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Copycat recipes are some of my favorite things to make, and this Copycat Dairy Queen Blizzard ice cream treat I make no matter the time of year with a perfectly creamy ice cream base and tons of cookie pieces.
The great thing about this copycat Dairy Queen blizzard recipe is that you only need a few simple ingredients plus your favorite mix-in are and you are ready to make your favorite blizzard at home.
This easy homemade blizzard treat is like a thick shake mixed with chunks of cookies to create the perfect soft serve ice cream treat to enjoy without having to leave home for the perfect dessert recipe.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our copycat Dairy Queen blizzard, you only need a few ingredients:
- Ice cream: you will want to get your favorite tub of vanilla ice cream
- Cookies: to make the cookies and cream blizzard you will need Oreo Cookies double stuff broken into chunks and a few Oreo Cookies for topping
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Homemade DQ Blizzards
- Place frozen ice cream into a large bowl. With a hand mixer, beat the ice cream on medium speed until the ice cream is creamy, but still very thick.
- Fold in the Oreo chunks by hand. When they are stirred in well, spoon into 2 cups and serve with a spoon.
Expert Tips
- Customize this recipe with your favorite flavors: Reese’s peanut butter cups, M&Ms, Reese’s Pieces, Heath bar, chocolate syrup, animal cookies, graham crackers, peanut butter cookie dough (make sure it is edible cookie dough), Snickers, or Butterfingers.
- No ice cream maker is required to make these easy homemade blizzards but a food processor is helpful to chop up the mix-ins.
- Most milkshake recipes call for ice cream unless you are really making yours from scratch. When finding an ice cream at the store, be sure to look for premium regular ice cream. (We haven’t tried low-fat ice cream or vegan ice cream for this recipe.) This will definitely be thicker, making a thicker milkshake.
- In this recipe, we don’t use any whole milk or half and half. We strictly use ice cream. When you use milk or a different liquid to smooth out your milkshake, it becomes more of a thick drink, than a thick shake.
- You could also use malted milk powder if you are going for a malt shake. This will most definitely thicken up your shake.
- Place any leftovers of these delicious copycat blizzards (if you have any) in an airtight container and store it in the fridge for up to a month.
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Copycat Dairy Queen Blizzard
This homemade copycat Dairy Queen blizzard is a thick, creamy treat you can customize with all your favorite mix-ins.
Serving servings
Ingredients
- 4 cup vanilla ice cream
- 8 Oreo Cookies, double stuff, broken into chunks
- 8 mini Oreo Cookies, for topping
Instructions
- Place frozen ice cream into a bowl. With a hand mixer, beat the ice cream on medium speed until the ice cream is creamy, but still very thick.
- Fold in the Oreo chunks by hand. When they are stirred in well, spoon into 2 cups and serve with a spoon.
Notes
- Customize this recipe with your favorite flavors: Reese’s peanut butter cups, M&Ms, Reese’s Pieces, Heath bar, chocolate syrup, animal cookies, graham crackers, peanut butter cookie dough (make sure it is edible cookie dough), Snickers, or Butterfingers.
- No ice cream maker is required to make these easy homemade blizzards but a food processor is helpful to chop up the mix-ins.
- Most milkshake recipes call for ice cream unless you are really making yours from scratch. When finding an ice cream at the store, be sure to look for premium regular ice cream. (We haven’t tried low-fat ice cream or vegan ice cream for this recipe.) This will definitely be thicker, making a thicker milkshake.
- In this recipe, we don’t use any whole milk or half and half. We strictly use ice cream. When you use milk or a different liquid to smooth out your milkshake, it becomes more of a thick drink, than a thick shake.
- You could also use malted milk powder if you are going for a malt shake. This will most definitely thicken up your shake.
- Place any leftovers of these delicious copycat blizzards (if you have any) in an airtight container and store it in the fridge for up to a month.
Nutrition
Calories: 992 kcal · Carbohydrates: 130 g · Protein: 14 g · Fat: 47 g · Saturated Fat: 23 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 5 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 17 g · Trans Fat: 0.1 g · Cholesterol: 116 mg · Sodium: 584 mg · Potassium: 750 mg · Fiber: 5 g · Sugar: 95 g · Vitamin A: 1113 IU · Vitamin C: 2 mg · Calcium: 358 mg · Iron: 12 mg
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We made these tonight. We put the bowl in the freezer for about an hour. We made Oreos in one batch, M&Ms for another Blizzard, and the third one we use Heath Bar and we added a Folgers instant packet of coffee. They were the best copycat Dairy Queen Blizzards we have ever had. thank you thank you 🙂
YUM! Your add ins sound delicious!!
This may be our new go-to!