Copycat Shamrock Shakes taste just like the McDonald’s classic- for a fraction of the price! This green minty milkshake is an easy, creamy treat you’ll love making at St. Patrick’s Day or anytime of year.

The bummer about Shamrock Shakes is McDonald’s only has them for like a month.

This is just not enough!

Pumpkin spice fans get their fix from the end of August til almost Thanksgiving each year.

I demand equal mint milkshake love.

But since that’s not super likely to happen, I came up with a copycat Shamrock Shake at home.

Just give a handful of easy to find ingredients a spin through the blender and you’ll be sipping on your favorite treat year round.

What is a Shamrock Shake?

A shamrock shake is McDonald’s green minty milkshake that they sell every year at the end of February and through mid March.

If you love mint and have never had one, you need to give it a try – or better yet, make my version!

Ingredients

To make this you’ll need:

Ice cream– Make it easy and use vanilla so you don’t have to search for plain mint ice cream.
Half and Half– Don’t sub milk for this. It gives you extra creamy goodness.
Milk– Use full fat milk if possible.
Mint extract– For the classic mint flavor without mint ice cream.
Green food coloring– Optional as it doesn’t change the flavor but necessary to give you the green color.
Garnish– Whipped cream, sprinkles. and maraschino cherries

How to Make

Making this is so easy!

Just add all the ingredients except for the extra toppings into a high speed blender and blend it until it’s smooth.

Then, pour it into two glasses and top each with whipped cream, sprinkles, and a cherry.

Enjoy!

Tips and Tricks

Add more or less mint to the recipe to adjust it to suit your tastes.
Turn it into a mint chip milkshake by adding chocolate chips or mint chip ice cream. If you do this, it will taste different than the McDonald’s version.
Adjust the amount of ice cream or liquid to make a thicker or thinner shake.
Using a good high speed blender will make a big difference and blend more consistently.
This recipe is easy to double so you can make enough for everyone!

Other Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Copycat Shamrock Shakes are one of the easiest St. Patrick’s Day treats.

Make this and enjoy!

Looking for other easy St. Patrick’s Day recipes?

Try these:

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Shamrock shake

Copycat Shamrock Shakes taste just like the McDonald's classic- for a fraction of the price! This green minty milkshake is an easy, creamy treat you'll love making at St. Patrick's Day or anytime of year.