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    Home » Recipes » St. Patrick's Day

    Shamrock Shakes

    Modified: Sep 5, '23 · Published: Mar 2, '12 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

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    Serve your minty green Shamrock Shakes in a fun white chocolate cup for St. Patrick's Day. Each edible cup is decorated with a smiley face shamrock. They look and taste sweet!

    shamrock shakes served in white chocolate cups decorated with smiley face shamrocks

    Copycat Shamrock Shakes are a popular frozen treat to serve for St. Patrick's Day and I thought I'd make my version of this drink a bit more fun. 

    I decided to serve the peppermint milkshakes in white chocolate cups that are decorated with cute smiley face shamrocks. 

    Once the milkshake is gone, you can enjoy snacking on the white chocolate cup.

    green St. Patrick's Day shamrock shakes in a smiling shamrock cup

    In the tutorial below, I will show you step-by-step how to make your smiling shamrock cups. Then, you will find the shamrock shake recipe in the recipe card below.

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    Before you begin, if you aren't experienced with working with confectionery coating/candy melts or modeling chocolate, read my chocolate-making tips tutorial.

    Ingredients

    White Chocolate Cups

    • 16 ounces melted white confectionery coating/candy melts
    • white modeling chocolate or fondant to decorate cups
    • green food coloring
    • black food coloring
    • powdered sugar to dust work surface

    Peppermint Milkshakes

    • 4 cups vanilla ice cream
    • 1 ½ cups milk
    • 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
    • ½ teaspoon green food coloring

    Supplies

    • 3 plastic cups with a completely smooth interior
    • pastry brush
    • blender
    • rolling pin
    • shamrock cookie cutter
    • pizza wheel or knife
    • #6 pastry decorating tips and #12 round pastry tip
    • fine tipped paint brush (food-use-only brush)
    • black food coloring marker

    Instructions

    brush the inside of a plastic cup with a layer of white candy melts
    • Use a pastry brush to "paint" a thin layer of melted white confectionery coating inside your cups.
    • Wipe off the rim with your finger.
    • Place in the freezer for 5 minutes. Remove as soon as the candy hardens or your cups will crack.
    • Repeat with remaining cups.
    making a white chocolate cup using a plastic cup as a mold
    • Remove the cups from the freezer and let them sit at room temperature for 5 minutes. You may need to reheat your confectionery coating for 10 seconds in the microwave if it has gotten too thick before continuing.
    • Pour some coating into the cup and swirl it around so that it completely coats the inside of the cup. Turn the cup upside down and shake it allowing the excess candy coating to fall out.
    • Wipe the rim of the cup with your finger and set the cup immediately in the freezer. Freeze for 10-12 minutes. Set the timer; if the cups get too cold, the candy coating can crack.
    • Repeat with the other two cups. Reserve the remaining candy coating.
    pull the hardened white chocolate cup out of the plastic cup
    • Once the candy coating is set, you can easily just pull it out of the plastic cup.
    • Allow the edible cups to sit at room temperature for 15 minutes before decorating.
    cut shamrocks and eyes out of modeling chocolate and attach them to the chocolate cups
    • Tint some modeling chocolate green with the food coloring.
    • Dust your work surface with powdered sugar. If you roll out the modeling chocolate on a silicone mat
    • Roll out green modeling chocolate to 1/16" thickness. Cut out shamrock shapes using a cookie cutter. Cut 6 long strips using a pizza wheel or knife.
    • Color a small amount of white modeling chocolate black. Roll it out and cut out small circles using the tip of a #6 pastry decorating tip. Roll out some white modeling chocolate and cut out small circles using the tip of a #12 pastry decorating tip.
    • Lightly brush some water on the back of a small black circle and press it onto a white circle to create an eye. Repeat. Lightly brush some water on the back of the white circles and press them onto the green shamrocks.
    • Use a black food coloring marker to draw on a smile and some eyebrows or eyelashes. Alternatively, you could paint black food coloring onto the shamrocks with a fine-tip paintbrush.
    • Reheat your remaining confectionery coating in the microwave for 5-15 seconds. Use a fine-tip paint brush to brush some coating on the back side of your decorations and attach them to the edible cups.
    White chocolate smiling shamrock cups filled with homemade shamrock shakes.

    Your edible cups are now ready to be filled with milkshakes. Aren't they fun?

    To make your milkshakes

    • Combine ice cream, milk, peppermint extract, and green food coloring in a blender.
    • Place the lid on the blender and blend on high speed until smooth.
    • Pour immediately into edible glasses and serve.
    Green shamrock shakes spilling over the side of a smiling shamrock candy cup.

