15 Alcoholic Milkshakes to Top Off Your Summer
Check out these 15 alcoholic milkshake recipes for the last hot days of summer
It’s uncanny how well the milkshake world and the universe of adult beverages go together! Whether you’re hanging out with a few close friends and family or you’re an epic party of one, these yummy dessert cocktail recipes for grown-ups (the 21-and-older crowd) are sure to be a cool addition to your summer.
It’s important to keep these out of reach of children. But creating these adult summer treats is a snap, especially with a good blender. Mixing and matching all varieties of ice cream and toppings like hot fudge, Oreos, whipped cream, chocolate and caramel with adult beverages, from Guinness beer to Kahlua and Baileys to bourbon and coffee liqueur, is almost impossible to mess up. But it helps to have some recipes to guide your explorations.
Good luck choosing just one!
Boozy Chocolate Frozen Mudslide
Prep time: 5 minutes
When it comes to great timeless drinks, classics are classics for a reason. Behold, the boozy chocolate frozen mudslide.
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Lulu’s Piña Colada
Prep time: 10 minutes
A picture is worth a thousand words, but we only need three: piña colada milkshake. Enjoy.
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Strawberry Shortcake Drink
Prep time: 5 minutes
BREAKING: Strawberry shortcake gets creamy and boozy and reinvents itself as a milkshake.
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Boozy S’mores Shake
Prep time: 10 minutes
“Hey, let’s just turn all of our favorite treats into boozy milkshakes!”
— Unknown genius
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Irish Coffee Milkshake with Whiskey Caramel
Prep time: 10 minutes
What does this recipe have in common with superhero movies? When foods and drinks that are already stellar on their own join forces, you can be sure that they’re going to save the day.
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Boozy Peach Milkshakes
Prep time: 15 minutes
SoCo and peach are a perfect match to begin with. Make it buttery and creamy and your eyes will be rolling back in your head.
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Spiked Coffee Milkshakes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Can’t go wrong with coffee. Just add coffee ice cream, Kahlua and MORE coffee (of the espresso variety). Coffee lovers aren’t even reading this anymore because they’re already getting the ingredients together.
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Samoas Cookies and Cream Coconut Milkshake
Prep time: 7 minutes
A Girl Scouts Samoas Cookie milkshake with Malibu rum, coconut ice cream and caramel drizzle?! It’s a smooth ride from delight to relaxation to comfort to bliss.
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Boozy Mexican Chocolate Milkshakes
Prep time: 10 minutes
This has that pinch of heat from cinnamon and cayenne pepper that makes Mexican hot chocolate perhaps the best hot chocolate ever created. Add tequila for a grown-up delight.
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Hot Fudge Bourbon Milkshakes
Prep time: 5 minutes
What do you get when you put hot fudge, bourbon and vanilla ice cream together? A phenomenally creamy milkshake with all the right flavors.
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White Russian Alcoholic Milkshake
Prep time: 35 minutes
This is, like, a great milkshake, man. Lebowski would approve. Vanilla ice cream and vodka really tie the shake together.
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Boozy Shamrock Shake
You’re not gonna find this treat at Mickey D’s.
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Coconut Rum Milkshake
Prep time: 5 minutes
It’s been a year. Relax and unwind with this comfort dessert shake featuring vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, spiced rum and ground nutmeg. Take a holiday from all that stresses you out, just for a little while.
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Boozy Key Lime Pie Shake
Prep time: 5 minutes
Gorgeously creamy meets tart key lime with just the right infusion of lime vodka.
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Strawberry White Chocolate Boozy Milkshake
Prep time: 10 minutes
Irish cream-y, white chocolate-covered strawberry milkshake: adult comfort dessert in a highball glass. Relaxation may commence.
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If you can’t decide which alcoholic milkshake recipe to try first, try them all and turn it into a tasting. (Hey, we do it with wine!) Just make sure you drink responsibly and keep any kids away from these tempting treats. Enjoy!