This recipe tastes similar to a Wendy’s vanilla Frosty.
It’s like one of those thick vanilla milkshakes you’d find at a fast-food restaurant… but without all the empty calories and sugar to make you feel sluggish. The recipe actually came about by accident: I was working on a Tiramisu ice cream, and when I stopped to sample the unfinished mixture at one point, I discovered it tasted astoundingly like a real vanilla milkshake. Then, when my roommate came home from work and tried it, she proclaimed:
Holy crickets, it’s like a Wendy’s vanilla frosty!
Except, she didn’t really say “holy crickets” because, honestly, who talks like that? Holy crickets is just the PG version of her comment. In any case, I scrapped all plans for Tiramisu ice cream, and we poured ourselves ice-cold vanilla frosties instead.
Vanilla Frosty Recipe
(yields about 3 cups)
- 2 cups milk of choice (480g)
- 1 cup Morinu silken firm tofu (or 1 cup soaked cashews for a soy-free option. For other substitution options on this recipe, see nutrition link below.) (240g)
- 1/2 tbsp lemon juice, or more if you actually want a lemon-flavored frosty
- just under 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp xylitol or sugar of choice (23g)
- 1/16 tsp pure stevia, or 2 extra tbsp sugar
- don’t add any ice cubes, as this will dilute the flavor
In advance: Freeze the 2 cups of milk in ice cube trays or little dixie cups. (It might be a good idea to freeze multiple servings at once, so in the future you won’t have to wait before proceeding with the rest of the frosty recipe.) Pop the frozen milk into a blender or food processor with all other ingredients, and blend until desired consistency is reached. If your blender isn’t super-strong, you might have to thaw the milk a little before blending.
A note about the milk: Silk almondmilk works well in this recipe, and I’m sure many other types of milk will be good as well, but I can only vouch for the Silk because I haven’t tried the recipe with any others. I’d probably steer clear of the less-thick milks like ricemilk… then again, who knows: maybe it’ll work fine!
View Vanilla Frosty Nutrition Facts
And an aerial view, to show the thick frosty texture.
Have you ever had a Wendy’s Frosty?
After sports practices in middle school, my team used to go to Wendy’s. I wasn’t big on their strange square burgers, but I always looked forward to a broccoli baked potato and a Wendy’s chocolate frosty. Even before going vegetarian, I was a veggie lover! And a chocolate lover… I didn’t even know frosties came in other flavors until my roommate mentioned it yesterday.
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This tastes amazing! Thanks for the tofu idea gives it a great texture 🙂
I have so many non banana thickener options now 😀 no offense to bananas, but they get old aftear I use them in EVER
YTHING lol
This shake looks great – have been searching for healthier treats for my kids, will need to try this one out!
Just pinned this shake on Pinterest!
Oh my goodness… I can’t believe how good this was! I will make again for sure!!
This is a fantastic shake! My husband and I have had it at least once a week since I found it on your blog. Speaking of your blog, I tell EVERYONE who stands still for two seconds about your site. It’s rare to find a source of consistently tasty and healthy recipes. I always look forward to your next creation and can hardly wait until your book comes out.
Thank you so much, Caroline!
Dude, if this were the *chocolate* frosty I’d be all over it. Just add cocoa powder?
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Hi Katie
Found your site really helpful. I am trying to go raw so any recipes that are not cooked will be great.
Gina
Marry me 😉 Playing around with honey/maple syrup ratio for sweetener… lovely flavour!
Yum I made this and it is so amazing! But… I’m pretty sure the calorie calculations are wayyyyy off. I think you left out the tofu, because 1/2 a cup of tofu is 90 calories, so counting it by hand you can see that 1/3 of the recipe is already 60 calories. I don’t want to be annoying or anything, I just thought I should point it out. 🙂 With my calculations it would be about 180 calories per half the recipe. 🙂
Use mori nu tofu for your calculations ;).
Ok, so I just made this for a breakfast shake. I’m normally a big CCK fan, but this just wasn’t tasty. I added 1 1/2 bananas and that made the difference. Maybe it was because I’m salt sensitive and I noticed the saltiness before adding the bananas; I don’t know. I saved the day making it banilla! Thanks for a good base recipe.
Look’s cool!
HOLY GOODNESS THIS IS PERFECTION.
Yuuuuuummmmm!!!
the ingriedience 1 can condensed milk 1/2 gal choc milk,8oz cool whip, anyone recognize this?
but…but….where’s the CHOCOLATE version?????
If I wanted to make this a chocolate frosty (because let’s face it, chocolate is way better) how would you recommend doing that? Thanks, I was just craving a milk shake, so this is perfect!
Add a tbsp cocoa powder maybe? I’d try that first!