This post may contain affiliate links.For more information, please see our affiliate policy.Leave a ReviewJump to RecipeYou can’t help but smile when you have a Grimace Shake in your hands! This McDonald’s copycat recipe tastes even better than the viral menu favorite thanks to the just-right ratio of ice cream to fresh berries.

Sweet!   Meggan’s notes In case you missed it, a Grimace Shake isn’t something that’s designed to make you wince.Instead, it’s a wildly popular fruit-flavored vanilla milkshake that was added to the McDonald’s menu on June 12, 2023 to help commemorate the birthday of the big, beloved purple McDonaldland character by the same name.It was a viral sensation that first year; so much so that “Grimace Shake” and “Grimace Shake Recipe” were among the top food trends of 2023 on Google, YouTube, and TikTok.

Much like the McRib comes and goes from the menu, McDonald’s brought back the purple milkshake for Grimace’s birthday the next year (summer 2024), but it’s far from a menu mainstay.So I took to my Test Kitchen to design a copycat recipe of the internet phenomenon.I didn’t take the task lightly.

It needed to match the fruity taste, ideally using real foods for color (my personal preference), and had to have the correct consistency and sweetness level.And above all, this Grimace Shake needed to taste amazing from the first to the last sip.I tested a variety of possible mix-ins, including blue spirulina and

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