How to Make a Milkshake

Forget the smoothies, granitas, cool lattes, and other frozen imitators—there’s nothing that satisfies your sweet tooth like a good old-fashioned milkshake.

Instructions

Step 1: Scoop in ice cream Scoop your ice cream into the blender--you’ll need four full scoops.
TIP: If you have trouble dipping into hard ice cream, run your scoop under hot water to heat it up between scoops.
Step 2: Pour in syrup and milk Pour the syrup and milk into the blender.
TIP: Add complementary fruit to your shake, like real strawberries to strawberry ice cream, or bananas to chocolate ice cream.
Step 3: Blend Put the top on the blender, and blend on medium speed until it’s smooth and creamy.
Step 4: Pour Pour the milkshake into a large glass.
TIP: If you added fruit to your shake, garnish the glass by hanging a piece on the rim.
Step 5: Drink Drop in the straw, take your first big slurp. Then raise your glass to old-school ice cream drinks!
FACT: In soda fountain parlance, a Black & White is a milkshake made with chocolate syrup and vanilla ice cream.