enjoy immediately. Recipe makes about 2 1/2 cups of milkshake.
It’s creamy, bright , crunchy, DELICIOUS!
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Hello Joy the Baker,
W O. W. I am speechless right now… (trust me it happens on an extremely rare basis). I just happen to have several pints of lemon sorbet in my freezer(s) already, and the remaining ingredients necessary are in my embarrassingly full pantry.
Okay, besides the fact that I am NOT literally speechless right now, I did come down here to the review section to tell you that while I have noticed your name and your cooking blog many times, I haven’t actually made any of your recipes yet. I see now that it has been my loss. You see, I have a gift for quickly reading through a recipe and being able to tell if it’s going to be a good one or not. Regardless of how many ingredients it has or how complex or simple it is. And the verdict on your recipe for Lemon Meringue Pie Milkshakes? Simply brilliant…and delicious!
I will be whipping these babies up as soon as I post this message, so I gotta go now. Right now! Thanks so much; I’ll write another review after I’ve made them and we are in pucker heaven d(:’>)
sounds so good I can’t wait to try. I try to work with what I have to and sometimes it forces me to come up with the coolest stuff!
oooh! I am SO going to try and vegan-ize this! It looks amazing – then again, everything you make looks ah-mazing! I was wondering what kind of camera you use to photograph your food…?
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We would LOVE to hear what you think of it :)
OK, kids…These were UH-maaaazing. (and it took about 5 mins. to make!) Go make these, NOW. you won’t regret it!
How bout Buh Nana bread with Nutella??? Yumm
This is the second pie inspired milkshake I’ve seen in the past couple of days (Pumpkin Pie Shake was the other one). Seriously genius, combining two of my favorites things!
Oh, I must make these. I don’t have any ingredients (well, except milk). Maybe I can buy more lemons on the way home and make it with lemon curd and vanilla ice cream. It is totally doable, and my mouth would be super happy!
These are a great idea! My whole family love their lemon meringue pies so these would go down a treat. It’s funny how sometimes the ideas borne from desperation (for dessert) usually turn out the best.
Genius! Lemon meringue anything!
BTW, I don’t facebook, but do comment now and then…
Thank god for your superpowers! Lovely dessert!
This is insane. In a good way! I don’t think there’s ever been a more beautiful milkshake!
It seems to be “kitchen scrapping” time eh? I did the same thing, but not with desserts…. pulled together enough ingredients for a tomato cobbler last night.
The best recipes are created when the fridge is empty… necissity being te hmother of invention, and all. I love this one! I haven;t had amilkshake all summer, how sad is that? I wonder if this would work with the key lime sorbet in my frezzer… key lime pie milkshake? sounds good to me!
You’ve inspired me to look in the deepest corners of my fridge/freezer…..I’m a little scared and a little excited too.
xo
Cortnie
SOOOO Love anything lemony.Dont know what it is about a jar,but it seems to make anything you eat or drink taste better.I dont think my boyfriend will get mad at me having ANOTHER recipe to add to my list after he tries this.As the saying goes “The best way to a persons heart is thru there stomach “.Thanks for all the GREAT recipes.
Oooh seems like the most accurate response.
Hi Joy!
I love your blog! This Lemon Meringue Pie Milkshake looks sooo good!!! Can I have some? haha
Thanks – KK
You most certaintly do have super powers to make desserts out of a not so fully stocked pantry/fridge. I’m still working on mine!
Also, not only do I love lemon desserts, but desserts in mason jars are the best. Thanks for the awesome idea :).
Well I know what I’m having for lunch! Just so happens we have all that in the kitchen! Yay!
*hugs*
Wow, super power is right. These look ah-mazing!
Oh man, these look to die for! And that’s a pretty good magical power to have. Sometimes I feel like I have that power with dinner (just the other night I could swear we had no food and then made some slammin’ rice and beans with spicy mango slaw) but I wish I could come up with yummy desserts like this :-)
what the what! this looks insanely delish must make now!
Usually I shy away from milkshake recipes, only because I can never figure out the whole ice cream to milk ratio. I love the simplicity of this one, plus that amazing lemon-y flavor! Of course, the bad news is that slurping milkshakes on a daily basis has just become a much closer reality for me. Which will be delicious, but I’ll have to buy a new wardrobe. :D
I love your creativity to put this recipes together!! :)
This does sound delicious. I have been craaaving lemon meringue pie for months! And have just been too lazy to make it myself. But I could do this…easy as pie. No, easier!
I like your moves.
