Homemade chocolate milkshake recipe in a cup.
Do you like chocolate? Do you like whipped cream? If so, you will love this homemade chocolate milkshake recipe! This recipe is easy to make and tastes amazing, it will leave you wanting more and more!

Recipe updated: April 5th, 2024

With lots of ice cream and rainbow sprinkles, this homemade chocolate milkshake recipe is an easy way to satisfy your sweet tooth. It is simple and quick to make, but is delicious all the same! As long as you like chocolate and whipped cream, you’re good to go on this delicious dessert!

Finished product of the homemade chocolate milkshake.

🔑 Key Ingredients for Homemade Chocolate Milkshake

This recipe only has two simple ingredients that are key to this milkshake recipe!

  • 1/3 cup 2% milk (or whatever type of milk you prefer)
  • 6 cups of chocolate ice cream
  • Sprinkles – optional
  • Whipped Topping – optional
2% milk, rainbow sprinkles, whipped topping, chocolate ice cream.
Ingredients for Homemade Chocolate Milkshake recipe.

🥤 How to Make Homemade Chocolate Milkshakes

These step-by-step instructions are accompanied by detailed photos for enhanced clarity and guidance.

Step 1. Measure the Ice Cream

First, measure six cups of ice cream. You can do that by using a measuring cup or using the six cup mark on the blender.

You can fill it up to the six cup mark on the blender instead of using a measuring cup.
The ice cream filled up to the six cup mark.

Step 2. Put the Ice Cream in the Blender

Secondly, fill the blender up with the six cups of chocolate ice cream.

The six cups of ice cream in the blender.
Put all six cups of ice cream in the blender.

Step 3. Measure the Milk

Next, measure 1/3 cup of milk using a measuring cup. The thickness of the milkshake depends on how much milk you put in. If you want a thick chocolate milkshake, add less milk, and if you want your milkshake to be not as thick, add more milk. The thickness of your milkshake also depends on what type of milk you use. If you use whole milk, it will be creamier and thicker… but if you use fat free or 1% milk, it will be less creamy and not as thick.

Measure one - third cup of milk.
The milk measured and ready to be poured.

Step 4. Pour the Milk

Then, dump the milk onto the top of the chocolate ice cream.

The milk poured on top of the ice cream in the blender.
1/3 cup of milk poured on top of the ice cream

Step 5. Blend the Milkshake

Lastly, put the lid on the blender and press the pulse button. Keep pressing the pulse button until the ice cream looks like it is completely mixed up with the milk.

Blend the chocolate ice cream and milk to make the homemade chocolate milkshake.
Blend the milkshake

Step 6. Pour the Milkshake into Glasses

Spoon the chocolate shake into the cups that you are going to use. Top it off with some whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles. Other garnishes are chocolate drizzle, chopped nuts, and maraschino cherries.

Finished product of the homemade chocolate milkshake topped with whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles.

🤔 FAQs

What Should I Add to my Chocolate Milkshake?

Some things to add to the ice cream after it’s blended could be chocolate chips, cookie dough bits, and chunks of candy bars such as Hershey’s or KitKat’s.

Can You Make a Chocolate Milkshake Without Ice Cream?

Yes! For me, it was hard to believe, but you can make a chocolate milkshake without ice cream. To do that, combine 10 ice cubes, 2 cups of milk, 3/4 cup of granulated sugar, and 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, then blend until smooth. I haven’t tried this yet, but I am guessing that it would be slightly less thick and less creamy without the ice cream!

💭 Final Thoughts

If you like chocolate, you will love this homemade chocolate milkshake! This recipe is so easy that even a ten-year-old can make it… and explain how! In fact, I am a ten-year-old and am the one writing this post! 😁

homemade chocolate milkshake with sprinkles on top.

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Homemade chocolate milkshake recipe in a cup.

Homemade Chocolate Milkshake

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Do you like chocolate? Do you like whipped cream? If so, you will love this homemade chocolate milkshake recipe! This recipe is easy to make and tastes amazing, it will leave you wanting more and more!
4.84 from 6 votes
Cost $6
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course: Dessert, Drinks
Cuisine: American
Servings 4

🫕 Equipment

🧂 Ingredients
  

  • 1/3 cup 2% milk
  • 6 cups Chocolate ice ream
  • sprinkles (Optional)
  • Whipped Cream (Optional)

👩‍🍳 Instructions
 

  • Put the ice cream in the blender.
  • Dump the milk on top of the ice cream.
  • Blend the milk and the ice cream until smooth by pressing the pulse button.
  • Pour the milkshake into glasses and enjoy!

*️⃣ Recipe Notes

  • If you don’t like chocolate ice cream, you can substitute it for your favorite type of ice cream such as vanilla bean or caramel swirl.  
  • If you want a thicker milkshake, put in less milk, and if you want a less thick milkshake, put in more milk.
  • If you use whole milk, your milkshake will be thicker and creamier… but if you use fat free or 1% milk, it will be less creamy and not as thick. 
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