Shamrock Shake
Shamrock Shake is a minty milkshake made popular by McDonald’s. It makes an appearance every year as St. Patrick’s Day approaches. We made it more delicious with added chocolate syrup.
This recipe is a re-post from my son Brooks (RecipeBoy) from 2012– when he was just 10 years old. He started this blog in 2011, so this was one of the first recipes he made in the first year of writing RecipeBoy.com. I updated a few of the photos, and will leave most of his original text following here…
The Shamrock Shake:
St. Patty’s Day is coming soon on March 17th, so I’m sharing a popular McDonald’s menu item, a Shamrock Shake. You will want to make one of these! My dad you used to drink Shamrock Shakes when he was a kid and that was like centuries ago. And, oddly enough, they still make Shamrock Shakes today!
The thing that sets my Shamrock Shake apart from the McDonald’s one is that mine has no added chemicals OR preservatives! McDonald’s adds a weird green syrup. I don’t do that! Also I use low-fat ice cream, non-fat milk and a nice chocolate syrup swirl. Just like veins of gold sometimes run through quartz, veins of chocolate run through my Shamrock Shake.
How to make a Shamrock Shake:
- Put your muscle into your frozen ice cream, and scoop with all your strength and drop it into the blender jar.
- Don’t let your Dad hug you in the middle of a recipe. That’s my dad, squeezing all of the air out of my lungs.
- Add 8 drops of Green Food Coloring + milk + mint extract, and then blender time!
- Before you put the Shamrock Shake in the glass, you need to create your veins of chocolate by squeezing the bottle of chocolate syrup while rotating the glass.
Then you can pour the shake into a glass. This recipe makes 2 shakes. After you have poured the shake in the glass, you may want to add a little more chocolate syrup on top. The veins just aren’t enough for me because I love chocolate and mint together!
And there they are!
Give your Shamrock Shakes a VERY generous amount of whipped cream on top.
That’s what I call a delicious Shamrock Shake! If you can’t find a McDonald’s near you that serves these, I suggest you make my version of a Shamrock Shake. I take that back now because it should be the other way around: if you can’t find the ingredients for my recipe at the store, use McDonald’s as a LAST resort. Plan to make these for St. Patrick’s Day (along with my Grammy’s Irish Soda Bread), and your kids will love you forever. And as you can see… kids can make these shakes themselves– I’m only 10!
And even a kid can take a chemical-filled shake and turn it into a SUPER DELICIOUS, homemade recipe… Like Me!
Shamrock Shake
Ingredients
- 2 cups vanilla ice cream
- 1ยผ cups nonfat milk
- ยผ teaspoon mint extract (don't use peppermint!)
- 8 drops green food coloring
- chocolate syrup
- whipped cream, if desired
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender and blend away.
- Drizzle chocolate syrup on the inside of two glasses.
- Divide the blended shake between the two glasses. Top with whipped cream, if you'd like! Serve immediately, and sip with a straw.
This looks delicious!! I can’t wait to try it out!! Thanks! ๐
Hey! Down here in Texas, most of the Mickey D’s still sell the Shamrock Shakes. But yours looks more deeelish! I’ll be making this for sure.
Um, 10.
How fun!! This looks like a winning shake to me!! Perfect for St Patty’s Day!!
This looks so delicious! And I think the answer is 10. ๐
wow, that does looks so delish. My boys would love to make this also. I will have to make one with them on ST. Patricks day. Thanks for sharing.
What a great shake. Perfect for March.
I can never drink these because the idea of the nasty thick green syrup they put in them just makes me want to puke. Thanks for the non-preservative alternative!
Oh, and St. Patty’s day isn’t next Wednesday — it’s the 17th. Next Wednesday is the 14th, which is Pi Day! ๐
Brooks
Thanks for this! My husband and 3 year old daughter LOVE Shamrock Shakes from McDonald’s…but this is a much better alternative…one I don’t mind letting them indulge in more than once!
Love your site…just discovered it…Your post on 26 things you are thankful for is brillian. I think we may have to “steal” that idea and use it next year
Keep up the good work, I look forward to more of your posts and making your Twix Cheesecake!
PS: Brooks is a great name…one of my favorite (and best) 3rd basemen ever…even if he was an Oriole!
The Blond Cook featured this recipe on her face book page. How cool is this! Gives me hope in our future! Great recipe, will definitely try it out!
Looks great! And look at the money you save by making it yourself.
Definitely a must try here!! We love shamrock shakes. ๐
i love the shamrock shake there delishious……. yummm goona go make one……
I FEATURED this on my blog today! I hope you can stop by!
LOVE IT!!
http://keepinitthriftyandrea.blogspot.com/2012/03/st-patricks-day-inspired-crafts-and.html
Andrea
Recipe boy! Yes, they do still serve them, in response to your question. THEY ARE SO SO SO GOOD!
That Looks amazing! Im going to make that right now! Also your really cute ;)~!
Wow! This looks sooo yummy! My kids are going to be so happy that you published this recipe on your blog. . .were just asking about Shamrock Shakes the other day, actually. ๐