Tonight I had rando-dinner. If you have pasta, some olive oil and some garlic – GAME ON. Red pepper flakes? We must be kindred spirits.
Heart you, Joy. I heart you.
Once upon a time I worked at a 50’s style diner where I wore a sea foam green polyester uniform (think the sitcom “Alice”). We served decadent pies (lemon meringue, coconut cream, chocolate cream, etc.) and soda fountain creations (milkshakes, italian sodas, etc.). Occasionally we’d have an imperfect piece of pie (oops, how did that happen?) that we couldn’t serve to customers. At first those got scarfed down by waitstaff equipped with a barrage of forks. Then one day someone had the brilliant idea of blending a piece of pie into a milk shake.
Oh yum.
Good thing I don’t work there anymore.
oh my gosh. these are my dream. now i just need to work on a non-dairy version so i can share with the bf.
Love milkshakes and love lemon but have never had a milkshake made with lemon sorbet. Must try this.
I can definitely relate to being a dessert MacGyver. I have been known to throw something together with some fruit and assorted leftovers (ice cream, cookies, meringues, etc.). Comes with having a serious sweet tooth.
this looks delicious!!! What a great idea.
Oh heavens YES!!!
Is it okay if I add vodka to make it an ‘adult’ drink??? Wait! Don’t answer that, I’m going to do it no matter what you say!
I like how it is a ‘no fuss’ recipe! Mmmm!
this looks amazing!!! thank you!
Ohmygoodness yes. You know what else I have in the freezer beside the lemon sorbet? Limoncello. Yes, that’s happening tonight. Thank you!
I have some beautiful key limes that are begging to grow up and turn into sorbet, then marry graham crackers and go off on a whipped cream honeymoon.
holy molY. This looks amazing!!!
I am in LOVE with this dessert!
Ommmgshhh….you ARE supernatural! haha! This looks delicious~
I love the naming of this milkshake, especially if it was as impromptu as the dessert itself! This morning I made pancakes and my husband asked me, so what’s the name of these pancakes? And I was like, um, pancakes. And he said, no! every food has a name! I was impressed that he has caught on to that fact . What’s in a name — for food bloggers, like everything. Lemon meringggggue… totally rolls off the tongue, just like sipping a milkshake. I love it. Thanks for your endless creativity!
high five!
YES, dessert can be a spoon o’ PB and choco chips. but your milkshakes are wayyy better than that ;)
Joy, that looks beautiful and refreshing! It’s still triple digits here in the desert and this might just be what gets me through the rest of summer! Brilliance, as always!
Joy! You’ve got skillz. This looks like a total dreamy dreamboat.
P.S. I think I need to call into Homefries! I’ve got a question!
call us!!!
Joy–everyday you cease to amaze me. Dang. freaking. Gina. Joy.
I’m going to the store right now. I’m not even joking. Thanks for being amazing <3
I love lemon and the milkshakes look fantastic! Yum. This is a very valuable super power you’ve got.
Seriously genius. My mom loves lemon meringue pie. I think I’ll surprise her with this shake. She’ll think you’re a genius too.
You are a genius. Period.
Wonderful dessert, fresh and very yumm
xo
You should totally write a serie of posts about an understocked fridge. I still live with my parents, and it happens too often not to find even milk: I’m craving for recipes for understocked fridges…
When it comes to milkshakes, I usually stick strictly to chocolate and relegate everything else to the lower level of “smoothies.” But this … this I might have to allow into the upper eschelon. :) It looks AMAZING. Maybe if I make this, I can convince myself that summer isn’t quite over yet.
Your superpower sure beats being able to shoot laser beams out of your eyes. Unless you have a sudden need to fry an egg on the sidewalk during the dead of winter, of course. :D This sounds soooo good. I love anything lemon. I’m trying this as soon as I can get my hands on some sorbet.
Yum! I think my husband has that skill too, I’m always trying to talk him out of making dessert!
Oooh, I love the idea of a Lemon Meringue Milkshake! Thanks for sharing, Joy! :)
I think I need to go get some lemon sorbet. That looks heavenly!
Lemon and graham crackers? I will be trying this….soon. It’s perfect for Labor Day!
Is it common for people to consume milkshakes with spoons? I have always thought of it as something you drink. Unless, of course, you prefer milkshakes on the very, very thick side, in which case, a spoon would be quite handy. Anyhow, I was just curious.
I’m so glad you’re putting your super power to good use by sharing these awesome recipes accompanied by tantalizing photos.
aahhh this looks so amazing! I love lemon meringue pie, so to drink it in a smoothie would be awesome!
