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Often just called a “malt”, a malted milkshake is a milkshake with malted powder in it.

A good one should be very thick; you drink it slowly as it melts.

Classically, the flavour is chocolate, but there is nothing preventing it from being vanilla, strawberry, etc.

See also: Milkshakes

Cooking Tips

Classic Proportions for Chocolate Malted Milks

Base Ingredients: 1 cup (8 oz / 250ml) of cold milk 3 tablespoons chocolate syrup 2 large scoops of ice cream

Regular malted milk Add 1 tablespoon of malted milk powder Use vanilla ice cream

Double Chocolate Malt Add 1 tablespoon of malted milk powder Use chocolate ice cream

Triple Chocolate Malt Add 1 tablespoon of chocolate malted milk powder Use chocolate ice cream

Put all ingredients in a blender; whiz on high until smooth (about 30 seconds). Serve with a straw in a tall glass (ideally chilled). May be garnished with whipped cream and a maraschino cherry.

For maltier shakes, you can increase the amount of malted milk powder up to 2 tablespoons

Substitutes

Instead of malt, you can use Horlicks.

History Notes

Some sources pinpoint the creation of the first malted milkshakes to a Walgreen’s Drug Store in Chicago, 1922. The inventor in this account was Ivar “Pop” Coulson, who had worked at their soda fountain since 1914.

In the 1950s, places that made and sold malted milkshakes would also sell hamburgers, fries, onion rings, hot dogs, etc. The restaurants were known as “malt shops.”

A “Burn One All the Way” was a chocolate malted milk made with chocolate ice cream.

“Twist It, Choke It, and Make It Cackle” meant a malted milk with a raw egg added.

Other names

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