Nutcracker Freakshake

Did you see our Grinch Freakshake from when we hosted a How the Grinch Stole Christmas Movie and Book Night? This year our family movie and book night was The Nutcracker and we had a lot of fun with a Nutcracker Themed Freakshake for dessert as well as some other treats that I’m going to share with you soon! So keep an eye out!

Nutcracker Themed Dessert

If you haven’t seen a freakshake before they are fun desserts that are made in a milkshake glass that kids love.

With ice-cream and cookies, this isn’t our normal quick and easy dessert and is more like the party cakes we tend to make.

I don’t make them regularly, in fact, it’s only on our family Christmas Movie Night that I get a little creative and make it for the family.

This Nutcracker-themed one uses cookies, peppermint patties, and a doughnut. We share one between 2 as there is so much sweet stuff in it and enjoy it before snuggling on the sofa and watching the movie.

Ingredients for your Nutcracker Freakshake

Freakshake Ingredients

• 5-6 scoops of Vanilla Bean ice cream
• ½ C whole milk

Decorating ingredients

• 1 container white frosting
• 1 container red green and white confetti sprinkles
• 1 glazed donut
• 1 Little Debby Christmas tree treats
• peppermint patties red, green and white
• 1 package of Glitter Holly icing decorations
• 2 Round sugar cookie
• 1 tube of grey cookie icing
• 1 tube of yellow cookie icing
• 1 tube of white cookie icing
• 1 tube of red cookie icing
• 1 tube of brown cookie icing
• 1 tube of pink cookie icing
• 1 tube of black cookie icing

How to Make and Put Together your Nutcracker Movie Dessert

Creating your Nutcracker Milkshake Directions

1. Using a blender, add the scoops of vanilla ice cream and milk. Blend until smooth

Creating the Decorations

1. Using the cookie icings, squeeze each icing into their own piping bag fitted with the number 2 tip.

2. Using the two round cookies, decorate the cookies however you would like! Check out how we have made them for some Nutcracker-themed inspiration. The kids loved getting involved with this!

3. Remove the foil from the white frosting and place into the microwave for 10-20 seconds to soften it.

4. Scoop some frosting into the piping bag that has no tip

5. Place doughnut onto a cookie sheet as well as the milkshake glass

6. Cut the tip of the piping bag and pipe frosting onto the rim of the glass in a milkshake effect

7. Repeat the step above with the doughnut

8. Sprinkle some of the red, green and white onto the frosting and set aside.

9. Add the milkshake mix from above to the glass.

10. Using tape, make 4 sets of 3 bamboo sticks together and tape the middle and top of the sticks to keep them together

11. Using two bamboo sticks, push the pointy side into the Little Debby christmas tree treat, set aside

11. Using the white cookie icing, pipe a thick line down 1/4 of the way on two sets of the 3 taped sticks

12. Place 1 red, 1 green and 1 white peppermint pattie onto the stick

13. Pipe a dollop of icing onto the back of 1 holly icing decoration and place onto the green peppermint pattie

14. On the other stick, place 1 red and 1 white peppermint pattie onto the stick

15. Pipe a dollop of icing onto the back of the holly icing decoration and place onto the white peppermint pattie

16. Set aside to dry

17. Using the other two bamboo stick sets, pipe thick white icing onto 1/4 of the stick.

18. Place a decorated cookie onto each stick.

More Fun Christmas Party Food to Make

• Christmas Fudge – lots of recipes here including my favourite Bailey’s Fudge Recipe
• Waffle Christmas Trees
• Cinnamon Roll Christmas Trees

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