Creamy Strawberry Milkshake (Printable)
A rich, creamy strawberry milkshake made with fresh berries and vanilla ice cream in 5 minutes.
# What You'll Need:
→ Milkshake Base
01 - 1½ cups cold whole milk
02 - 1 cup fresh strawberries, hulled and halved
03 - 2 cups vanilla ice cream
→ Sweetener
04 - 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, or to taste
→ Garnish (Optional)
05 - Whipped cream
06 - Fresh strawberry slices
# How-To Steps:
01 - Add the hulled strawberries, cold whole milk, vanilla ice cream, and granulated sugar into a blender.
02 - Blend on high speed for approximately 30 seconds until the mixture is smooth, creamy, and fully combined.
03 - Taste the milkshake and add more sugar if desired, blending briefly to incorporate.
04 - Pour the milkshake into chilled glasses, top with whipped cream and fresh strawberry slices if desired, and serve immediately.
# Expert Advice:
01 -
- It takes five minutes from refrigerator to glass, which is faster than finding your keys and driving to a drive-through.
- The flavor depends entirely on your strawberries, so summer berries turn this into something almost illegally good.
- Children treat you like a wizard when you hand them one of these on a hot afternoon.
02 -
- Frozen strawberries will make a thicker and frostier shake, but they can also seize the blender if you do not let them soften for two minutes first.
- Adding a tiny splash of vanilla extract at the end rounds out the flavor in a way that surprises people every single time.
03 -
- Hull the strawberries the night before and keep them in the refrigerator so everything is brutally cold when you blend.
- A tiny squeeze of lemon juice brightens the berry flavor without making it taste citrusy at all.