Milkshakes, Mocktails, and Floats of the West (2024)

Milkshakes, Mocktails, and Floats of the West
The following recipes below are from a series of posts made in May of 2024 to usher in the Summer season. These include both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks for whatever your preference is.

Milkshakes:

Peanut Butter and Banana Milkshake
- 3 scoops of vanilla ice cream
- One mashed banana (just mash it up with a fork or put a full banana in the blender, up to you)
- A spoonful of peanut butter
- 1/2 cup of milk

"Ultimate" Vanilla Milkshake
- 3 scoops of vanilla ice cream
- 1/2 cup of milk
- 1/2 tsp of pure vanilla extract
- Two vanilla wafer bars

Oreo Milkshake
- 2-3 scoops vanilla ice cream
- 1 cup milk (preferably whole milk)
- 8 Oreo cookies (or other chocolate sandwich cookies)
- 1 tablespoon chocolate sauce
- 2 Oreo cookies, garnish

Pecan Praline Milkshake
- 2-3 scoops of Vanilla ice cream
- 1 1/4 cups whole milk
- 1/4 cup pecan halves
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar

Boozy Milkshakes:

White Russian Milkshake
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- 2 ounces vodka
- ¾ ounce coffee liqueur
- ½ ounce heavy cream
- Whipped cream and cherry for garnish

Banana King Kong Milkshake
- 2 scoops of banana or banana split ice cream
- 1 ounce vanilla vodka
- 1 ounce banana liqueur
- Cherry for garnish, optional

Boozy Oreo Milkshake
- 2-3 scoops vanilla ice cream
- 1 cup milk (preferably whole milk)
- 8 Oreo cookies (or other chocolate sandwich cookies)
- 2 oz Vodka
- 1 tablespoon chocolate sauce
- 2 Oreo cookies, garnish

Piña Colada Milkshake
- 6 ounces of white rum
- (Optional) Coconut rum to taste
- 6 ounces of coconut cream
- 6 ounces of pineapple juice
- 1/2 cup of frozen pineapple chunks
- 4 cups of ice

Mocktails:

Shirley Temple
- Either chill a glass or fill a glass with ice
- Add 4 oz of a lemon-lime soda (like 7-Up or Sprite)
- Add 4 oz of ginger ale
- Lastly, add 1 oz or a dash of grenadine

Mock Mule
- 6 oz Ginger beer
- 3 oz lime flavor seltzer
- 1 large piece of candied ginger, roughly chopped
- Lime wedge for garnish

Faux-ijto
- 10 leaves fresh mint
- 3 slices lime
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar, or honey
- ice
- ½ cup of club soda

Virgin Mary
- 3 stalks celery from the heart, including leaves, plus extra for serving
- 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
- 1 teaspoon chopped shallot
- Dash Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon celery salt
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 12 dashes hot sauce, or to taste
- 2 limes, juiced
- 1 (48-ounce) bottle tomato juice

Hurricane Mocktail
- 2 cups passion fruit juice or passion fruit/juice blend
- 1 cup orange juice, fresh squeezed
- 1 cup pineapple juice fresh or from concentrate
- ½ cup lime juice, freshly squeezed, about 2 large or 4 medium limes
- ½ cup pomegranate juice (optional)
- 1-2 cans raspberry-lime soda, chilled
- 18 Ice cubes 2-3 for each glass

Cocktails:

Moscow Mule
- 2 oz Vodka
- 1/2 oz fresh lime juice (or lime juice from those plastic limes)
- 3 oz ginger beer
- Lime wedge for garnish

Mojito
- 10 leaves fresh mint
- 3 slices lime
- 1-2 tablespoons white sugar, or to taste (or if you are really fancy just use some sugar cane)
- 1 ½ fluid ounces white rum
- ½ cup of club soda

Bloody Mary
- 1 teaspoon sea salt, or as needed
- ¾ cup spicy tomato-vegetable juice cocktail (such as V8)
- 1.5 fluid ounce of vodka
- 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
- 1 dash hot sauce
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 stalk celery

Hurricane
- 2 oz. light rum
- 2 oz. dark rum
- 2 oz. passion fruit juice
- 1 oz. orange juice
- ½ oz. fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon simple syrup
- 1 tablespoon grenadine
- Garnish: orange slice and cherry

Floats:

Root Beer Float
- A scoop or two of ice cream into a glass
- Top it off with root beer

Cherry Vanilla Float
- 2 tbsp grenadine or cherry syrup
- 1-2 scoops of vanilla ice cream (or whatever ice cream flavor you prefer)
- Lemon lime soda (like 7 Up or Sprite)
- Whipped Cream
- Cherries

7 Up Ice Cream Float
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- 7 Up to fill the glass

Vaca Dourada
- 1 can of sweet condensed milk
- 1 cup of cream (half or single)
- 1 can of "Guaraná" soda (an orange soda is a good substitute)
- Whipping Cream (optional)
- caramel to decorate the glass (optional)

Boozy Floats:

Boozy Movie Marathon Float
- 1 ounce vodka
- 1 ounce spiced rum
- ½ ounce caramel liquor
- ¼ ounce coffee liqueur
- 1 or 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- Root beer to top off

Cherry Booze Float
- 2 ounces cherry-infused whiskey
- ¼ ounce crème de cacao
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- Cherry soda to top off
- Grenadine for garnish (Optional)

Apple Cider Float with Cinnamon
- 2 scoops of vanilla or cinnamon (if you have access to it) ice cream
- (Hard) Apple Cider to fill the glass
- 1 shot of Spice rum, optional
- Whipped Cream to taste
- Sprinkle cinnamon on top to taste
- 1 cinnamon stick for decoration, optional

Creamsicle Booze Float
- 2 ounces whipped cream vodka
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
- Orange soda to top off
- Orange slice for garnish, optional