Oreo Milkshake Recipe (Cookies and Cream)

Recipe updated: April 5th, 2024

Do you love milkshakes? Do you love Oreo® blizzards? Are you one of the many Oreo lovers? Well, with this easy-to-make Oreo milkshake recipe with vanilla extract in it, you can have an Oreo milkshake that tastes like an Oreo blizzard, but better!

This Oreo milkshake is one of the easiest, fastest, and most fantastic-tasting milkshake you will ever make. Just like our Oreo chocolate milkshake and our homemade chocolate milkshake, they are all made with simple ingredients. Milkshakes are a real treat during a hot summer day that the whole family will love! Making delicious Oreo milkshakes like this one is a great way to try and beat the summer heat.

🥛 What’s in this Oreo Milkshake Recipe?

There are only 4 very simple but important ingredients in this Oreo milkshake recipe because every ingredient plays a big part in why this milkshake tastes so amazing. I’m not 100% sure, but I truly believe it’s the vanilla extract. I’ve had many a milkshake in my day, and none of them tastes as good as this Oreo milkshake does.

🥤 Key Ingredients

• 5 cups of vanilla bean ice cream (or your favorite flavor of vanilla ice cream)
• 3/4 cups of 2% milk (any kind is okay – 1%, 2%, or whole milk or almond milk)
• 16 Oreo Double Stuf chocolate sandwich cookies (or any brand of cream-filled chocolate cookies)
• 2 and 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• Whipped topping – optional

👩‍🍳 How to Make this Oreo Milkshake Recipe

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

Step 1. Fill the Blender with Ice Cream

To begin with, put 5 cups of vanilla bean ice cream into a blender at the 5-cup line. You can certainly use whichever ice cream is your favorite that you think will go well with Oreo cookies. You can change the amount of ice cream you use in this recipe, but 5 cups are a good amount to start with.

Step 2. Add the Oreo Cookies, Milk, and Vanilla Extract

Add 16 double-stuffed Oreo cookies, 3/4 cups of 2% milk (use less milk for a thicker milkshake), and 2 and 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract into the blender together with the vanilla bean ice cream. We broke up the Oreos into chunks of cookies before adding them to the blender, but if your blender is powerful enough, you don’t need to do this. You could also use a rolling pin to crush up the cookies into little bits.

Note: Any chocolate sandwich cookies will work for this recipe, it doesn’t have to be Oreo brand.

Quick Tip: If you want a thick milkshake, use less milk. The amount of milk you use directly affects the creamy texture of the final milkshake. Start out with 1/4 cup of milk, then keep adding milk until you get the consistency and thickness you desire. Also, ice cream melts pretty fast, so if the ice cream melted too much while you were busy gathering the milkshake ingredients, you can always put the blender in the freezer for half an hour or so to freeze the milkshake ingredients up a bit more.

Step 3. Hit the Pulse Button

Put the lid on the blender, then hit the pulse button. Keep pushing the pulse button until the Oreo cookies looked chopped up and the ice cream is blended with the cookies. It doesn’t take very long at all for it to mix up.

Note: Take the lid off and check to see if the cookies are chopped up enough. If not, push the cookies down with a spoon to get them closer to the blade. Put the lid back on the blender and hit the pulse button a couple more times, and then that’s it. The Oreo milkshake is ready to serve.

Also, if you want bigger chunks of Oreo cookies and a thicker milkshake, as mentioned before, use less milk, and hit the pulse button on the blender fewer times for chunkier cookies. You can also add the cookies at the end after mixing the ice cream with the milk and vanilla extract, then hit the pulse button a few times.

Just remember, the longer the ice cream is in the blender, the more it will melt. And also, the longer you hit the pulse button, the thinner and runnier the milkshake will be.

Step 4. Fill Glasses with Oreo Milkshake

Pour the Oreo milkshake into glasses and then top it off with some whipped cream.

📌 Edible Garnishes for Oreo Milkshakes

If you want to get fancy, you can garnish the top of the whipped cream with some sparkly sprinkles or one maraschino cherry. Sprinkles are sold in the baking goods aisle of the grocery store. Maraschino cherries are sold in the ice cream toppings’ aisle of the grocery store.

For more garnish ideas:

• Crush up a few extra cookies and sprinkle the remaining cookie chunks on top of the whipped topping.
• Add some Golden Oreos.
• Drizzle a fine line of hot fudge, caramel sauce, chocolate sauce, or chocolate syrup topping across the top of the whipped cream.
• Some folks like finely crushed nuts such as walnuts or peanuts to sprinkle on top of their milkshake.

🎉 Alternative Ideas for Oreo Milkshakes

• Try using chocolate ice cream instead of vanilla.
• If you have an allergy to dairy, try substituting it with dairy-free ice cream.
• Add some peanut butter to give it a little but if a nutty taste.

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💡 Final Thoughts

You won’t believe how quick and simple this recipe is to make, yet so good. You will never want to buy another expensive milkshake at the ice cream parlor when you’re out and about when you can make this delicious Oreo milkshake as soon as you get home for triple or more savings. This easy Oreo milkshake is perfect for any hot day during the summer months, and for chocolate lovers, and will soon become your favorite recipe. It will satisfy your sweet tooth for sure, and the best part is your kids will surely love you if you make them this sweet treat.

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