Mermaid Milkshake

A colorful milkshake with purple and white layers, topped with whipped cream, sprinkles, mermaid tail decorations

This Mermaid Milkshake is both whimsical and delicious and it's our favorite way to keep cool on a hot summer day!

Course Desserts & Sweets, Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword mermaid freakshake, Mermaid milkshake

Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 639kcal

Author Lisa O'Driscoll

Equipment

Ingredients

For The Milkshake

6 scoops vanilla ice cream more for thicker shakes
4 Tbsp sweetened condensed milk
1 cup milk
pink gel food coloring
purple gel food coloring

For The Garnish

Instructions

Start by melting your teal candy melts in the microwave for one minute. Stir vigorously and repeat in 30 second intervals until melted and smooth.
blue or teal candy melts
Pour the melted chocolate into your piping bag and cut off a small tip. Drizzle around the rim of your chilled glass.
Melt the pink candy melts in the microwave. Pour into a piping bag, cut off a small tip, and pipe into candy molds. After piping each color, scrape off any extra with the flat edge of a knife, then refrigerate until hardened.
pink candy melts
Add three scoops of ice cream, two tablespoons of condensed milk, half a cup of milk and purple food coloring to a blender. Blend on high until smooth.
6 scoops vanilla ice cream, 4 Tbsp sweetened condensed milk, 1 cup milk, purple gel food coloring
Pour into your chilled milkshake glass and place in the freezer while you make your pink layer.
Add three scoops of ice cream, two tablespoons of condensed milk, milk, and pink food coloring to your blender. Mix on high until well combined.
6 scoops vanilla ice cream, 4 Tbsp sweetened condensed milk, 1 cup milk, pink gel food coloring
Pour this layer on top of your purple layer.
Add your Cool Whip to a piping bag with a 1M tip. Pipe it on top of your milkshake.
Cool Whip
Top with mermaid sprinkles and candy pearls.
mermaid sprinkles, candy pearls
Add six nerd gummy’s to two toothpicks and stick into the whipped cream.
12 Nerd gummies
Place a small dab of melted chocolate on the back of your candy mermaid tails and stick to the top of the glass.
mermaid tail candies
Place your straws in the shake, followed by your candy molds decorations. Enjoy!

Notes

For a thicker milkshake, add an additional scoop of ice cream to each layer.
Nutritional facts are for the milkshakes; they do not include the molded candy decor

Nutrition