So there I was….browsing the web trying to decide what to call my gorgeous green mint shakes.
And then I see that shakes remarkably like these are often called shamrock shakes!
And it’s perfect for St Patrick’s Day. Which of course is long past now, so I totally missed that boat.
I mean I did manage to get something green up, my mint chocolate chip ice cream which is the bomb diggity!
But I wish I’d hustled a bit more to get these vegan peppermint milkshakes out in time. I could’a called them Shamrock Shakes!
Ah well.
Vegan peppermint milkshakes sounds pretty good too.
These shakes are gorgeous, green, thick, cold, smooth and ultra satisfying!
It’s a simple 4-ingredient recipe that can be topped with whipped coconut cream and some green sanding sugar for a bit of extra flair!
Believe me when I say I have NO idea of where or even if you can get green sanding sugar where I am, so I made my own.
Just threw in a few drops of green food coloring with some white sugar and processed it in the food processor.
It clumped at first, so I had to break up the little green clumps and then the green color spread beautifully.
So if you need to make colored sanding sugar at any point, this is what I recommend!
I’d love to know what you think of these pretty green vegan peppermint milkshakes.
Let me know in the comments.
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- For the Shakes:
- 2 cups vegan vanilla ice cream
- ¼ cup (60ml) Soy Milk (or other non-dairy milk)
- ¼ tsp Peppermint Extract
- ¼ tsp Green Food Coloring
- For the Topping (Optional):
- Whipped Coconut Cream
- Green Sanding Sugar
- Place the ice cream, soy milk, peppermint extract and green food coloring into the blender and blend.
- Pour out into glasses and top with whipped coconut cream and some green sanding sugar.
- Serve immediately.
*Prep time does not include making the sanding sugar or whipping the coconut cream.
*Adapted from Food Network
So beautiful, I just love how these look. Food porn all the way