This tastes like you’re drinking a sugar cookie.
Ok, that just sounds weird… but this is really good!
Ensure? No thanks!
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you probably know I don’t really like being as skinny as I am. Although I create recipes that can be very low in calories, I usually take advantage of the higher-calorie options if making them for myself. To keep weight on, I pretty much have to eat 24/7, which works out perfectly since my job entails lots of taste testing! 
In high school, I often drank vegan “weight-gain shakes” called Power Dreams. However, two things happened: the company discontinued the shakes, and I bought a Magic Bullet. So now I make my own shakes! (I wrote more about my weight-gain efforts at the very bottom of this link.)
Big thanks to reader, Kate, for inspiring this milkshake.
A few months ago, she left a comment on my Cake Batter Milkshake recipe, suggesting I experiment with adding cream of tartar to my smoothies for a fun cake-like taste. Of course, as soon as she said it, I had to try it. Thank you, Kate!!
Sugar Cookie Milkshake
(serves 1)
- 2/3 cup milk of choice (try canned coconut milk for an ice-cream-like shake)
- 1 frozen, over-ripe banana or 1/2 cup of your favorite ice cream (see nutrition link below, for my many substitution options!)
- scant 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- optional: 1-2 tbsp raw cashew butter (I like to add this)
- optional: add cinnamon for a snickerdoodle shake!
- optional: 1 scoop protein powder, if desired
Blend everything together until very smooth. Don’t add ice; it will dilute the flavor. Feel free to crumble an actual sugar cookie into the shake as well! (My “healthy sugar cookie” recipe is linked at the end of this post.)
Also shown in the milkshake photos: Healthy Sugar Cookies.
What is your favorite milkshake flavor?
According to an online poll, the most-loved milkshake flavor is chocolate. Surprisingly, people chose strawberry over vanilla. My favorite was fourth: mint-chocolate-chip!
I’m just curious, what effect does the baking soda have? I’ve never seen it before! (I’m not trying to hate on your blog – I really love it!) I love to look at recipes to get ideas for my own creations, and I was instantly intrigued. 🙂
My guess is that it’s just for flavor, since that’s the reason Katie’s given for other no-bake recipes that call for it (can’t think of any off the top of my head). 🙂
taste 🙂
Hello Katie! I wanted to let you know, I myself am a young vegan too. You have helped me remember why I was a vegan in the first place. God bless you!
aw thank you!!
That looks like a great milkshake.
Speaking of the healthy sugar cookies, I have a question about that recipe. Although the cookies were absolutely very soft and very delicious (I highly recommend them!), I couldn’t help but taste an overpowering baking soda taste. I’m guessing that since they’re vegan cookies, you’re using the baking soda as an egg substitute. How much of the 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp baking soda is used as an “egg replacement” and how much of it is used a rising agent??? I would like to experiment by reducing some of the baking soda and adding flax egg & I would so very very much appreciate you responding to this comment!
Nope, it’s mostly just for flavor. I love cookies with a baking soda kick! But I think you’d be fine to reduce it even to just 1/8 tsp without adding anything.
Obviously I can’t say for sure, but I *think* that’d be ok!
Easy enough. This sounds great!
That is interesting to know about the cream of tartar. I love milkshakes, Peanut butter or chocolate are hands down my fav. Not mint….ick! 😉
I love adding a bit of vanilla extract when I make shakes like this. It cancels out the last bit of banana flavor and really sends the flavor over the top 🙂
Has anyone tried adding coco powder for a chocolate cookie shakes???
and the best milkshake of all time i had was something called a Cake Shake where they blended a FULL cupcake (icing and all) in my milkshake and u get a realllllyyy thick straw so that you can get cake pieces in every sip….SO YUMMYYYY !!!
I’ve done this for the PB cookie dough shake (1 T Hershey’s Special Dark powder), and it’s amazing… I keep meaning to try it with the mint shake, though!
someone PLEASE make a Nutella milkshake!
p.s.- that someone would be you Katie.
I suggest you get to it 🙂
How about chocolate covered strawberry milkshake: http://thesweetlifeonline.blogspot.com/2012/05/chocolate-banana-smoothie.html
I am always a fan of chocolate milkshakes..maybe mint chocolate chip…oh, but then there’s cookie dough!! 🙂
My favorite – chocolate malts all the way! Barley malt syrup, cocoa, vanilla, sugar, coconut milk – major yum. This sugar cookie shake looks delish – I’ll have to give it a try this week, since I have most of the ingredients. I’ve been using coconut milk (the thin kind in the box) instead of almond milk lately, and I’m addicted. I love shakes made with non-dairy milk – so creamy.