Strawberry milkshake recipe with fresh or frozen berries. Make this best strawberry shake with few easy ingredients and 5 minutes.
The post covers three ways to make it- classic milkshake recipe with ice cream, milkshake without ice cream and vegan strawberry shake. Best dish to welcome strawberry season and spring 🙂
For more delicious strawberry recipes please check homemade strawberry jam, strawberry tea, eggless strawberry mousse, easy strawberry muffins and strawberry smoothie recipes.
Weather is changing, it already feels like summer out there and all I am craving are cold milkshakes, frozen desserts and ice creams.
I do not really care for weather when it comes to milkshakes though especially if it is homemade strawberry milk shake rich and creamy as this one 🙂
Once you make milkshakes at home, it is hard to go back for the ones from cafes loaded with synthetic flavors and colors.
Making milkshakes at home is super easy and you do not need really anything more than cold milk, ice cream or whipped cream and strawberries in this recipe.
This is a old fashioned strawberry milkshake recipe with no add on ingredients whatsoever. You taste strawberry and creamy ice cream in every sip, nothing more nothing less. Pretty in pink, yummy and simply addictive.
Let’s grab some berries and turn on that blender, shall we 🙂
About Strawberry Milkshakes
One of the classic flavors and crowd favorite, strawberry milkshake is a delicious beverage made of fresh or frozen berries, ice cream, milk and vanilla extract.
In the recent times, this milkshake is often topped with whipped cream. chocolate chunks but the old fashioned milkshake is plain and delicious.
This creamy and rich milkshake is super easy to make, takes only 5 minutes and makes for a wonderful breakfast or snack. It is one of my daughter’s favorite after school snack.
Strawberries freeze beautifully so if you remember to freeze a batch during season, at any time of the year you can enjoy strawberry milkshake with frozen strawberries.
Apart from fresh strawberries you just need some good quality ice cream, cold milk and some sugar for making old fashioned strawberry shake.
Of course you can milkshake without ice cream too. Wanna make vegan shake? I have got you covered 🙂 This recipe is super easy to make in your kitchen.
Wanna make it a wholesome breakfast rather than an indulgent dessert? Throw in some nuts, dry fruits or even other fresh fruits. This is one of our family favorite summer treat.
In whichever way you choose to make this homemade shake is so much better than those fast food milkshakes which seldom contains fruit.
So here is how to make strawberry milkshake recipe at home with step by step photos. This homemade shake is
super easy to make
rich and creamy
classic old fashioned
made of real berries
best after school snack for kids
How To Make Strawberry Milkshake
Pick ripe, red strawberries and soak them water mixed with few drops of vinegar or salt for few minutes.
Hull the berries and chop them roughly. Place the chopped berries in freezer for an hour. Along with berries also freeze 1 cup milk. Using frozen or almost frozen milk in milkshakes will yield a very creamy thick shake. Also place the glasses you want to serve the milkshake in freezer for 15 minutes.
When you are ready to make milkshake bring the frozen ingredients out. To a blender jar, add frozen berries and milk. You can add few drops of 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract too. I used vanilla ice cream so skipped adding extract.
Blend until smooth.
Now add 2 cups soft ice cream (1 pint) and sugar to taste. If you prefer your milkshake mildly sweet, skip sugar.
Blend again for few seconds until ice cream and milk are well combined. Transfer to the cold glasses and serve strawberry milkshake immediately.
Berry Milkshake Without Ice Cream
To make a strawberry milkshake without ice cream you can use fresh cream or whipped cream if you have them handy. If not just use frozen milk but do note that the milkshake will not be as thick as the ones made with ice cream. Also you will have to add sugar to taste here.
Wash, hull, chop and freeze the berries for an hour. To a blender jar add the berries, frozen milk. 3 tablespoons sugar and whipped cream if using.
Blend until smooth and creamy.
Serve immediately.
Vegan Strawberry Milkshake With
In this variation, we are using homemade almond milk and some almonds along with berries. This is more of a breakfast smoothie than classic milkshake.
Wash, hull and roughly chop the strawberries. Add to a mixer jar along with almonds and sugar.
Blend until it turns smooth.
Add chilled almond milk and blend again.
Serve immediately
Pro Tips
A good strawberry milkshake starts with a good ice cream. Let’s fact it you can of course make this drink without ice cream but it is just not the same. For a super rich and indulgent treat make this recipe with ice cream and a good one at that.
While many recipes use strawberry ice cream for making milkshake, I like to use vanilla ice cream for a subtle not over powering strawberry flavor. Use whichever you like.
Frozen milk or at the least super cold milk is what you want for that creamiest milkshake. If you have not tried this tip, please do once to know what I mean.
Always use full fat milk for rich milkshake. If you want to make a skinny shake go for low fat milk.
Use a high power blender for a smooth creamy shake. Also blending the berries first will save you from biting into tart berries while enjoying a creamy milkshake.
Next, I suggest you thaw the ice cream for 10-15 minutes or until it turns a bit soft before blending.
To make this drink more special you can top the milkshake with some strawberry syrup or strawberry sauce before serving. You can also pipe some whipped cream and add some sprinkles or chocolate shavings before serving.
Frequently Asked Questions
The classic recipe made with ice cream is more of a dessert and not really healthy one. To make healthier shake you can try the ones with almond milk or just milk, berries and sugar.
You can also throw in some blanched almonds or pistachios, few soft dates or figs.
This milkshake tastes good when served fresh. I do not recommend storing it for more than 3-4 hours. If you have leftovers freeze it for a day at the maximum and thaw in refrigerator before serving.
yes just make sure milk is thoroughly cold. Strawberries will curdle hot or warm milk.
Rich in antioxidants, lowers cholesterol, improves heart health and low in calories
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Recipe Card
Homemade Strawberry Milkshake Recipe
1 CUP = 250 ml
Ingredients
- 200 grams strawberries fresh or frozen
- 2 cups ice cream soft, vanilla or strawberry flavor
- 1 cup milk frozen or very cold, use 3 cups if not using ice cream, can use almond milk for vegan version
- Sugar to taste optional
Instructions
- Pick ripe, red strawberries and soak them water mixed with few drops of vinegar or salt for few minutes.
- Hull the berries and chop them roughly. Place the chopped berries in freezer for an hour. Along with berries also freeze 1 cup milk. Using frozen or almost frozen milk in milkshakes will yield a very creamy thick shake. Also place the glasses you want to serve the milkshake in freezer for 15 minutes.
- When you are ready to make milkshake bring the frozen ingredients out. To a blender jar, add frozen berries and milk. You can add few drops of 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract too. I used vanilla ice cream so skipped adding extract.
- Blend until smooth.
- Now add 2 cups soft ice cream (1 pint) and sugar to taste. If you prefer your milkshake mildly sweet, skip sugar.
- Blend again for few seconds until ice cream and milk are well combined. Transfer to the cold glasses and serve strawberry milkshake immediately.
Notes
- You can add ice cubes to the milkshake but the milkshake will get diluted a bit.
- You can serve the milkshake topped with a scoop of ice cream
Dhina says
Thank you for this perfect strawberry milkshake recipe Harini. Looks so pure and real.