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    Recipe

    shamrock shakes served in white chocolate cups decorated with smiley face shamrocks
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    Shamrock Shakes
    Prep Time
    5 mins
     

    Flavor vanilla ice cream with peppermint extract and add green food coloring to make this frozen St. Patrick's Day milkshake.

    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: milkshakes, shamrock shake, St. Patrick's Day recipe
    Servings: 3
    Calories: 244 kcal
    Author: Beth Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    • 4 cups vanilla ice cream
    • 1 ½ cups milk
    • 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
    • ½ teaspoon green food coloring
    Instructions
    1. Combine the vanilla ice cream, milk, peppermint extract, and a few drops of green food coloring in a blender.

    2. Place the lid on the blender and blend on high speed until smooth.
    3. Pour immediately into glasses and serve.

    Recipe Notes

    See the step-by-step tutorial for instructions on making edible white chocolate candy cups decorated with smiley face shamrocks. 

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    Beth Klosterboer
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    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Maija M says

      March 03, 2012 at 10:03 pm

      I like good ol' cabbage & corned beef for Mar 17! Maija pinkmaija (at) yahoodotcom

      Reply
    2. colleen says

      March 03, 2012 at 2:34 pm

      These are the cutest!! We make the traditional Irish American corned beef & cabbage

      Reply
    3. Linda Taylor says

      March 03, 2012 at 6:49 pm

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    4. Nancy says

      March 03, 2012 at 1:48 pm

      I usually make green butter cookies with my cookie press but I love shamrock shakes and plan to try to recreate them this year at home.

      Reply
    5. Linda Taylor says

      March 03, 2012 at 6:48 pm

      I like HH on FB
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    6. Linda Taylor says

      March 03, 2012 at 6:47 pm

      I follow you via GFC
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      Reply
    7. Linda Taylor says

      March 03, 2012 at 6:45 pm

      I used to make green aggs and/or pancakes when my daughter was little
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      Reply
    8. Shasha says

      March 03, 2012 at 6:44 pm

      I made a shamrock cake last year. This year I am making vanilla cupcakes and I am going to make the batter green with food coloring, and use vanilla icing. I might also make these to go along with the cupcakes. Absolutely love the idea.

      Reply
    9. Hilary says

      March 03, 2012 at 1:13 pm

      I like McCormick on Facebook

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    10. Hilary says

      March 03, 2012 at 1:12 pm

      I like Hungry Happenings on Facebook

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    11. Hilary says

      March 03, 2012 at 1:11 pm

      This will be my first year doing it. My daughter is finally old enough to enjoy it so I will be making a variety of green things all day.

      Reply
    12. Alicia Yamashita says

      March 03, 2012 at 5:18 am

      Edible cups?! No way! That's awesome!

      Reply
    13. Tiffany Yang says

      March 03, 2012 at 4:58 am

      Those cups are super cute! If you gave me a cup of that, I don't know if I want to eat the cup first or drink the milk shake first :p

      Reply
    14. Wendy says

      March 03, 2012 at 4:04 am

      I like to make things green - juice, bread, cookies. Mostly treats.

      Reply
    15. DB says

      March 03, 2012 at 3:11 am

      We make mint chocolate chip milkshakes. My boys favorite!

      Reply
    16. Catie says

      March 03, 2012 at 3:07 am

      I personally never have, but my mother always makes green mashed potatoes!

      Reply
    17. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says

      March 03, 2012 at 2:43 am

      I love to bake green desserts. Or anything mint! These cups are beyond cute. Your creativity is amazing!

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        March 10, 2012 at 12:52 pm

        Congratulations Dorothy, you have won a baking kit from McCormick. Please send your mailing address to beth@hungryhappenings.com to claim your prize.

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    18. kronca says

      March 03, 2012 at 2:10 am

      I don't usually make anything special for St. Patricks Day. But we do decorate alot and try to catch a leprechan.

      Reply
    19. amy beth marantino says

      March 03, 2012 at 1:34 am

      i make green pancakes

      Reply
    20. Sugar Butter Baby says

      March 03, 2012 at 1:13 am

      I try to make festive foods for St. Patrick's Day, Like Lucky Charm Cupcakes or Guiness Cupcakes, but usually end up buying green bagels and cream cheese from the local bagel place.

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        March 10, 2012 at 12:50 pm

        Hi, Congratulations you have won a baking kit from McCormick. Please send your mailing address to beth@hungryhappenings.com to claim your prize.

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      • Sugar Butter Baby says

        March 12, 2012 at 3:54 am

        Yayayayay! Just emailed my info to you 🙂 thanks for hosting the giveaway!

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