…Oh Joy, will you marry me? Seriously? ;o)
…This is just the cat’s meow! I have to go to the market later so lemon sorbet is on my list! Thank you for the inspiration!
…Enjoy your holiday!
…Blessings :o)
I’ve decided I want to be you. Seriously.
i’m crazy…. just fyi.
I’ve never heard of making a milkshake with sorbet. Awesome idea, and then if you are feeling guilty (but who would, right?) you can just call it a fruit smoothie!
totally between smoothie and milkshake!
that would be great during those hot summer days! hmmmm
I never thought of lemon in a milkshake – and I love the addition of graham cracker crumbs. Also, I’m going to find a way to use capers in a dessert.
looks so yummy!!!!!!
Oh I wish I had your talent of whipping up deliciousness from the dregs in the fridge. I’m the opposite— I got out and come back with an $$$ bag of supplies for every passing whim.
This milkshake is something I would never have thought of, but my family would love. Great end of summer idea.
I beg to disagree. Lists are always necessary. Not to be followed to the letter – where’s the fun in that? – but covered in ticks and crosses and exclamation marks. And things already done, for added satisfaction!
Your milkshake looks very dangerous… xx
What a fantastic way to improvise and make dessert!
Genius! I should totally try to create something cool like this with my leftover ingredients. I’m always scared I will get something inedible…
Mmmm this sounds lovely. I like lemon anything, but have never had a lemon milkshake! Silly me.
Joy! Is it weird that I’m not the biggest fan of lemon meringue pie, but Im dying to make THIS?!
That sounds yummy! But… where’s the meringue…??
I love lemon meringue anything and the idea of it in a milkshake? Perfect!
Oh my gosh! I want that superpower.
Joy, I love your site! Oh and in Italy this drink really exists except in addition to milk they add Prosecco and it’s called Sgroppino. It’s delish!
GET. OUT!
Best superpower ever!!
Holy. Bananas. I bet it isn’t even that fattening because it is mostly lemon sorbet, AND it has a serving of fruit (sorbet counts right?).
If only I lived in a country where it was warm enough to even consider making this.
Lovely!
Jess
xx
I have a lot of things in my freezer right now, but no lemon sorbet. Dang it all.
WHAT???!!! In a MILKSHAKE??!!
OMG, I think I’ve died and gone to heaven, Joy!!!
Hi Jo! This looks lovely! I made lemon meringue pie a few weeks ago but the filling didn’t firm up like it was supposed to. I was thinking of making it again- but then I saw this. And a light bulb popped up over my head… haha. Thanks for the recipe ;)
forget the pie… go milkshake!
These sound amazing and so refreshing. I’m also envisioning a kind of key lime pie milkshake with lime sorbet instead….yum. Inspirational as per always Joy, thanks!
LOL @ capers for dessert? Can’t wait to try this Joy. I love having you for inspiration!
You truly do have superpowers. The best part of this recipe? You can have lemon meringue pie in 5 minutes flat. Oh deary me.
Joy! You are after my heart I tell you. It’s about 5pm here and that milkshake look like it should be my dinner tonight.
i like your style!
This is just killing me right now! I’m sitting in my classroom in Tokyo where it is hot and humid, I’m 6 months pregnant and now totally craving one of these. Yum!
I am the queen of inventing desserts, too. It’s really all I make anymore that gets mentioned on my blog b/c it’s just so much more exciting to blog about white chocolate chips than white potatoes.
If I have a can of sweetened condensed milk, marshmallows, choc chips…oh, the possibilities are just…endless for me!
I love that you doctored up lemon sorbet.
And that 1st image..spectacular shot!
That looks like heaven in a cup. Your super power is awesome!
I love lemon, always so refreshing. Sounds delish. I’d love to see a new cupcake recipe on your blog. I made your chocolate buttercream this past weekend. It was to die for.
WOW! This so sooo good!
Now I’m craving milkshakes at 12:30 am. Not good!
Yum! This sounds so good and really simple. I’m going to make myself a milkshake now! I love marshmallows, especially heated in the microwave with peanut butter and chocolate.
A perfect way to rock out the end of summer!
I SO wish I had some lemon sorbet in my freezer right now. That sounds delicious!
That sounds amazing!
first the lemon meringue cookies, and now this??? I am so pleased that my favorite dessert is so versatile. Totally picking up some lemon sorbet to make this with, even if it means I’ll be eating ramen the rest of the week (curse you, college budget and my desires to make wonderful things!)
That is probably the best super power to have. I’m texting my boyfriend right now to pick up some lemon sorbet. I’m not really sure how long I can wait before I try this!