Typically, a grasshopper milkshake is a boozy milkshake that combines ice cream, creme de menthe, and creme de cacao together. In the spirit of St Patrick’s Day later this month, I whipped up some tasty kid-friendly Grasshopper Milkshakes! This delicious grasshopper shake is made using mint chocolate chip ice cream and crushed grasshopper cookies.
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How to Make a Grasshopper Milkshake
This mint cookies and cream milkshake is SO SO good. If you love the combination of chocolate and mint, you have to try these Andes Mint Cupcakes too.
Grasshopper milkshakes are a perfect St. Patrick’s Day treat!
Grasshopper Milkshake Ingredients
For your convenience, a printable recipe card with measurements is located at the bottom of this page.
Equipment Needed:
Food processor
Blender
mint chocolate chip ice cream
1/2 cup milk
grasshopper cookies (crushed)
green food coloring (optional)
Directions
Crush cookies in a food processor or place cookies in a plastic bag and smash with a rolling pin.
In a blender combine ice cream, milk and food coloring (as desired). Blend until smooth. Stir in crushed sandwich cookies.
Pour into a tall glass and enjoy.
Recipe yields 3-4 servings using these measurements.
What are grasshopper cookies?
Grasshopper cookies are mint and fudge cookies. There are various brands of these cookies. Keebler is a favorite of mine. Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies are great for this recipe too.
Grasshopper Milkshake Variations
You can easily swap ingredients to make this shake to your own liking. Some suggested variations are using mint cream filled sandwich cookies or ditch the cookies all-together and use Andes mint chocolate candies. You could also swap out the mint chocolate chip ice cream for cookies and cream or vanilla ice cream. Then, to keep with the St. Patrick’s Day theme just add a few drops of green food coloring.
Kid-Friendly Grasshopper Milkshakes
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 2 cups mint chocolate chip ice cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 10 grasshopper cookies crushed
- green food coloring
Instructions
- Crush cookies in a food processor or place cookies in a plastic bag and smash with a rolling pin. In a blender combine ice cream, milk and food coloring (as desired). Blend until smooth. Stir in crushed cookies. Pour into a tall glass and enjoy.
Nutrition
You might also enjoy these:
St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Cupcakes
Rainbow Swirl Cookies Recipe
Easy and Oh-So Cute Unicorn Cupcakes
Leprechaun Cookies made with Nutter Butters
Looks delicious, thank you for the recipe.
This sound delish!! I may have to try this 🙂
That looks so delicious!
Of Irish descent, wanted to do something unique for St Patrick’s Day – and this is the ticket. Great idea, my husband and son will love it. Definitely trying this TY.