Mason Jar...as a Blender?!

Awhile back, I saw this. I promptly ran to my stash of mason jars and then ran to the kitchen to pull out my blender. I unscrewed the blade from the bottom of the blender jar and screwed it onto the mason jar, just to see if it fit. It DID. *cue happy Alina dance* 

I HAD to make something with this new discovery (just to see if it worked, you know...). Since I didn't have a whole lot on hand, I combined some ice cubes, chocolate syrup and half & half (I was even out of milk!). I screwed the blade on really well.

The size of your blade should match the lip of your jar exactly...otherwise, it's not the right size of jar! A word to the wise...your mason jar is going to be a lot lighter than your jar's regular jar, so hold it down really, really, really well. (I learned this the hard way...) Also, don't overfill your jar--you'll only want to fill it to about 2/3 full.

And there you have a personal serving size of smoothie, shake, whatever! Who needs a magic bullet?

This ended up tasting just like a frozen hot chocolate, by the way. Mmm!

Has anyone else discovered this amazing idea??