Mint Julep Milkshakes Recipes

ST. PATRICK'S DAY MINT SHAKES

Steps:

• Blend the ice cream, milk, peppermint extract, vanilla and food coloring in a blender until smooth. Pour into one or two serving glasses and garnish with whipped cream and sanding sugar.

THIN MINT MILKSHAKE

Steps:

• Put the ice cream, cookies and 1 cup of the milk in a blender and blend until smooth. Add more milk until the desired consistency is reached. Garnish with whipped cream if desired and crumbled thin mints. Serve immediately.

MINT JULEPS

Steps:

• Combine water, sugar and chopped mint leaves in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Allow syrup to cool, approximately 1 hour. Pour syrup through a strainer to remove mint leaves
• Fill eight cups or frozen goblets with crushed ice and pour 4 ounces of bourbon and 1/4 cup mint syrup in each. (Proportions can be adjusted depending on each person's sweet tooth). Top each cup with a mint sprig and a straw. Trim straws to just barely protrude from the top of the cups. Serve juleps on a silver platter.

MINT CHOCOLATE JULEP SHAKE

Steps:

• Add bourbon and ice cream to a blender, and blend until smooth.
• Pour into a Julep cup, and top with whipped cream.
• Garnish with chocolate shavings and a mint sprig.

MINT JULEP MILKSHAKES

Steps:

• In a blender combine the mint ice cream, ice, and bourbon. Blend into a slushy consistency. Pour into a tall glass and top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Garnish with a big sprig of mint, sprinkled in powdered sugar.
• You can easily double or triple this recipe if you want to make more than one serving at a time for a group. You can just blend it all together and then separate out into glasses.

MINT JULEP

Steps:

• Place the mint leaves in the bottom of an old-fashioned glass and top with the sugar. Muddle these together until the leaves begin to break down. Add a splash of seltzer water, fill the glass 3/4 full with crushed ice, and add the bourbon. Top with another splash of seltzer, stir, and garnish with a sprig of mint. Serve immediately.

MINT JULEP MILKSHAKE

Steps:

• Add bourbon, vanilla extract, bitters and ice cream to a blender.
• Blend until creamy.
• Pour into a chilled serving glass and garnish with mint and whipped cream. Chocolate garnish is optional.

MINT JULEP

Steps:

• Shake the bourbon, mint leaves and sugar syrup with ice and strain into a highball glass or julep tin filled with crushed ice. Churn gently with a long-handled spoon and top with more crushed ice. Garnish and serve.