Retro Cereal Milkshake

Serves: 1  |  Prep time: 5 min  |  Soak time: 30 min

Ingredients

• 1 Klondike Original Vanilla Bar
• 1 ¼ cups of milk of choice (you'll lose some to the cereal, so start generous)
• 1 cup of cereal of choice (plus extra to garnish)
• 2-3 ice cubes
• 1 tbsp melted chocolate or chocolate syrup, plus extra for drizzling
• Whipped cream

What You'll Need

• Medium mixing bowl
• Fine-mesh strainer
• Blender
• Tall serving glass
• Straw

How to Make a Cereal Milkshake

1. Combine the milk and cereal in a bowl and let it soak in the fridge for 30 minutes, until the milk turns sweet. The cereal soaks up a fair bit of milk as it sits, which is why you start with extra. Pop your serving glass in the freezer while you wait.
2. Strain the milk mixture through a fine-mesh strainer, pressing gently to get every drop. Snack on the soggy cereal or toss it.
3. Prep the chilled glass: swipe melted chocolate around the top edge of the glass, then press on crushed cereal so it forms a crunchy rim.
4. Blend the cereal milk with two Klondike Original Vanilla Bars and the ice cubes until thick and smooth. Pulse rather than run it, so it stays cold and thick. For the speckled look, pulse in a small handful of unsoaked cereal at the very end.
5. Pour into a tall serving glass.
6. Top with whipped cream and extra cereal as a garnish.
7. Drizzle chocolate over the top, let it run down the glass, add a straw, and serve right away.

How to Customize Your Cereal Milkshake

Part of the fun of a cereal milkshake is that it doesn't have to look the same every time. Switching cereals is the easiest place to start. Chocolate cereal creates a richer, more dessert-like shake, while fruit-flavored rings lean into a colorful, comics-in-front-of-the-TV breakfast angle. Pick your favorite.

The milk choice is flexible, too. Whole milk delivers a creamier result, but oat, almond, or other plant-based alternatives work well if that's what you prefer or have on hand.

You can also change the flavor profile simply by swapping the Klondike bar. A Cookies & Creme Bar adds cookie pieces and a little extra texture, while a Mint Chocolate Chip Bar takes things somewhere completely different. Watching your sugar? The No Sugar Added Vanilla Bar slots right in. Then there's the question of consistency. The shake leans thick from two bars and a little ice, so a splash more milk loosens it toward sippable, while adding less milk will create a thicker shake.

When to Serve

Cereal milkshakes don’t really need to wait for a special occasion, but there are definitely moments when they’ll feel like the perfect reward

• Weekend afternoons when you're craving something a little more exciting than a standard milkshake.
• Hot summer days when an icy-cold dessert drink suddenly seems like the best idea in the world.
• Birthday parties, sleepovers, and family movie nights.
• Retro-themed gatherings, dessert tables, or any occasion that could use a little nostalgia.
• Those moments when you buy cereal for breakfast and somehow end up making dessert instead.

Upgrade Your Cereal Milkshake with Klondike

A cereal milkshake is only as good as what you build it around, and a Klondike Original Vanilla Bar is a pretty great place to start. From there it's yours to play with.

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