Strawberry Cheesecake Milkshake
A creamy milkshake made with strawberry ice cream, cream cheese, and graham crackers for cheesecake flavor.
- Prep
- 8min
- Total
- 8min
- Serves
- 2
- Calories
- 680per serving, est.
By Time for Burgers, updated
Cream cheese is the reason this tastes like cheesecake rather than strawberry ice cream with extras. Softened first, it blends smoothly into the shake and adds tang and body, while 40 g of crushed graham crackers go straight into the blender for the crust taste.
Fresh strawberries add a brightness the ice cream lacks and leave small red flecks through the pink. The remaining crumbs coat the rims of chilled glasses. Blend for no more than a minute: the motor warms the shake, and a longer run leaves it thin.
Strawberry Cheesecake Milkshake
Prep 8 min, total 8 min. About 680 calories per serving.
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Serves 2.
Ingredients
Instructions
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Add 2 cups strawberry ice cream, ½ cup whole milk, 4 oz softened cream cheese, 3½ oz fresh strawberries, 1½ oz crushed graham crackers, 1 tsp vanilla extract, and ½ oz powdered sugar to a blender.
Blend on high speed for 45-60 seconds until smooth and creamy with visible strawberry flecks.
Rim 2 chilled glasses with remaining ¾ oz crushed graham crackers by moistening the rim and dipping in crumbs.
Pour milkshake into prepared glasses and top with whipped cream and fresh strawberry slices if desired.
Tips
- Soften the cream cheese fully, about 30 minutes on the counter or 10 seconds in the microwave. Cold cream cheese leaves white lumps, and blending longer to fix them melts the shake.
- Put the milk and cream cheese in the blender first, then the ice cream and berries. Liquid at the bottom keeps the blades moving and shortens blending time.
- Wipe a cut strawberry around each rim instead of using water. The juice holds the crumbs better and tints the edge pink.
Substitutions
- Frozen strawberries instead of fresh: thicker and colder. Add a splash more milk if the blender stalls.
- Vanilla ice cream instead of strawberry: double the fresh strawberries to 200 g for color and fruit.
- Neufchâtel instead of cream cheese: the same tang with about a third less fat.
- Gluten-free: use gluten-free graham-style crackers for both the blend and the rim.
Make ahead & storage
Drink it right away; it separates and loses its thickness within about 15 minutes. Leftovers can be frozen in a covered cup and re-blended with a splash of milk, though the crumbs on the rim won't survive.
