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McDonald's Shamrock Shake Recipe
McDonald's Shamrock Shake
By Todd Wilbur

Recipe Type: Drink
Calories: 550
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Recipe Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
 

You'll find it very easy to recreate the flavors of McDonald's annual St. Patrick's Day shake using only four ingredients. The two that make this holiday shake unique are the mint extract and green food coloring. Make sure your extract says "mint" and not "peppermint". And if you don't want shakes that are green like the real ones, you can certainly leave out the food coloring.

Source: "Top Secret Recipes: Sodas, Smoothies, Spirits and Shakes" by Todd Wilbur.
2 cups vanilla ice cream
1 1/4 cups low fat milk
1/4 teaspoon mint extract (not peppermint)
8 drops green food coloring

1. Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until smooth. Stop blender to stir with a spoon if necessary to help blend ice cream.

2. Pour into two 12-ounce cups and serve each with a straw.

Serves 2.
        
Kristen  
Submitted on 03/22/13
Definitely does not taste like McDonalds' Shamrock Shake. There's too much milk so it doesn't have a shake-like consistency. It does taste like mint but never would I think this is something that would satisfy my Shamrock Shake craving when it's out of season.
Ameer Hammod  
Submitted on 03/15/13
Tastes exactly the same like McDonald's. :)
Chris  
Submitted on 03/13/12
Mint extract instead of peppermint is definitely the one to use. Results will depend on the ice cream you use. At the place they say add extract flavored syrups to non fat vanilla ice creams to make their shakes. End result is the same.
Alex  
Submitted on 02/24/09
This is one of my favorites at McDonalds, now I can make it all year long.
sabrina  
Submitted on 11/08/05
I like it.