Make this Dairy Free Milkshake with Strawberries
A delicious dairy-free strawberry milkshake! Made with simple ingredients, this healthy treat is perfect for Valentine’s Day.
Scoot over chocolate candy and conversational hearts, there’s a healthier way to do Valentine’s Day. Here is a quick-and-easy, dairy-free strawberry milkshake recipe that comes out perfect every time.
When I was younger, strawberry flavored milk, ice cream and milkshakes were some of my favorite things. This is way before I realized how my taste buds were setting me up for a myriad for inflammation and potential disease with all the dyes and artificial flavors.
Now that I’m a mother myself, it’s fun creating recipes for my family that are not only beautiful looking but, delicious and better for you too! While this isn’t exactly a sugar free milkshake, the addition of dairy free ice cream and maple syrup add a touch of sweetness to curb your sweet tooth while adding delicious flavor.
When to Make This Classic Strawberry Milkshake Recipe
This is healthy strawberry milkshake recipe is perfect for a myriad of occasions. Here’s when to make it.
Valentine’s Day – As a healthy Valentine’s Day treat for both kids and adults
Strawberry Season – During strawberry season when there is an abundance of fresh strawberries and you want to figure out what to make.
Afterschool Snack – As a healthy afterschool snack to hold the kids off until dinner.
Warm Summer Days – Everyone could use a cool healthy beverage on a hot summer’s day.
How To Make a Health Strawberry Milkshake Recipe Without Milk
When you’re making a dairy free milkshake you’re going to have to remove a few things. Traditional ice cream, milk, and big globs of whipped cream. While I have healed my gut and enjoy raw dairy, a food strawberry shake is something that everyone can enjoy.
When you make a milkshake without milk, you have to consider that you will lose the thickness and viscosity if you don’t make a few additional changes. Namely, you need to start with very cold or frozen ingredients so that you can still get a creamy texture. In this case, That means that I’m using frozen strawberries, very cold almond milk (or other plant-based milk).
Your choice of dairy free milk will depend on taste and dietary preferences. You can use no sugar almond milk as seen in this homemade recipe. If you’re not making your own almond milk, make sure you read the ingredient label and select a sugar free variety.
Macadamia nut milk and cashew milk are also great dairy free milk options. Just make sure that the milk is super cold which gives milkshake recipes great thickness and body
What Strawberries to Use?
Of course, you can’t have a strawberry milkshake without strawberries. You’ll need a combination of three different types of strawberries (fresh, frozen and freeze dried) for this recipe. If you’re making this milkshake during strawberry season, you will have a plethora of tasty strawberries at your disposal.
Don’t worry if that’s not the case though. Do your best and find the juiciest ones. When buying fresh strawberries, you should flip the carton over and make sure there is no mold lurking around. I talked more about how to make your produce last longer in one of my TV segments years ago.
For garish, rim the glass with crushed freeze-dried strawberries. For an extra special touch. This strawberry milkshake pairs nicely with einkorn strawberry banana muffins.
Ingredients
- frozen strawberries
- unsweetened almond milk
- maple syrup
- dairy free vanilla ice cream
- vanilla extract
Garnish
- fresh strawberries (hulled and stems removed)
- crushed freeze dried strawberries
- chocolate sauce
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Dairy Free Milkshake with Strawberries
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups strawberries (frozen)
- 1 1/2 cups almond milk unsweetened
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream (dairy free)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Garnish
- 2 strawberries hulled and stems removed
- chocolate syrup
- 2 tsp freeze dried strawberries finely ground
Instructions
- Place freeze-dried strawberries in a plastic baggie, crush with a rolling pin and set aside.2 tsp freeze dried strawberries
- Put the frozen strawberries, ice cream, almond milk, maple syrup and vanilla in the blender and blend until smooth.2 cups strawberries, 1 1/2 cups almond milk, 2 tbsp maple syrup , 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- Pour some chocolate sauce on a plate and dip the rim of the glasses into the sauce.chocolate syrup
- Follow up by placing the rim of those glasses in a little bit of crushed freeze dried strawberries.
- Finally, pour the strawberry shake in the glasses.
- Garnish with freshly sliced strawberries and serve.
Nutrition
Original: February 2, 2021
Updated February 4, 2025
