Homemade Chocolate Milkshake

Recipe updated: April 5th, 2024

With lots of ice cream and rainbow sprinkles, this homemade chocolate milkshake recipe is an easy way to satisfy your sweet tooth. It is simple and quick to make, but is delicious all the same! As long as you like chocolate and whipped cream, you’re good to go on this delicious dessert!

🔑 Key Ingredients for Homemade Chocolate Milkshake

This recipe only has two simple ingredients that are key to this milkshake recipe!

• 1/3 cup 2% milk (or whatever type of milk you prefer)
• 6 cups of chocolate ice cream
• Sprinkles – optional
• Whipped Topping – optional

🥤 How to Make Homemade Chocolate Milkshakes

These step-by-step instructions are accompanied by detailed photos for enhanced clarity and guidance.

Step 1. Measure the Ice Cream

First, measure six cups of ice cream. You can do that by using a measuring cup or using the six cup mark on the blender.

Step 2. Put the Ice Cream in the Blender

Secondly, fill the blender up with the six cups of chocolate ice cream.

Step 3. Measure the Milk

Next, measure 1/3 cup of milk using a measuring cup. The thickness of the milkshake depends on how much milk you put in. If you want a thick chocolate milkshake, add less milk, and if you want your milkshake to be not as thick, add more milk. The thickness of your milkshake also depends on what type of milk you use. If you use whole milk, it will be creamier and thicker… but if you use fat free or 1% milk, it will be less creamy and not as thick.

Step 4. Pour the Milk

Then, dump the milk onto the top of the chocolate ice cream.

Step 5. Blend the Milkshake

Lastly, put the lid on the blender and press the pulse button. Keep pressing the pulse button until the ice cream looks like it is completely mixed up with the milk.

Step 6. Pour the Milkshake into Glasses

Spoon the chocolate shake into the cups that you are going to use. Top it off with some whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles. Other garnishes are chocolate drizzle, chopped nuts, and maraschino cherries.

🤔 FAQs

What Should I Add to my Chocolate Milkshake?

Some things to add to the ice cream after it’s blended could be chocolate chips, cookie dough bits, and chunks of candy bars such as Hershey’s or KitKat’s.

Can You Make a Chocolate Milkshake Without Ice Cream?

Yes! For me, it was hard to believe, but you can make a chocolate milkshake without ice cream. To do that, combine 10 ice cubes, 2 cups of milk, 3/4 cup of granulated sugar, and 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, then blend until smooth. I haven’t tried this yet, but I am guessing that it would be slightly less thick and less creamy without the ice cream!

💭 Final Thoughts

If you like chocolate, you will love this homemade chocolate milkshake! This recipe is so easy that even a ten-year-old can make it… and explain how! In fact, I am a ten-year-old and am the one writing this post! 😁

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