McDonald's Shamrock Shake

By srumbel

It's easy to recreate the flavors of McDonald's annual St. Patrick's Day shake using only four ingredients. The two that make this holiday shake special are the mint extract and green food coloring. Make sure your extract says "mint" and not "peppermint". And if you don't care to have shakes that are green like the real ones, you can forego the food coloring.

Source: Top Secret Recipes: Sodas, Smoothies, Spirits & Shakes by Todd Wilbur.

Ingredients

• 2 cups vanilla ice cream
• 1 1/4 cups low-fat milk
• 1/4 teaspoon mint extract (not peppermint)
• 8 drops green food coloring

Preparation

Step 1

1. Combine all the ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until smooth. Stop the blender to stir with a spoon if necessary to help blend the ice cream.

2. Pour into two 12-ounce cups and serve each with a straw.

Serves 2.

Update 3/14/17: For a thicker, mintier shake add only 1 cup of milk. If your blender can't mix it up, add 1/4 cup of milk at a time until it blends. Also, the new Shamrock Shakes have whipped cream and a cherry on top.


Did this as a group cooking activity with some middle schoolers and they all loved it! I did only put 1 cup of milk in it because it seemed thin when I made it at home before. Other than that, it turned out really well!