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Freakshake Recipes You Should Try This Weekend
Treating yo' self has never been so appealing
Treating yo' self has never been so mouthwatering.
Freakshow shakes - truncated to 'freakshakes' - are milkshakes of epic, freakish proportions. And we're diggin' 'em.
Chocolate coconut Kahlúa shake
- Ingredients:
- Salted caramel ice cream
- Milk
- Kahlúa
- Coconut rum
- Chocolate sauce
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Rim the glass
Take a cue from your favorite cocktails and rim your milkshake glass with some tasty treats. Think small with sprinkles, tiny candies or edible stars. Or go big and add larger, chunkier candies around the rim of your glass. Use something sturdy and sticky, like ganache, melted chocolate or even frosting, to keep things in place.Dig through your cupboards and get creative with your glassware. Besides the traditional fountain glass, wine glasses, highballs or even mason jars can make for great shake containers.
Add an extreme element
Just when you think you've gone far enough, take it over the line — WAY over the line. Add some height and drama to your shake with an extra treat that conveys the theme, like a giant lollipop, chocolate-dipped marshmallows or even a hunk of birthday cake.
More milkshake fun to be found at Craftsy.com
Dainty Cookie Dough Shakes
Perfect for a more refined afternoon
INGREDIENTS
- Milkshake:
- 1.25 cups of milk
- 4 cups vanilla ice cream
- 1 cup cookie dough (see below)
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- whipped cream
- ½ cup cookie dough for rim garnish
- ⅓ cup milk chocolate chips for rim garnish
- 1 chocolate chip cookie per glass per garnish
- Cookie Dough:
- ¾ cup shortening
- 1¼ cups packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup milk
- 2 Tbsp water
- 1 Tbsp vanilla
- 2 cups + 2 Tbsp flour, sifted
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup milk chocolate chip cookies
- Start by making your cookie dough. Combine the shortening with the sugars and salt and mix in your stand mixer. Then mix in your milk and vanilla, and then slowly add the flour. Once combined, if too dry, add in your 2 Tbsp of water, 1 Tbsp at a time.
- Next, add your cookie dough (minus chocolate chips) to the rims of your glasses and then immediately roll in chocolate chips and place in the freezer to harden.
- Next, make your milkshake. Combine milk, ice cream, 1 cup of cookie dough, and ½ cup of chocolate chips in your blender and blend.
- Pour milkshake into each glass, top with an extra spoonful of cookie dough (with chocolate chips), add whipped cream, and a cookie on top.
- Enjoy!
Recipe and pictures courtesy of Salty Canary
Birthday Cake Shake
Ingredients:
- Vanilla ice cream
- Milk
- Funfetti cake mix
- Extra sprinkles
Note: It's all about how you rim the glass.
See more at Craftsy.com
Mocha Mint
Ingredients:
- 4 cups mint chocolate chip ice cream
- ½ cup chocolate syrup
- ½ cup cold strong coffee
- ½ cup milk
- ¼ cup chocolate syrup, for cup swirls
- ¼ cup chopped Andes mints
- Whipped cream, for garnish
- Put mint chocolate chip ice cream, cold coffee, chocolate syrup and milk into the blender and mix until well blended.
- Prep your milkshake cups by adding chocolate swirls. I took my bottle of chocolate syrup and drizzled it into my vintage style green Ball mason jars in a swirling motion.
- Pour the mocha mint milkshake into the mason jars and top them with whipped cream and chopped Andes mints.
Recipe and pictures from The Gunny Sack
Cotton Candy Milkshake Shots
INGREDIENTS
- 2
- pints vanilla ice cream OR cotton candy ice cream
- 1 1/2
- cups cotton candy (any color)
- 1/2
- cup cold milk, plus more if needed
- 1
- teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4-1/2 cup vodka (optional)
- Cotton candy, for garnish
- Melted white chocolate (optional)
- Sprinkles (optional)
DIRECTIONS
- To rim the glass with sprinkles, dip each shot glass into melted white chocolate and then roll in sprinkles. Place in the freezer.
- In a blender, combine the ice cream, cotton candy, milk, vanilla and vodka (if using). Blend until smooth. Divide the milkshake among 6 shot glasses. Top each with cotton candy and drink immediately.
Full directions and more amazing images from Half Baked Harvest
Waffle Topper
Quoted by @hipster_mum as being direction 'downloaded from the brains of toddlers' these waffle and doughnut topped shakes are all about the doughy extras.
White Chocolate Tim Tam Shake
Ingredients:
- 2 White Chocolate Tim Tam biscuits, broken
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- 200ml milk
To decorate:
- White chocolate
- 100s & 1000s
- Whipped cream
- White Chocolate Tim Tam biscuits, halved
- Mini marshmallows
Recipe and image courtesy of Arnotts.com
Caramel Apple Shake
Ingredients
- 2 cups Vanilla Ice Cream
- 1.5 Cups Apple Cider {juice will work, but cider is better}
- 1 granny smith apple, peeled, cored, and chopped - plus more for garnish, if desired
- ¼ cup Caramel Sauce plus a bit extra for garnish
- Whipped Cream
Instructions
- In a blender add ice cream, apple cider, and ¼ cup caramel. Blend completely.
- Add apple chunks, and blend until combined.
- Spoon some caramel sauce into your cup and then pour in the milkshake. Garnish with apple slice, whipped cream, and additional caramel sauce.
See more at MyOrganizedChaos.net
Circus Animal Cookie Shake
You'll need:
corn syrup to make the sprinkles stick
Vanilla ice cream
Rainbow Sprinkles
Circus Animal Cookies
"Blend up a creamy cookie milkshake. The amount of ice cream, milk, and cookies you will use depends on how many people you plan on serving. I was making two small-ish milkshakes, so I used about 4 scoops of vanilla ice cream. I put the ice cream in the blender and then poured the milk on top until it was 1/2 way up to the top of the ice cream.
If you pour the milk until it's all the way to the top of the ice cream then your milkshake will be too thin and runny. But, that silly mistake happens to the best of us! We aren't perfect, ya know? Simply add more ice cream and then deliver the extra milkshake to your favorite neighbor."
Full recipe from SmartSchoolHouse.com
Candyfloss Doughnut Shakes
An Instagram treasure trove of delicious treats, including this beaut bubble tea, @lichipan is well worth a follow.
Choco-Pretzel
To make the one on the left, you'll need:
Ingredients
vanilla ice cream
milk
Nutella
whipped cream
pretzels
pretzel dust (put pretzels in a bag and crush them with crushing device of your choice).
Directions
1. Add milk, ice cream, and one very large spoonful of Nutella to your blender or food processor. blend.
2. Take a large spoonful of nutella and line the interior of your glass.
3. Take another large spoonful and line the exterior rim of your glass. we can't stress how generous you should be with your nutella here.
4. Line the exterior of the glass with pretzels. (they'll stick to the nutella)
5. Pour your milkshake into your glass.
6. Top with whipped cream. a whole lot of whipped cream.
7. Stick the pretzels into the whipped cream and top it with Nutella
8. Sprinkle pretzel dust all over your milkshake.
Natasha Bird is the Former Executive Editor (Digital) of ELLE.
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