Thick Milkshakes w/Variations

By stancec44

Tips for the Perfect Milkshake

Chill the Tools: Before making a milkshake, place ice cream scoop, utensils, blender jug, and serving glasses in the freezer to get cold. This will help keep the thick creamy consistency while blending. Chill the milk and flavorings until cold, but not necessarily frozen.
Temper the ice cream: You want the ice cream to be scoopable. If frozen hard, it is easy to add too much milk to help with the blending. Too much milk will dilute the ice cream flavor and leave the milkshake runny.
Choose quality ingredients: There aren't many ingredients in a good milkshake, so make them the best quality you can. And opt for whole and fresh ingredients over syrups, for the best flavors.
Add milk slowly: To help avoid runny milkshakes, don't add all of the milk at once—add part of the milk to your blender to get things started, then add a little at a time to reach your preferred consistency. For adult-only versions, skip the milk and add a splash of your favorite liqueur.
Add a signature flavor: Add a piece of pie to the blend, or maybe some cookies or a candy bar. Be sure not to chop or crush your flavor mix-ins too small; leave them chunky since the blender will cut them down to size, too.
Make it special: Serve your milkshake in a classic soda fountain glass with a long spoon or straw. Don't forget to top it with whipped cream, a cherry, or additional cookies and candy mix-ins.

Ingredients

• 4 4 4 cups vanilla ice cream
• 2 2 2 cups ice (for thicker milkshakes, omit ice)
• 2 2 2 cups Milk
• 1 1 1 Tbsp. dry milk powder
• What you need: Ice cream, milk, flavorings of choice, a blender and our game-changing ingredient…milk powder.
• to you do: Add a few scoops of ice cream to your blender, your desired flavorings and a splash of milk (go easy, you can always add in more later). Next add a tablespoon of milk powder, blend low and slow and ta-da—milkshake perfection.

Preparation

Step 1

Cooking Instructions
Place all ingredients into blender jar and blend until smooth. Use less milk for thicker milkshakes, or adjust to personal taste. Pour into milk shake glasses and serve cold. Makes 4 milk shakes.

To substitute frozen yogurt for ice cream, decrease the milk to 1/2 cup and add more to reach desired consistency. Since frozen yogurt is usually softer than ice cream, it will not require as much liquid.

To make a malt, add 1 or 2 tablespoons of malted milk powder before blending together.

Variations

Strawberry Milkshake: Add 4 cups of fresh, hulled strawberries and 1 tablespoon of sugar (depending on berry sweetness) to ingredients above. Blend until smooth. For extra strawberry flavor, substitute strawberry ice cream for vanilla.

Strawberry Cheesecake Milkshake: Add 3 cups of fresh, hulled strawberries, and 4 ounces of cream cheese to ingredients above. Blend until smooth. Substitute vanilla bean or strawberry ice cream for extra flavor.

Grasshopper Milkshake (Chocolate Mint): Add 1 cup of chocolate syrup and 3 or 4 drops of peppermint extract to ingredients above. Blend until smooth. For more subtle mint flavor, substitute mint ice cream for vanilla.

Orange Pineapple Milkshake: Add 3/4 cup well-drained pineapple, 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract to ingredients above. Blend until smooth. For a more intense pineapple flavor, brush fresh pineapple slices with oil and grill until golden brown. Rough chop grilled pineapple and add to milkshake.

Banana Milkshake: Add 6 ripe bananas, 1 teaspoon vanilla to ingredients above. Blend until smooth. If desired garnish with ground cinnamon.

Dark Chocolate Cherry Milkshake: Substitute Dark Chocolate ice cream for vanilla. Add 4 cups pitted, Bing cherries and a tablespoon of sugar, depending on the sweetness of the cherries, to ingredients above. Blend until smooth. For a quick and easy chocolate cherry milkshake, blend 4 to 6 chocolate covered cherries into ingredients above.

Espresso Milkshake: Add 1/4 cup raw sugar, 1-1/2 heaping tablespoons instant coffee, and 1/2 cup vanilla syrup to the ingredients above. Blend until smooth.

White Chocolate Raspberry Milkshake: Blend together 1-1/2 cups fresh raspberries, 2 tablespoons sugar (depending on berry sweetness), 1 tablespoon lemon juice. If desired, strain to remove seeds and set aside. Blend together ingredients together with 1 cup, melted then cooled, white chocolate chips. Pour raspberry mix into blender and pulse a few times to create streaks of raspberry throughout the milkshake.

Hot Fudge Milkshake: Add 1/2 cup hot fudge sauce to ingredients above. Blend until smooth.

Coconut Milkshake: Add 1 cup lightly toasted coconut, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1/4 cup heavy cream, to ingredients above. Blend until smooth.

Lemon Crème Milkshake: Add 1 cup lemon curd to ingredients above. Blend until smooth.

Carmel Vanilla Bean Milkshake: Substitute vanilla bean ice cream for vanilla ice cream. Add 3/4 cup of caramel ice cream topping into ingredients above. Blend until smooth.

Dulce de Leche Milkshake: Dissolve 3 tablespoons of instant coffee into 1/4 cup of hot water and chill. Add chilled coffee and 1/2 cup of dulce de leche to ingredients above. Blend until smooth. Garnish with ground cinnamon.

Peaches and Cream Milkshake: Reduce milk in ingredients above to 1 cup and add 1 cup of half and half. Add 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla and 3 cups of fresh, peeled, pitted, and sliced peaches. Blend until smooth.