Hi there! How are you, and how are your homemade maraschino cherries? Have they been soaking all week in anticipation for this Chocolate Cherry Milkshake? I hope so, but if not, don’t worry. There is no shame in using store-bought cherries if that’s all you have available. 
Today I wanted to bring you something a little different: A dessert cocktail! This is not what I first had in mind for a new cherry cocktail, but what goes better with cherries than chocolate and ice cream? It’s like a sundae in a glass. With vodka! It doesn’t get much better than that if you ask me. This could easily be made into a nonalcoholic shake by eliminating the vodka, although I wouldn’t recommend giving kids the Luxardo cherries from my recipe. To skip the booze, please use maraschino cherries that you know are alcohol free.
| Prep Time | 5 minutes |
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- 1 cup vanilla ice cream
- 1 tablespoon chocolate syrup
- 1 tablespoon liquid from maraschino cherries
- 2 maraschino cherries plus 1 more for garnish if desired
- 1 1/2 ounces vanilla vodka
- 1/4 cup milk plus a little more if needed
- whipped cream optional
Ingredients
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- Add ice cream, chocolate syrup, cherry juice, 2 cherries, vodka, and milk to a tall container for an immersion blender or to a blender.
- Blend until smooth, adding a little more milk if needed to get your desired consistency.
- Pour into a 12-oz. glass, and top with whipped cream and a cherry if desired. Serve with a straw.
Oh my! This sounds amazing! Love chocolate and cherry together :)
Thanks, Trish! I have to say it was pretty dang good!
looks divine. I’ll give it a go tomorrow, though will sub in whatever ice cream I have and also use whipped cream vodka. Where did you get the inspiration for that? What a fun drink :-)
Speaking of vodka, made a batch with Swedish fish, but took them out after only a few hours so they wouldn’t go to mush. The fish were gross, but the vodka pretty and sweet.
Chocolate ice cream would of course also be good or even better! I didn’t really have a source of inspiration for this one. I was planning to make a cherry limeade cocktail, but I saw that exact thing on Pinterest this week and didn’t want to be a copy cat. I was happy to make something different anyway because so many cocktails are fruity. I love that you are still going with the candy infused vodka! I think Swedish fish are gross in any case, but I can see how they could add goodness to vodka. I’ll go check your… Read more »
not on fb–they didn’t even make the cut ;-) And they were so similar to the gummy bear. I did post an excellent Manhattan from my mom’s birthday dinner last night. And today I’ll get going on that ice cream drink.