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If you love Chick-fil-A’s peppermint milkshake, you can recreate this festive favorite right at home. Made with creamy vanilla ice cream, cool peppermint, and crushed candy canes, this thick and frosty treat tastes just like the holiday classic—no drive-thru required.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe!
If you’re like me and start counting down the days each holiday season until Chick-fil-A brings back their peppermint milkshake, this recipe is for you. Now you don’t have to wait for it to return—you can make this festive favorite at home anytime the craving hits. With a creamy vanilla ice cream base, refreshing peppermint extract, crushed candy canes, and flecks of chocolate, this copycat shake is rich, frosty, and just as delicious as the original.
Ingredients
- Ice Cream. My favorite brand is Breyer’s Natural Vanilla
- Milk. I use whole milk
- Candy Cane.
- Chocolate Chips
- Peppermint Syrup or peppermint extract (not the same thing as MINT extract). I used Torani peppermint syrup.
How to Make a Chick-Fil-A Peppermint Milkshake
- Combine vanilla ice cream, smashed candy cane, chocolate chips, milk and peppermint syrup into a blender. Add in peppermint syrup or extract.
- Blend to desired consistency. If you like your shakes thick, add less milk.
- Top it off with some whipped cream and additional crushed candy cane. And if you want, a maraschino cherry on top!
Tips from Leigh Anne
- If your milkshake is too thick, add more milk
- If your milkshake is too thin, add more ice cream.
- I prefer the flavor of the Torani peppermint syrup but if you all you can find is peppermint extract (not MINT, it’s not the same) it will work fine.
- You can also replace both the candy cane and the chocolate chips in the Chick-Fil-A peppermint milkshake by using pieces or chips of peppermint bark
Frequently Asked Questions
What can I use instead of candy canes?
If you don’t have any leftover candy canes at your house go pick yourself up a bag of the Starlight mints that the stores carry all year long, they will work just fine!
Can I make the peppermint milkshake ahead of time?
A milkshake is best served immediately after blending. You can put it in the freezer but it will harden up and the texture will change. If it freezes solid, I recommend putting it back into the blender and reblending for a smoother consistency.
What’s the best way to crush candy canes?
You can put them in your blender and turn them to powder but I prefer some small chunks of candy cane in my shake so I put them in a zippered plastic bag and hit it with a rolling pin or meat tenderizer(on the smooth side) until they get the consistency I like.
Whether you’re recreating a favorite holiday tradition or just craving something cool and minty, this Chick-fil-A copycat peppermint milkshake is sure to hit the spot. It’s festive, refreshing, and incredibly easy to make at home with just a few simple ingredients. One sip and you’ll have all the nostalgic holiday flavor you love—no waiting for the seasonal menu to return.
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Copycat Chick-fil-A Peppermint Chip Milkshake Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups vanilla ice cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1-2 tsp peppermint extract or 1-2 Tbsp peppermint Torani syrup to taste
- 4 crushed up candy canes
- 1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- Whipped cream for topping
- extra crushed candy cane to sprinkle on top.
Instructions
- Put ice cream, milk, extract and candy canes in blender.
- Blend until smooth.
- Add in chocolate chips and pulse for a few seconds.
- Top off with whipping cream and crushed candy cane.
Tips & Notes:
- If your milkshake is too thick, add more milk
- If your milkshake is too thin, add more ice cream.
- I prefer the flavor of the Torani peppermint syrup but if you all you can find is peppermint extract (not MINT, it’s not the same) it will work fine.
- You can also replace both the candy cane and the chocolate chips in the Chick-Fil-A peppermint milkshake by using pieces or chips of peppermint bark
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Annika McPeters says
This is so good especially when chick-fil-a prices are high! I made an article in my newspaper about your wonderfull recipe so more people can go to your website and make an amzaing shake! love your website!
Serena says
I tried it with the peppermint extract and thought it was too much peppermint. Nothing like chick fil a. I dumped it out and made a second batch with all the same ingredients EXCEPT the peppermint extract and it was delicious. Omitting the peppermint extract did the trick for us.
Susan says
What size candy canes?
Beth says
I live in Utah but don’t go to chik fil a… though I might have to now! Oh my yum!
Leigh Anne says
The shake is only seasonal so you’ll have to wait until next holiday season to get one at Chick Fil A but you can make your own at home.
Lisa says
Our chick fil-a divulged that they actually use peppermint chips and peppermint syrup to make these.