Traveling to Blogher and HLS coupled with marathon training has put a big damper on date night with Ben. So we decided to have a mid-week date. We walked to a local Peruvian place.
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If you’ve had Peruvian food you know that the green sauce they give you to start is amazing and the burritos paris are unforgettable. I drank it straight from the bottle after the bread was gone.
Ben got the beef heart as an appetizer. That is super adventurous to me!
I got the soup and salad. The salad was boring. The bean soup was delicious! 
I stole a few bites of Ben’s saltado de mariscos. 
On they way home I suggested we pass by Sonic to see if anything jumped out at me for dessert.
I was scouring the menu when a sign caught my eye – I literally gasped like I spotted Santa on Christmas morning! My mind was made up –
Pumpkin Pie Shake!!!
I got it without whipped cream because I think it’s a waste. Ben thinks that is sad.But they still topped it with extra pie crust (the best part of the pie!).
I knew I was in Heaven 
I will be recreating this tomorrow (and everyday there after).
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Ohgosh. Very strange that I always thought SONIC was a pretend burger joint. Ha! We do not have those here. Will Google it.
What did Ben order???? NO! Gee. Can’t believe he would eat that.
On the other hand, Monica, I hope the bean soup was not made w/beef bones and other similar (ugh) animal parts. I cannot stomach it. Think about it. Anything.
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CURSE MICHIGAN FOR NOT HAVING SONIC ANYWHERE NEAR ME! I am sooooooooooooo jealous and sad!!!!! Needless to say this will be my first stop when I got there next month! Please enjoy one for me!!!
I love fall and get so excited every year when Pumpkin Pie blizzards come to DQ. I must find a way to recreate them myself too.
i welcome fall…bring all things pumpkin
i have to agree with ben when it comes to whipped cream. i’m obsessed with the stuff. if we have it in the house and don’t have ice creams…i just put a bunch in a mug and eat it plain. yes i’m crazy. i also top my green monsters with it 🙂
you can see why i don’t buy it that often…
I totally find whipped cream to be a waste. It just takes away from whatever is truly awesome beneath it. UNLESS that thing is actual pumpkin pie. Then whipped cream just takes to a whole new level!
OMG – is it fall/the holiday season already?!?! Please post the recipe for your recreated shake because it sounds delish and there’s no Sonic where I live! And I agree -whip cream is a waste (I’d rather eat my calories in cookie form!).
Totally crestfallen (love that word). I have no Sonic near me. I’m thinking vanilla yogurt, canned pumpkin, milk, pumpik pie spice, ice sounds yummy. 🙂
UM…pumpkin pie shake….say what?!?!? MUST GET TO SONIC IMMEDIATELY! Those are two of my favorite things in one. LOVE!
Ahhh, loooove the green sauce at Peruvian restaurants!! Now I want rice and beans and green sauce.
Haha, typical blogger pumpkin dessert!
How do you balance treats like that in your diet? Do you share with Ben? Cut back in other areas? Or just enjoy it and not do anything different?
PUMPKIN IS EVERYWHERE!!! (cannot wait to see your own pumpkin shake creation!) Seriously, it’s like September 1st hit and BAM its’s all Fall stuff everywhere you go! Autumn is my favorite season by far but when I walked into Pier One yesterday and saw a huge HALLOWEEN display… that was pushing it. Halloween is two months away! I feel like once it’s October 1st the Holidays just start coming by one after the other like on a conveyor belt or something…. like multiple holiday pies, one after the other.
I have had way too much coffee this morning.
It is offically fall. Everything pumpkin is starting to come out!! HOORAY!
that. shake. looks. amazing.
I can’t believe all the pumpkin stuff that is already out! It has definitely been cooling down, but it doesn’t feel ready for fall just yet :-).
I agree on the whipped cream, except when it comes on a mocha. Then I eat it all off the top with a spoon, haha.
That shake sounds amazing! So glad fall is here. I had a pumpkin spice piece of bark yesterday. Holy wow, it was good! I also found pumpkin caramel corn at Cost Plus. I love all things pumpkin.
I do love the idea of a pumpkin shake, minus the dairy. I wonder if anyone has a recipe for one… Mama Pea, maybe. I am going to take a look!
that bag is adorable! must go to target today!!!!! and that shake looks divine, i love fall and all the pumpkin flavored foods!
Oh man – we have a Sonic within walking distance – may have to walk there and back just to burn some extra calories for the shake 😉 LOVE anything pumpkin!
Mmm! I want that Pumpkin Spice milkshake!!! 😉
I’ve never had Peruvian food but I hear its soo good.
Pumpkin Pie Milkshake!!! Sign me up! 🙂
Oooh, a pumpkin pie shake! Sounds delicious. I’m with you, though. Whipped cream is a waste. Glad you and Ben had the opportunity to spend some time together!
Oooh, I can’t wait to see the recreation! I loveee pumpkin anything 🙂 I’ve never been to a Peruvian restaurant- what’s the green sauce?! Like a pesto?
I’ve never had pumpkin pie! It’s not really something we eat in Ireland. I’m clearly missing out!
OMG I freaked out when I saw that Sonic has a Pumpkin Pie milkshake! Yes, it’s definitely full of calories, but it’s just one of those things I have to splurge on once a season 😛 (or once a week. Whatever).
Oooh, I can’t wait to hear more about your recreated version as well. There’s a Sonic about 5-6 miles away from me over in Fullerton, but I have a feeling that shake is more calories than I probably want to “spend” on it. 😉 I make Pumpkin Pie smoothies occasionally to satisfy my pie shake cravings.
It does sound wonderful. You make it at home, then tell me how.