Name: Homemade Shamrock Shake
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 cups vanilla bean ice cream; 1 - 1 1/4 cup milk; 1/4 teaspoon mint extract; green food coloring; whipped cream and green sprinkles, for serving

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This Homemade Shamrock Shake recipe is the best copycat recipe for the classic McDonald’s milkshake! It is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day or any day you need a sweet, minty treat! Only 4 ingredients!

Who doesn’t like a milkshake during summer? Some of my other favorites are Pumpkin Pie Milkshake and Reese’s Pieces Milkshake!

This McDonald's copycat recipe for the Shamrock Shake is perfect for St. Patrick's Day or any day you need a sweet, minty treat! Only 4 ingredients!

This blog post originally published on March 10, 2014. Updated on March 2, 2018.

Hi guys, happy last day of the week!

I’m updating this post for the 3rd time because I hated the pictures. I always say drinks are my favorite to photograph (I mean, look at these gorgeous margaritas) but shakes are a different story. The whipped cream sinks or everything starts melting together so you scrape off the first whipped cream and do another swirl. And repeat 57 times.

But I love these shakes and I want everyone to make them because they are amazing. Plus I read that McDonald’s is only releasing them to select restaurants this year and that’s just wrong.

I had my first official McDonald’s Shamrock Shake 2 years ago, I think. Crazy, right? This recipe had been on my site for several years at that point.

Ingredients

Vanilla bean ice cream
Milk
Mint extract
Green food coloring
Whipped cream
Green sprinkles

Instructions

Blend shake ingredients. Combine ice cream, 1 cup milk, mint extract and a few drops of green food coloring in a blender and blend until combined. Add remaining ¼ cup of milk if the shake is too thick.
Adjust color. Use more green food coloring to get desired color.
Serve. Top with whipped cream and green sprinkles before serving.

Can You Make It Dairy Free?

You can make a Homemade Shamrock Shake dairy free by using dairy free vanilla ice cream and your favorite nondairy milk. I recommend a creamy nondairy milk like oat milk for this recipe.

The nondairy version is just as delicious!

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