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May 10, 2014 By Brandy 34 Comments

Home » Recipes » Dessert Recipes

Old Fashioned Chocolate Milkshake Recipe

Filed Under: Dessert Recipes, Kids in the Kitchen, Recipes

Milkshakes should be made with real ice cream. Plain and simple. Our old fashioned chocolate milkshake recipe uses chocolate milk along with real chocolate ice cream for the best shakes in town! This post contains affiliate links.chocolate milkshake

Recently we saw that one of our favorite fast food joints was having a sale on their shakes so we decided to treat the kids to a fun dessert! After waiting 45 minutes (it was so busy and they were way under-staffed) we finally got our shakes. And we were SO disappointed! Most of us didn’t even finish them. For some reason we thought that they would have real ice cream in them, but they did not. Every flavor began with soft serve vanilla and they added so much flavoring syrup that it was hard to swallow.

milkshakes in glass cups

That is when we decided to make REAL shakes with the kids. You know, the kind with ice cream in them! We found an Old Fashioned Ice Cream shop up in Yuba City and they make REAL shakes. The thick, creamy, just ice cream and milk kind. They are worth every penny and those are the ones we wanted to make at home.

glass cups next to milkshake machine

We just so happen to own a milkshake machine and so I pulled it out, stocked up on the kids’ favorite candy bar  mix-ins, a half gallon of thick and creamy chocolate ice cream, and even splurged on chocolate milk. If we are going to make chocolate shakes, why water it down with white milk? 😉

They had fun choosing what kind of shake they were going to have. I asked my oldest if his shake was better than the one at the fast food joint and he said, “SO much better!”. What a difference REAL food makes! Ruby even enjoyed one with her little cousin. They didn’t care much for their lunch that day, but were excited to make shakes.

chopped up candy bars

Here is how to make our chocolate milkshake recipe!

chocolate shakes in metal cups

Old Fashioned Chocolate Milkshake Recipe

2 1/2 c. ice cream

1/3 c. chocolate milk

1/4 mix-ins

Serves 2.

toddler drinking shake

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  1. diana m. cloud says

    May 10, 2014 at 7:20 am

    I would love a Pumpkin Milkshake with spiced wafers. Yum-oooo

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  2. tcarolinep says

    May 10, 2014 at 8:02 am

    I would like chocolate flavor.

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  3. Jen says

    May 10, 2014 at 8:10 am

    Strawberry flavors over here! 🙂

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  4. Sue Ireland says

    May 10, 2014 at 11:11 am

    I love real food too! I love mint flavors.

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  5. jane d says

    May 10, 2014 at 12:06 pm

    I’d love to try the chocolate!

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  6. Erin L says

    May 10, 2014 at 12:33 pm

    Strawberry for sure!

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  7. Meghan says

    May 10, 2014 at 2:59 pm

    My family are strawberry milk fiends!!!

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  8. Aimee C says

    May 10, 2014 at 3:38 pm

    I’d like to try strawberry! Maybe make a strawberry shake.

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  9. beth says

    May 10, 2014 at 4:56 pm

    Chocolate!

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  10. Kellee says

    May 10, 2014 at 7:47 pm

    Strawberry

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  11. shelly rae wood says

    May 10, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    ooh strawberry for me! LOVE your milkshake machine! <3

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  12. Melanie says

    May 10, 2014 at 8:15 pm

    Chocolate

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  13. Harley Toots says

    May 11, 2014 at 12:02 am

    Yumm chocolate all the way lol..

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  14. Courtney A says

    May 11, 2014 at 5:42 am

    I’m really a vanilla fan, but strawberry would be a hit at my house.

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  15. Mary L says

    May 11, 2014 at 9:43 am

    chocolate works for me! Thanks for the opportunity.

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  16. AnnaZed says

    May 11, 2014 at 10:18 am

    Oh the Chocolate, which we actually buy quite often for lunches. I’d make a milkshake with that and whole real strawberries a,d a glob of vanilla ice cream (a Neapolitan!); sounds gross but is good in fact.
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  17. Kim Chance says

    May 11, 2014 at 1:07 pm

    We love chocolate milk!

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  18. tiffanym says

    May 11, 2014 at 1:07 pm

    Yum. Makes me want some peanut butter shakes now.

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  19. bree says

    May 11, 2014 at 1:36 pm

    I’m all about chocolate ALL the time! A little malt and it would be perfect! 😉

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  20. David says

    May 11, 2014 at 2:46 pm

    The only variety I have yet to try is the chocolate marshmallow, and that is only because I can’t find it in my area.

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  21. Liz says

    May 11, 2014 at 2:52 pm

    Chocolate of course.

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  22. Rebecca Badger says

    May 11, 2014 at 5:07 pm

    Peach would be my pick!

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  23. Jan says

    May 11, 2014 at 9:14 pm

    Chocolate all the way!

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  24. SliceOfPye says

    May 12, 2014 at 6:47 am

    I enjoy your site and would love to win

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  25. Shawlee Manning says

    May 12, 2014 at 6:56 am

    Where I live we call a shake a frappe (I still don’t know why) and no ice cream stand around here makes them like they used to. I should start making them at home my kids have never had a “real” one.

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  26. Jessica w says

    May 12, 2014 at 9:03 am

    oh the chocolate!

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  27. Jessie says

    May 12, 2014 at 9:42 am

    We love chocolate!!

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  28. Stephanie says

    May 12, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    I would love to try the chocolate!

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  29. rachel says

    May 13, 2014 at 8:20 am

    Chocolate for me for sure 🙂

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  30. barbara n says

    May 13, 2014 at 2:20 pm

    Coffee!

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  31. Gwen H. says

    May 14, 2014 at 11:01 pm

    I would like the strawberry

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  32. sandiegoforfamilies says

    May 15, 2014 at 10:22 am

    It’s all about chocolate. And I’m with you about not watering it down with regular milk.

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  33. Brittney McOmber says

    May 16, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    Uh, CHOCOLATE!

    Reply
  34. Jason says

    May 16, 2014 at 1:24 pm

    Strawberry. I like pink things. 🙂

    Reply

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