It’s hot out, so let’s get down to basics: A good old-fashioned strawberry milkshake. Why eat dinner when you can drink a shake? This is a serious strawberry milkshake, too; it isn’t messing around. It doesn’t involve anything fancy, anything difficult. Nothing “gourmet.” This tastes like pure strawberry, not too sweet, but not too milky either. Creamy, thick, pale pink, just strawberry-strawberry-strawberry — all as it should be. Here’s how to make your own. Don’t you want a sip?
I adore a good strawberry milkshake, but I almost never drink them. They tend to be extremely disappointing. Fast food milkshakes are fake-flavored, dyed pink, worse than bad. No, no, no. And yet homemade shakes often let me down as well. In ill-inconceived attempts to make them “healthier” people water them down with milk, or up the quotient of strawberries, until they are just sharp and icy. Now, smoothies are well and good, but when I want a milkshake, it needs to be a milkshake, OK? It’s an occasional indulgence, and therefore it needs to indulge. Got it?
I feel like I finally figured it out, my perfect strawberry shake. It’s not groundbreaking; there’s no gastronomic secrets here. But it delivers the goods. This is no fake-flavored strawberry, but it doesn’t have icy chunks of strawberry in it either. It is just totally all strawberry, all the way.
The key, as all milkshake devotees know, is the ice cream. I like to use ice cream that doesn’t have any eggs in it; I find that the custard taste distracts from the purity of the other flavors. For this shake, I prefer the simplest Breyer’s formulation — just milk, cream, strawberries, sugar.
And for the berries, you hardly need me to tell you: Get them ripe, get them fresh, make sure they are sweet as can be. Happy slurping; if you love strawberry milkshakes I hope you get to try this one soon. It’s pretty killer.
Denise | Sweet Peas & Saffron says
August 11, 2015 at 5:34 pmLooks delicious! Wendy’s needs to get onto that strawberry frosty thing, don’t they?
Marsha @ Marsha's Baking Addiction says
August 11, 2015 at 6:00 pmThese look so delicious!
Medha @ Whisk & Shout says
August 11, 2015 at 8:21 pmYour strawberries are gorgeous! Love this easy summer drink 🙂
Medeja says
August 12, 2015 at 12:28 amMmmm..looks like pink clouds!
Taylor @ Food Faith Fitness says
August 12, 2015 at 7:30 amI’m typically more of a chocolate frosty kind of girl too, but I will take my frosty any way any day! I love this Summery strawberry version, and I totally need to try it for dessert tonight! Pinned!
Sarah @Whole and Heavenly Oven says
August 12, 2015 at 8:10 amThis seriously looks like a pink strawberry cloud of frosty heaven!! And I’m totally wishing I had at least 3 of these in my face right now. Total breakfast food right?? 😉
Ashley says
August 12, 2015 at 10:22 amI haven’t had a frosty in soooo long. This homemade version sounds fantastic – love the strawberry flavor! So perfect for summer!
Beth @ bethcakes says
August 12, 2015 at 10:50 amThis is awesome! I’m glad you invented a strawberry frosting so we can have them now. 🙂 I’ve never made a frosty at home so I’m gonna have to try this!
chelseamessyapron says
August 12, 2015 at 1:06 pmThank you Beth! 🙂
Kelly says
August 12, 2015 at 11:13 amA homemade strawberry frosty sounds awesome! It looks so pretty and refreshing! Love how easy it comes together too 🙂
chelseamessyapron says
August 12, 2015 at 1:06 pmThank you Kelly! 🙂
Katalina @ Peas and Peonies says
August 12, 2015 at 11:20 amSo pink and cute and summery and so easy to make, my son will love this refreshing treat!
chelseamessyapron says
August 12, 2015 at 1:05 pmSO easy!! Thanks Katalina!
Carolyn says
August 12, 2015 at 12:25 pmYes! Strawberry is my favorite flavor and Wendy’s absolutely should have strawberry frosties. But, I’m totally stoked about making this at home. #client
chelseamessyapron says
August 12, 2015 at 1:05 pmRight?! They definitely should! Thanks Carolyn!
[email protected] says
August 12, 2015 at 11:46 amIt’s so pretty! This sounds awesome, I think I’d need to go with the vanilla ice cream, but both sound amazing! Thanks for sharing Chelsea!
chelseamessyapron says
August 12, 2015 at 1:05 pmThanks Amber! 🙂
Michele @ Two Raspberries says
August 12, 2015 at 6:10 pmI could SO go for a strawberry frosty right now! this is so pretty 😉 this is the perfect weekend treat right here!
Jenn - a traveling Wife says
March 2, 2016 at 9:21 amStrawberry anything has me all heart eyes. This is genius!
chelseamessyapron says
March 2, 2016 at 10:47 amHaha me too! 🙂 Thank you Jenn!!