When I was 10, my best friend and I spent months creating our perfect strawberry-banana milkshake. We were so proud of our kitchen prowess! Over the years, I’ve added to my culinary repertoire but putting ice cream in a blender still fills me with joyful anticipation.
I decided to re-invent some of my favorite candies as milkshakes. What’s better than candy you can drink through a straw? Summer tastes so good!
These recipes make four servings, but you can scale them up or down accordingly.
1. Mounds milkshake recipe
Mounds are a combination of coconut and dark chocolate. Two great flavors that pair perfectly together.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup coconut ice cream
- 1 cup vanilla ice cream
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup coconut water
- 1/4 cup chocolate sauce (per serving)
- Whipped cream for garnish
Directions:
- In a blender combine the ice creams, milk and coconut water.
- Spoon chocolate sauce into each glass and swirl around, coating the sides.
- Pour the milkshakes into the prepared glasses. Top with whipped cream and an extra drizzle of chocolate sauce.
2. Twix milkshake recipe
Chocolate, caramel and cookies make a pretty perfect candy bar and a pretty perfect milkshake. Use any cookie you like; anything from graham crackers, ice cream cones or an actual Twix bar makes a delicious add-in.
Ingredients:
- 1 pint caramel ice cream
- 1-1/2 cups milk
- 1/3 cup chocolate sauce
- 2-4 cookies or Twix bars
- Whipped cream, chocolate sauce and caramel sauce for garnish
Directions:
- Blend together the ice cream, milk, chocolate sauce and cookies. Make sure the cookie pieces are blended up.
- Pour the milkshakes into glasses and top with whipped cream, a drizzle of caramel sauce, chocolate sauce and a piece of cookie or Twix bar.
3. Sour gummy peaches milkshake
If you like sour gummies as much as I do, you will be making this milkshake all the time. The key is to make a super-flavorful peach puree to help you turn regular ice cream into something so much greater.
Ingredients:
- 3-4 medium peaches or 16 ounces frozen peaches
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 teaspoon lemon extract or lemon oil
- 1-3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 – 1/2 cup water
- 1 pint vanilla ice cream
- 1-1/2 cups milk
- Whipped cream for garnish
Directions:
- Peel and slice the peaches. (If you are using frozen peaches, thaw the slices.) Combine the peaches with the juice of 1 lime, vanilla extract, lemon oil, sugar and 1/4 cup of water. The lemon extract or oil is really important because that’s what will give you that sour gummy flavor. You can adjust the sugar and the lemon depending on how tart you like it. If the peaches are very ripe 1 tablespoon of sugar will be plenty; if not, you can add more as needed.
- Place the peach mixture in a saucepan and cook over low heat for about 15 minutes. The peaches should be fork tender and the liquid should be syrupy. If the peaches look dry add a little more water as needed.
- Let the mixture come to room temperature and then blend it together to create a puree. Set aside the peach mixture and make the milkshake.
- Blend the ice cream and milk. Pour a little milkshake into the glass and top with a spoon or two of the peach mixture; create a few layers of peach and milkshake in each glass. Top with whipped cream.
4. Reese’s milkshake
Ingredients:
- 1 pint vanilla ice cream
- 1-1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1/3 cup chocolate sauce
- 4-6 Reese’s Minis
- Whipped cream for garnish
Directions:
- Blend together the ice cream, milk, peanut butter, chocolate sauce and Reese’s.
- Pour into a glass and top with whipped cream.
5. Candy mash-up milkshake
If you can’t decide which candy to use, try combining them all!
Ingredients:
- 1 pint ice cream (any ratio of vanilla, caramel and/or chocolate will do)
- 1-1/2 cups milk
- 2-4 tablespoons chocolate syrup
- 2-4 tablespoons caramel sauce
- 2-4 mini candy bars (I used a mini Snickers and a mini Kit Kat)
- Whipped cream for garnish
- Sprinkles and candy for additional garnish
Directions:
- Blend together the ice cream, milk, chocolate, caramel and candy bars.
- Pour into glasses and top with whipped cream, sprinkles and other candies.
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