Two milkshakes on one page: vanilla with ice cream and milk, and coffee with a spoonful of instant coffee and chocolate sauce around the glass. Five minutes and a blender.
Cold everything, brief blend
A milkshake is ice cream held just at the point of melting, and everything about making one well is about not pushing it past that point.
Ice cream straight from the freezer, milk straight from the fridge, and a glass that has been in the fridge too if you have thought that far ahead. Ice cream left on the counter to soften is already halfway to being a thin drink.
Then blend briefly. The friction of the blades warms the mixture, and a long blend gives you something that pours like milk. Twenty or thirty seconds, just until it is smooth, and into the glass immediately.
Instant coffee, not ground
The coffee version calls for a teaspoon of coffee and the kind matters more than the amount.
Instant coffee dissolves into cold milk. Ground coffee does not: it stays as grit, and every mouthful ends with sediment. It is the one substitution that does not work in this recipe.
If you would rather use real coffee, pull a shot of espresso, cool it completely, and reduce the milk by the same volume. Warm espresso poured into a milkshake melts it on contact.
Two recipes, one page
The vanilla makes three servings and the coffee makes two, which is why the ingredients are in two separate groups.
They are independent. Nothing crosses between them and you do not need to make both, though the quantities are small enough that making both gives you five glasses from about ten minutes of work.
The vanilla is the plain one, sweetened and lifted with a tablespoon of vanilla extract. The coffee is the adult one, and the chocolate sauce round the glass is what makes it look like something from a counter.
The sauce goes on the glass first
Drizzle it around the inside of the glass in a spiral before the milkshake is poured, not over the top afterwards.
Two reasons. It looks like the milkshakes in a diner, with the chocolate visible through the side, and it distributes as you drink rather than sitting in a puddle on top.
A cold glass helps it grip. On a warm one it slides straight to the bottom before you have poured anything.
More cold drinks
- Strawberry milkshake — the one this page does not have.
- Colombian coffee — the hot version.
- Mango juice — no ice cream.
- Homemade strawberry yoghurt — the other dairy one.
Milkshake FAQ
Either the ice cream had softened before it went in, or the blender ran too long. Both warm the mixture, and a milkshake starts melting the moment it is blended. Ice cream straight from the freezer, milk from the fridge, and blend as briefly as you can.
Just until it is smooth. Twenty or thirty seconds is usually enough. A long blend does not make it creamier, it makes it warmer and thinner.
No. Ground coffee does not dissolve and leaves grit at the bottom of the glass. If you want real coffee, use a shot of espresso, cooled, and take some milk out to make room for it.
Taste first. Ice cream is already sweet and two teaspoons on top of three scoops can be too much. It is easier to add than to take out.
Not on this page, which has vanilla and coffee. There is a separate strawberry milkshake recipe on the site.
Drizzle it around the inside of a cold glass and let it set for a moment before pouring. On a warm glass it slides straight to the bottom.
📖 Recipe
Ingredients
Vanilla milkshake (3 servings)
- 3 scoops vanilla ice cream
- 1 ½ cups milk (cold)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons white sugar (the ice cream is already sweet, so taste before adding it)
Coffee milkshake (2 servings)
- 2 scoops coffee ice cream
- 1 cup milk (cold)
- 1 teaspoon coffee (instant: ground coffee will not dissolve and leaves grit)
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Chocolate sauce, for the glass
Notas
Instructions
Vanilla milkshake
- Put the ice cream, the milk, the vanilla extract and the sugar into the blender.
- Blend until it is smooth and creamy, and no longer than that.
- Pour it into a glass and serve.
- Top it with whipped cream if you want to.
Coffee milkshake
- Put the ice cream, the milk, the coffee and the vanilla extract into the blender and blend until smooth and creamy.
- Drizzle chocolate sauce around the inside of the glass, pour the milkshake in and serve.
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