Chocolate Cake Batter Milkshake

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Drinking a whole chocolate cake batter milkshake sure beats the one or two measly licks of the batter that’s on the beaters after making a chocolate cake.

Then again I’ve never met a batch of cake batter, brownie batter, or cookie dough that I didn’t love to snag a few tastes of.

Chocolate Cake Batter Milkshake with cake batter rim

Plus, it’s summer and it’s hot.

And I’d rather drink my cake than turn on the oven and bake one.

Chocolate Cake Batter Milkshake with cake batter rim

Have your cake and eat it, too.

Have your cake and drink it, too.

Chocolate Cake Batter Milkshake with cake batter rim

But it really doesn’t have to be summer to drink cake batter.

Cake batter is a food, or drink, for all seasons.

Chocolate Cake Batter Milkshake with cake batter rim

There’s a generous scoop of ice cream and a cup of whole milk in the milkshake making it plenty creamy and very rich.

milk in glass with cow picture and real milk slogan

Gather your all-star lineup of ingredients.

You could likely use cocoa powder, granulated sugar, and flour in proper ratios totaling one-half cup to approximate cake mix (see recipe notes) instead of using actual cake mix. However, I like cake mix and I like shortcuts.

glass of milk, devil's food cake mix, chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, and chocolate sprinkles

Select whatever cake mix you have open – chocolate, vanilla, white, yellow, or strawberry cake mix – you do have at least six different boxes of cake mix open at any given time, right? You can also use brownie mix for a brownie batter milkshake.

Add one half cup of mix, a hearty scoop of ice cream, milk, chocolate sauce, vanilla, and give ‘er a whirl. Adding the milk first so the cake mix floats on top of the milk rather than sitting on the blender blade makes for better blending.

ingredients for shake in blender

Rim the glass in whipped topping or ice cream and then dip the glass in cake batter in order to get a little extra cake batter to stick to the rim.

Only if you’re interested.

Chocolate Cake Batter Milkshake with cake batter rim

Garnish with sprinkles and anything else that floats your cake batter milkshake boat.

Don’t spill sprinkles all over in your utter excitement over this milkshake.

Chocolate sprinkles spread on table

I really had to from going crazy with more ice cream on top, whipped topping, drizzling chocolate and caramel sauce, or adding a dollop of homemade peanut butter on top.

I figured what I had in the glass was already plenty going on and it is swimsuit season after all.

Chocolate Cake Batter Milkshake with cake batter rim

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Chocolate Cake Batter Milkshake

By Averie Sunshine
Drinking a whole chocolate cake batter milkshake sure beats the one or two measly licks of the batter that’s on the beaters after making a chocolate cake. This fast, easy, and very satisfying milkshake is perfect for anyone who loves cake batter and always wants one more taste. Recipe can be made with other flavors of cake batter, as desired. Have your cake and drink it, too!
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Total Time: 2 minutes
Servings: 2
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Ingredients  

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup vanilla ice cream, or chocolate
  • ½ cup devil’s food cake chocolate cake mix boxed, or another fave flavor or brownie mix
  • 3 tablespoons chocolate syrup, divided
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • whipped topping for garnishing, optional
  • sprinkles for garnishing, optional

Instructions 

  • Combine milk, ice cream (I have made this with vanilla cookie dough, vanilla, and chocolate ice cream – use what you have), cake mix, at least 2 tablespoons chocolate sauce, and vanilla in a high-speed blender and blend until smooth and creamy. Serve immediately.
  • Optionally, before serving, dip the rim of the glass in whipped topping or run ice cream-dipped fingers around the rim so it’s moistened and sticky. Dip the moistened rim into a shallow bowl with cake mix, graham cracker crumbs, or sprinkles. Garnish milkshake with whipped topping, sprinkles, a drizzle of Nutella, peanut butter, or chocolate syrup as desired.  Tip: Make your own cake mix by combining approximately 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, and 1 tablespoon flour.

Nutrition

Serving: 1, Calories: 581kcal, Carbohydrates: 86g, Protein: 10g, Fat: 23g, Saturated Fat: 9g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g, Cholesterol: 81mg, Sodium: 399mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 59g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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  1. Do you heat treat the cake mix before adding into the milkshake? I was wondering if there is a food safety issue with the uncooked flour from the boxes cake mix? Thank you sounds yummy

    1. No I do not do anything special to the cake mix. For me, I am not personally worried but of course do as you see fit.

  2. If I don’t have any ice cream on hand, does this recipe work just as well using milk and ice as a substitute? I’ve seen it used for other recipes, but I’m not sure it would work with this one.

    1. Probably would work okay but you won’t get the creamy factor that ice cream lends in a true milkshake.

  3. I don’t have opened boxes of cake mix but i will open one just to try this shake I have cake mixes in my pantry so i will open one and give it a whirl Thanks For The Post / Blog……

  4. Can’t wait to make this! I was just wondering if I wanted to make this with yellow or white/vanilla cake mix, what would I use instead of the chocolate syrup?

    1. You can just omit it, or you could try butterscotch sauce, melted white chocolate, peanut butter, there are no rules – whatever sounds good to you, or omit.