Cherry Julius Recipe

Confession:  I'm a cherry fanatic.  Cherries have been my favorite fruit for as long as I can remember.  I love cherry flavored everything.  I eat maraschino cherries straight from the jar.  I never turn down a cherry flavored Tootsie Roll Pop.  If it's cherry, I'm all about it.

I recently came across this recipe for a homemade Strawberry Julius & I wanted to make a cherry one.  I was trying to figure out a good alternative to the strawberry margarita concentrate when I saw these in my freezer:

I knew these things would be perfect for my little concoction! I ended up using three cherry juice bars for my Julius & it was so good!  A cherry Popsicle would probably work too.

While I was writing this out, I see that when I made mine, I forgot to add the water that the original recipe calls for!  I noticed my Julius was really thick & I added more milk & vanilla to thin it down. The water would have probably fixed that!

Cherry Julius
[Recipe inspired by Somewhat Simple's Strawberry Julius]

 Ingredients:

- 1 cup frozen cherries
- 3 frozen cherry juice bars (I used Minute Maid Juice Bars)
- 1 cup ice
- 1 cup milk
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions:

- Puree frozen cherries in blender
- Add all other ingredients & blend

PS:  This is not a sponsored post. I just like cherry flavored stuff that I buy with my own money :)