If you’re looking for a fun and tasty treat, try this easy homemade shamrock shake recipe! Surprise your family on St. Patrick’s Day with an easy to make Shamrock shake with a mint flavor like the shake you can get at your favorite fast food place!
Homemade Shamrock Shake Recipe
1 vanilla milkshake
1/4 tsp. mint flavoring or extract – start with less and add more to taste (Do not use peppermint flavoring– It isn’t the same)
6-8 drops green food coloring
Make up your favorite vanilla shake – I usually use about 2 cups of vanilla ice cream in a blender and keep adding milk until I get the thickness I want. If you get it too thin, then add more ice cream. If it is too thick, add more milk. (Careful, though– A little milk thins it a lot.) Different types of ice cream may make the flavor slightly different. You might try inexpensive and low fat ice cream to start with.
* Add some chocolate chips or shaved chocolate if you love chocolate and mint flavored chips or candy if you like.
Grizzly bear mom says
March 18, 2014 at 11:02 amSounds yummy. And half the price and calories as at McDonalds. And it won’t contain “yoga mat” ingredients among the 27 extra ingredients restaurants put in food that you and I wouldn’t.
What would peppermint do?
Jill says
March 18, 2014 at 11:42 amPeppermint just changes the flavor quite a bit. Both are good. You wouldn’t think it but they are two totally different flavors in the same way Wintergreen life savers and pep o mint life savers are different. The peppermint is really nice around Christmas time.