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Oreo Milkshake perfection is thick enough to fight the straw, loaded with cookie bits in every sip, and crowned with whipped cream and a cherry, and this Chick-Fil-A cookies and cream copycat has been our Friday movie night tradition since the girls discovered I could make the drive-thru version at home. Pair it with our Chick-Fil-A grilled chicken club for the full copycat combo.
Five ingredients and a blender are all this 8 minute treat asks of you.
Oreo Milkshake Quick Look
- 🕒 Prep Time: 8 minutes
- 🌡️ Cook Time: 0 minutes
- ⏳ Total Time: 8 minutes
- 🍽️ Serving: 2 servings
- ⚡ Calories: 814kcal
- 🌶️ Flavor Profile: Thick vanilla cream packed with chocolate cookie crunch
- ✋ Difficulty: Easy, faster than our Shamrock Shake
Quick Answer
Pulse 8 chocolate sandwich cookies in a blender a few times until crumbs form. Add 3 cups of vanilla ice cream, one-third cup of whole milk, and 2 cups of whipped cream, then blend on high until smooth and thick. Pour into glasses and top with more whipped cream, cookie crumbs, and a maraschino cherry.
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Why This Recipe Works
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- Crushing the cookies first is the secret. Pulsing the Oreos before the ice cream goes in gives you even cookie bits in every sip instead of big chunks that clog the straw.
- Whipped cream goes IN the blender. Two full cups blended in is the Chick-Fil-A move, it makes the shake taste like soft-serve instead of melted ice cream.
- A little milk, not a lot. Just a third of a cup keeps the shake spoon-thick, the way a real shake should be.
- Quality vanilla ice cream matters. With five ingredients, the ice cream IS the shake, a rich, real-vanilla brand makes it taste premium.
- Whole cookies, filling and all. The cream filling blends into the base and sweetens it, no extra sugar needed.
- It scales instantly. Double everything for four glasses, the blender does not care.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- It tastes just like the drive-thru cookies and cream shake, made in 8 minutes at home.
- Five simple ingredients, one blender, zero cooking.
- It is thick, creamy, and loaded with cookie bits, dessert-drink cousin to our no bake Oreo pie.
Key Ingredients
Five ingredients build this copycat cookies and cream shake.
- Chocolate sandwich cookies: Eight whole Oreos, filling and all, crushed into the shake plus more for garnish.
- Vanilla ice cream: Three cups, about 8 scoops. A rich, real-vanilla ice cream makes it taste like the restaurant version.
- Whole milk: Just enough to get the blender moving while keeping the shake thick.
- Whipped cream: Blended into the shake for that soft-serve texture, plus more piled on top.
- Maraschino cherries: The classic drive-thru crown.
See recipe card for exact quantities.
Variations and Substitutions
One blender, endless shakes.
- Use mint Oreos and a drop of peppermint extract for a mint cookies and cream shake.
- Swap in chocolate ice cream for a double-chocolate version.
- Add 2 tablespoons of peanut butter for a peanut butter Oreo shake.
- Blend in a shot of espresso for a mocha cookies and cream treat, or go green with our Shamrock Shake.
How to Make Oreo Milkshake
- Place the sandwich cookies into the blender and pulse a few times until crumbs form.
- Add the vanilla ice cream to the blender on top of the cookie crumbs.
- Pour in the whole milk.
- Add the whipped cream to the blender.
- Blend on high until the shake is smooth and thick.
- Pour into glasses and top with more whipped cream, cookie crumbs, and cherries for garnish. Serve immediately with a wide straw.
Recipe Tips & Tricks
- Let the ice cream soften for 5 minutes before blending, it blends smoother without extra milk.
- Pulse the cookies first for even cookie bits in every sip.
- Do not over-blend. Blend just until smooth, extra blending melts the shake thin.
- Chill the glasses in the freezer for 10 minutes so the shake stays thick longer.
- Use a wide straw or the cookie bits will win the fight.
- Too thick to pour? Add milk a tablespoon at a time. Too thin? Blend in another scoop of ice cream.
Serving Ideas and Suggestions
Serve this shake ice cold in a tall glass with whipped cream, a shower of cookie crumbs, and the obligatory cherry on top.
It is the dessert half of the ultimate copycat night next to our Chick-Fil-A grilled chicken club and Chick-Fil-A mac and cheese.
For an ice cream social, set it out with scoops of our no churn cookie dough ice cream and a plate of brownie cookies.
Milkshakes wait for no one, they are best the moment they are blended. If you must hold one, pop the glass in the freezer for up to 30 minutes and give it a quick stir before serving. For make-ahead ease, crush the cookies and chill the glasses in advance.
Oreo Milkshake FAQs
The restaurant blends their vanilla Icedream soft serve with Oreo cookie pieces and tops it with whipped cream and a cherry. This copycat gets the same result with vanilla ice cream, whole milk, whipped cream blended right into the shake, and crushed chocolate sandwich cookies.
Use lots of ice cream and very little milk, a 3 cups to one-third cup ratio, and blend whipped cream into the base. Blend only until just combined, over-blending warms and thins the shake. Chilled glasses buy you extra thickness at the table.
Yes. Let the ice cream soften until stir-able, crush the cookies in a zip-top bag with a rolling pin, then mash and stir everything together in a large bowl with a sturdy spoon. It will be slightly less smooth but every bit as delicious.
Classic Oreos are the standard, and the whole cookie goes in, the filling sweetens the shake. Double Stuf works for a sweeter shake, golden Oreos make a vanilla-on-vanilla version, and mint or peanut butter Oreos each turn it into a whole new flavor.
Shakes are really a make-and-drink treat, but you can hold one in the freezer for up to 30 minutes, then stir before serving. Better plan: crush the cookies, measure the ice cream into a freezer container, and chill the glasses so blending takes 2 minutes when you want it.
This recipe makes two generous shakes at about 814 calories each, it is a true dessert. To lighten it, use low-fat ice cream and skim milk, skip the blended whipped cream, and split the batch into three smaller glasses instead of two.
Made this Oreo Milkshake? I would love to hear how it turned out, leave a comment and a star rating below!
Oreo Milkshake
Ingredients
- 8 chocolate sandwich cookies
- 3 cups vanilla ice cream 8 scoops
- 1/3 cup whole milk
- 2 cups whipped cream plus more for garnish
- Maraschino cherries for garnish
Instructions
- Place the sandwich cookies into the blender. Pulse a few times until crumbs form.8 chocolate sandwich cookies
- Add the ice cream, milk, and whipped cream to the blender. Blend on high until smooth.8 chocolate sandwich cookies
- Pour into glasses and serve with more whipped cream and cherries for garnish, optional.8 chocolate sandwich cookies
Notes
- If you want more chocolate flavor you can add some chocolate ice cream or more chocolate sandwich cookies.
- If you like a thicker milkshake just reduce the milk that you add to this.
- Any chocolate sandwich cookie will do, but we prefer Oreos.
- You can add alcohol to make it a spiked milkshake, see some of my ideas above.
- A blender works wonders for this but can be made with an immersion blender or you can make it by hand by letting the ice cream soften a bite and crusting your cookies in a bag.
- Top with whatever your favorite toppings are, I have some ideas list above.
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