Healthy Vegan Shamrock Shake (3 Ingredients!)

Sweet, minty, and delicious, this Copycat Vegan Shamrock Shake is a cool treat made from just 3 ingredients. This healthy vegan mint milkshake is great any time of the day when you need a pick-me-up.

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Hey Internet, a traditional Shamrock Shake has a lot of sugar, calories, and dairy. As you know, we at ZardyPlants love to take traditionally animal-product-laden foods and turn them into even better vegan versions. And here’s our newest obsession: the vegan shamrock shake!

This is a copycat recipe only in the sense that it’s a vegan mint milkshake, but the comparison stops there. Our healthy shamrock shake only includes 3 healthy ingredients and you won’t get a sugar crash after drinking it.

Wondering if your children will enjoy it? If your kids like mint, they will LOVE this vegan mint smoothie! Don’t forget the vegan whipped cream on top and a party straw.

This recipe is also perfect for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day along with our vegan matcha pound cake, vegan matcha cookies, vegan matcha mug cake, vegan beef stew, vegan Irish soda bread, vegan green smoothie, jackfruit stew, vegan corned beef, vegan iced matcha latte, vegan Shepherd’s pie, vegan avocado pesto, orzo pesto salad, and vegan cashew pesto.

But back to this amazing healthy vegan milkshake. You’re going to love this recipe. It’s super customizable too, so if you can’t have one of the three ingredients, I give you other options so you can still make our vegan shamrock shake copycat recipe.

Why You’ll Love This Vegan Shamrock Shake

• Healthy Simple Ingredients: This vegan shake only has 3 wholesome ingredients: bananas, mint leaves, and plant-based milk. While there are plenty of substitutions available, these 3 ingredients provide lots of nutrition as well as great natural flavor with zero additives, added sugar, or food coloring so you can feel good about feeding it to your family.
• Magically Disappears: I can’t get over how fast this shake disappears in my house! I swear I only have a small glassful, and it must be my partner drinking down the rest. This is a REALLY good vegan mint milkshake, regardless of the time of year it’s served.
• Quick and Easy: You only need 5 minutes and a blender to make this amazing vegan mint smoothie. Don’t have a fancy high speed blender? No problem. You can either just add a little more non-dairy milk to get it to blend OR if you’re concerned about the mint leaves being blended enough, just use a few drops of mint extract instead. It won’t be green (though you can make it green with matcha powder or spinach powder), but it’ll still be delicious.

Ingredients

• 4 Frozen Bananas (about 4 cups): The frozen bananas not only make our vegan mint smoothie cold, but they also make it sweet. The mint is the dominant flavor here, so it doesn’t excessively taste like bananas.
• 2 Cups Unsweetened Non-Dairy Milk (or more, as needed to blend): You can use any non-dairy milk you want. I pretty much exclusively use soy milk in my house, the kind that comes shelf-stable in a tetrapak, with the only ingredients being organic non-GMO soybeans and water. This helps me avoid preservatives, fillers, and gums found in carton plant milk. You can also make your own.
• ½ cup Fresh Mint Leaves (or to taste): This recipe calls for sweet mint leaves (what you’ll find in most grocery stores in the fresh produce section). The ½ cup this recipe calls for might be too much for some people and not enough for others! Personally I add even more. The more leaves you add, the greener it will be. But don’t overdo it. If you’re worried, start with ¼ cup, blend, and taste. Add more to taste.

Substitutions

• Frozen Bananas: If you’re allergic to bananas, you’ll need to figure out a replacement. It’s not super healthy, but vegan vanilla ice cream would work well here. Another option you have is to use white beans and your favorite sweetener. It won’t be cold, so you’ll need to add ice. I’ve also seen people use frozen cauliflower and sweetener like agave or maple syrup, but haven’t personally tried it. And frozen mango or pineapple will work great, but they will change the flavor.
• Unsweetened Non-Dairy Milk: Use whatever you have/like with this one. Oat milk, almond milk, soy milk, cashew milk, etc. Canned coconut milk would give you a very luscious vegan shamrock shake.
• Fresh Mint Leaves: If you don’t have fresh mint leaves and you still want it to taste mint-y, you can use mint extract or flavoring instead. If you don’t want the mint flavor but want your shake to be green, try matcha powder, spinach powder, or blending in fresh greens like spinach or kale.

How to Make a Vegan Shamrock Shake

1. Note About Yield: This recipe makes enough for 2-3 large glasses or several small cups. The bananas turn brown over time, which is why I recommend serving immediately and only making as much as you’ll need. If you’re serving one person, use 1 to 1 ½ frozen bananas, ½ to 1 cup of non-dairy milk, and a small handful of mint leaves.
2. Blend: Add all ingredients to the blender and blend until smooth and creamy! If you feel it’s not minty enough, add more mint. If it’s too minty, you could add a little bit more non-dairy milk and even a few more chunks of frozen banana if needed. If you’d like it sweeter, you can add a splash of maple syrup or agave and blend briefly.
3. Serve: Serve your vegan shamrock shakes immediately. If you’d like, add a little vegan whipped cream and maybe even a cherry on top. You could even serve them with fancy straws. 

Expert Tips

• Substitutions: I have a whole substitutions section above on the various substitutions you can make if you can’t have bananas or can’t find mint leaves, etc.
• Different Types of Mint Leaves: This recipe calls for sweet mint leaves, which is what you’ll commonly find in the grocery stores and growing in most gardens. Note that spearmint leaves and peppermint leaves are very different. Sweet mint or spearmint are the preferred mint leaves for this recipe. Peppermint might be too intense for this recipe.
• More Indulgent Shake: If you want to make a truly indulgent vegan mint milkshake, substitute some or all of the frozen bananas with vegan vanilla ice cream or vegan mint ice cream (skip the fresh mint if doing this).

Storage Instructions

Due to how quickly bananas oxidize and turn brown, I actually do not recommend storing this recipe for later. See my note on yield in Step 1 of the recipe and only make as much as you’d like to consume immediately.

Frequently Asked Questions

More Blended Vegan Recipes to Try

• Vegan Iced Matcha Latte
• Lavender Nice Cream
• The Best Green Smoothies
• Blue Smoothie Bowl
• Toasted Coconut Nice Cream
• Mango Nice Cream

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