Homemade Shamrock Shake Recipe
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Making your own Homemade Shamrock Shake is super easy and you can make it year-round! This popular green shake recipe is creamy, minty, and ready in five minutes.
Are you a fan of the McDonald’s Shamrock Shake when it makes an appearance near St. Patrick’s Day? I sure am but I rarely go the fast-food restaurant anymore. Making my own homemade minty milkshake at home means I can have it any time of the year! This copycat recipe has simple ingredients and several fun garnishes.
Creating the shamrock shake at home is super easy and while the recipe only makes one shake, it’s so easy to double it and make more. Since I am the only one who loves mint drinks and foods, this recipe is perfect. Plus, whipping it up in the blender takes less time than driving to the restaurant, ordering, and waiting.
Homemade Shamrock Shake
The copycat shamrock shake recipe is perfect for a St. Patrick’s Day dessert after feasting on corned beef and cabbage.
Because it’s a quick recipe, dessert doesn’t have to wait for hours or be made earlier in the day. But, I’m not opposed to making this Grasshopper Poke Cake to have with my mint milkshake!
Whether you top your shakes with whipped cream and a cherry, or drizzle chocolate (mint and chocolate, yes please!) and add sprinkles to the whipped topping, it’s a winner of a shake! Minty, frosty, creamy goodness made by you!
What Is A Shamrock Shake?
A Shamrock Shake is a mint flavored, green colored shake that has been an iconic drink at McDonald’s restaurants for over 50 years. Customers wait all year for Shamrock Shake to appear on the menu for a limited time around St. Patrick’s Day! I don’t have to wait anymore, since I can enjoy this any time of year, at home. You can, too!
What’s in the Shamrock Shake?
While McDonald’s recipe uses their soft serve ice cream and Shamrock shake syrup (with a list of ingredients in that), this homemade festive shake uses simple vanilla ice cream, milk, mint extract, and a couple of green food coloring drops. Of course, the garnishes such as the drizzle of chocolate syrup, whipped cream topping, and sprinkles are all optional.
Which do you use, peppermint or mint in this shake recipe?
I prefer to use the natural flavor of mint extract, as it has subtle hints of spearmint, whereas peppermint extract has a stronger taste. Mint is preferred in this recipe.
Ingredients
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- ¼ cup milk (whole milk is best)
- ¼ teaspoon mint extract
- 4 drops of green food coloring
- Chocolate syrup, for drizzling (optional)
- Whipped cream, for topping (optional)
- Green sanding sugar (optional)
- Maraschino cherry (optional)
- blender
How to make this homemade shamrock shake recipe
Step 1
In a blender add the ice cream, milk, mint extract, and green food and blend until creamy.
Step 2
Drizzle chocolate syrup into a glass. Omit this step if you prefer not to use chocolate.
Step 3
Pour the ice cream mixture in. Top with whipped cream, green sanding sugar, and maraschino cherry, if desired.
For this chocolate mint lover, the delicious taste of a shamrock shake makes an easy dessert for me.
Tips, Tricks, and FAQs
- This recipe makes one shake, but it’s so easy to double and make more.
- You can use food coloring or food gel coloring. The gel will be a brighter color so only a little is needed.
- If you are sensitive to food dyes, you can skip them. The shake will taste just as delicious.
- Want more mint flavor? Use ½ teaspoon of mint extract instead of ¼.
- Add a couple of Oreo cookies into the blender to make an Oreo Shamrock McFlurry.
- To make this a vegan shake: use non-dairy vanilla ice cream, non-dairy milk, and non-dairy whipped topping.
- Want thicker or thinner green milkshakes? Add ice cream or milk to get your desired consistency.
- You can even make this a boozy shake by adding a little of Baileys, Creme de Cacao, or Creme de Menthe.
- Use chocolate ice cream to make a chocolate shamrock shake.
- Since you can make this shake year-round, add red and green sprinkles for Christmas, red food coloring, and red heart sprinkles for Valentine’s Day.
- Enjoy this mint flavored shake with an appetizer of Irish Pub Style Potato Nachos.
A vanilla shake with minty flavor and a bit of green color is all it takes to make me remember the first time I had this shake as a child. It’s shamrock shake season any time of the year with this easy recipe!
Printable Homemade Shamrock Shake Recipe
Homemade Shamrock Shake Recipe
Equipment
- blender
Ingredients
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- ¼ cup milk (whole works best)
- ¼ teaspoon mint extract
- 4 drops green food coloring
Optional garnishes
- chocolate syrup
- whipped cream
- green sanding sugar
- Maraschino cherry
Instructions
- In a blender add the ice cream, milk, mint extract, and green food and blend until creamy.
- Drizzle chocolate syrup into a glass, and pour the ice cream mixture in. Top with whipped cream, green sanding sugar, and maraschino cherry, if desired.
Notes
- This recipe makes one shake, but it’s so easy to double and make more.
- You can use food coloring or food gel coloring. The gel will be a brighter color so only a little is needed.
- If you are sensitive to food dyes, you can skip them. The shake will taste just as delicious.
- Want more mint flavor? Use ½ teaspoon of mint extract instead of ¼.
- Add a couple of Oreo cookies into the blender to make an Oreo Shamrock McFlurry.
- To make this a vegan shake: use non-dairy vanilla ice cream, non-dairy milk, and non-dairy whipped topping.
- Want a thicker or thinner shake? Add ice cream or milk to get your desired consistency.
- You can even make this a boozy shake by adding a little of Baileys, Creme de Cacao, or Creme de Menthe.
- Since you can make this shake year-round, add red and green sprinkles for Christmas, red food coloring, and red heart sprinkles for Valentine’s Day.
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