The Boozy Milkshake

The trick to a good boozy milkshake is incorporating all the ingredients really well and bringing together the right flavor profiles. If you want to make a floral milkshake with a more neutral ice cream like vanilla, a liqueur like Koval Rose Hip or a vodka like Dragon Bleu Rose Blossom is perfect. Looking for something with more spice? A chocolate shake with a few shots of Fireball Whisky or Spicebox Canadian Spiced Whisky will provide notes of hot cinnamon that are just right.

Here are some of our favorite boozy milkshakes of the moment. Have any recipes you’d like to share? Leave them in our comments section!

Bourbon Old Fashioned Milkshake

(From Chow.com)

Ingredients:

1 (14 oz) container vanilla ice cream
2 dashes angostura bitters
2 maraschino cherries, such as Luxardo, plus more for garnish
¾ tsp orange zest
2 oz bourbon

Place all ingredients in a blender. Pulse until mostly smooth. Pour into a chilled glass and garnish with a cherry.

White Russian Milkshake

(From Chow.com)

Ingredients:

1 (14 oz) container vanilla ice cream
1 oz coffee liqueur, such as Kahlua
1 oz vodka
½ tsp instant espresso powder

Place all ingredients in a blender. Pulse until mostly smooth. Pour into a chilled glass and serve.

Dark ‘n’ Stormy Milkshake

(From Chow.com)

Ingredients:

1 (14 oz) container vanilla ice cream
1 tsp lime zest
5 tsp ginger juice
1 tsp freshly squeezed lime juice
2 oz dark rum, such as Gosling’s
1 lime twist, for garnish

Place all ingredients into a blender. Pulse until mostly smooth. Pour into a chilled glass and garnish with a lime twist.

Belvedere Black Raspberry Milkshake

(From Belvederevodka.com)

Ingredients (This recipe will make one batch):

1 bottle Belvedere Black Raspberry
10 oz Strawberry juice (40 grams of strawberries will yield 20 grams of juice)
6 oz simple syrup
25 oz milk
6 oz single cream
small block of dry ice

Pour all ingredients except dry ice into a blender. Blend until smooth, and chill. When ready to serve, place a small piece of dry ice in the base of the glass, and pour the drink over the ice.

Strawberry Milkshake

(From Drinknation.com)

Ingredients:

1 oz Licor 43
2 oz Stolichnaya Strasberi
1 oz Stolichnaya Vanil
3 oz cream
1 oz Grenadine
3 strawberries, cut into pieces

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a glass. Garnish with a strawberry.