This isn’t your average milkshake! My Salted Caramel Date Shake is a combination of sweet dates, creamy salted caramel, and rich vanilla ice cream, all blended to a smooth and decadent perfection. It’s the perfect summer treat to cool you down and tantalize your taste buds. One sip and you’ll be asking for seconds.

Salted Caramel Date Shake in a glass bottle with straws

Best dates

Some of the best dates come from the Palm Springs area. When passing through recently, I may have over purchased some. So I’ve been making date recipes non-stop.

A milk bottle filled with salted caramel date shake with caramel drizzled on glass

I also brought date cookbook. A fascinating read about the history of the date and the farming of them along with a ton of recipes. The most popular and easy recipe is the date shake and it is the unofficial drink of Palm Springs. When you pass through the cities of Palm Springs, there are date palms everywhere and the farming is serious business.

The date shake supposedly dates back to the 1930’s and was invented by a date farmer. I’m sure they invented it as a delicious way to cool off in triple digit heat while working and they were much needed, I’m sure.

When I made no-churn vanilla bean ice cream a few weeks ago, I’ve been using it up in recipes like chocolate pecan coated ice cream balls and now these date shakes. What goes really well with dates and vanilla ice cream? Salted caramel! So I decided to add a twist to this simple shake and add some of my homemade salted caramel sauce. It is so good!

A jar of salted caramel

To ‘jazz up’ the mini milk bottles I served the shake in, I drizzled caramel sauce onto the inside of the bottles. To do this, I put some sauce into small ziptop bags, snipped off a corner then tilted the bottled and turned the bottle as I drizzled. This recipe yields 2, 8-ounce (236 ml) shakes.

If you’ve tried this Salted Caramel Date Shake or any other recipe on the blog then don’t forget to rate the recipe and let me know how it turned out in the comments below. I love to hear from my readers!

5 from 4 reviews

Salted Caramel Date Shake

Janette
Milk, salted caramel, dates and vanilla ice cream are blended to a velvety, decadent milkshake.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 4
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Ingredients
 

  • 1 cup (236 ml) whole milk, cold
  • 2 tablespoons salted caramel sauce
  • 6 ounces (about 9) Medjool dates, chopped
  • 3 scoops vanilla ice cream

Instructions
 

  • Add the milk, caramel and dates to a blender. Blend until smooth. Add the ice cream and blend until well combined.
  • Drizzle caramel onto the inside of serving glasses (optional), pour and serve cold.
Serving: 1, Calories: 372kcal, Carbohydrates: 57g, Protein: 9g, Fat: 13g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 53mg, Sodium: 213mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 46g
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