The Perfect Chocolate Malted Milkshake

Tracey Koch and Stephanie Riegel

Photography by Amy Shutt

July 1, 2021

The malted milkshake is yet another diner classic that dates back to the early 1900s, when a Walgreens drugstore employee by the name of Ivan Coulson was on a quest to improve the shop’s chocolate malted beverage. Coulson added some vanilla ice cream to the drink and elevated the chocolate malt into the classic milkshake of today.

Servings: 4

6 cups chocolate ice cream

½ cup chocolate malted milk powder

1 ½ cups cold milk

Place the ice cream, malted milk powder and milk into a blender.
Pulse the blender to begin combining everything.
Turn the blender on medium until everything is just incorporated.
Turn off the blender. Pour the milkshake into 4 glasses and serve.

This article was originally published in the July 2021 issue of 225 magazine.

By Tracey Koch

Tracey Koch has been creating recipes, instructing cooking classes for both kids and adults, and writing food columns in the Baton Rouge area for over 25 years. She began writing her favorite column, “Dining In,” back in 2013. Find it featured in the Taste section of 225 Magazine every month. When she is not in the kitchen developing and testing new recipes, she is writing stories for her children’s book series about a little goose from Toulouse.

By Stephanie Riegel