Pumpkin Pie Shake

When it’s still hot outside, but you want the flavors of Fall this Pumpkin Milkshake is the well-balanced satisfying cool, Fall treat.

This pumpkin milkshake is topped, creamy, and satisfying with whipped cream, caramel, and graham cracker crumbs.

About this Pumpkin Shake

This creamy, cool, satisfying pumpkin milkshake has all the flavors of Fall, but can be made while it’s still hot outside. It basically tastes like pumpkin pie in milkshake form.

We haven’t personally tried it, but we've been told it’s an excellent copycat recipe of Aunt Gravity’s in Disney’s Magic Kingdom.

If you love pumpkin or pumpkin spice, you will love this milkshake.

Pumpkin Milkshake Recipe Ingredients

• Vanilla ice cream – our favorite in this recipe is Blue Bell From-scratch Vanilla
• Milk – whole milk will give the richest, creamiest result, but we like 2% in this
• Pumpkin puree – be sure to get pumpkin puree and not pumpkin pie filling
• Brown sugar – you can use light or dark brown sugar in this recipe
• Pumpkin pie spice – if you can’t find it, you can use a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, and ginger
• Whipped cream – premade or from-scratch are both excellent in this
• Caramel sauce – we usually find this in the section with the chocolate syrup in our grocery store. We like Torani and Ghirardelli brands a house favorite in this. You could also make it from-scratch if you want.

How Do You Make a From-scratch Pumpkin Milkshake?

Detailed instructions and measurements to make this pumpkin milkshake are listed in the recipe card at the bottom of this page.

1. Add the vanilla ice cream, milk, pumpkin puree, brown sugar, and pumpkin pie spice to the blender.
2. Blend until smooth and creamy.
3. Drizzle caramel sauce around the sides of the glass and pour the milkshake into the glass.
4. Top with whipped cream and an extra drizzle of caramel sauce.

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How to serve this straightforward pumpkin shake recipe

The method is incredible with caramel syrup. We recommend drizzling it down the sides of your glass, pour the shake in, and then topping with whipped cream and extra caramel drizzle.

Pumpkin Milkshake Topping Ideas

Some great toppings for pumpkin milkshake include: crushed graham crackers, whipped caramelized, cream, and caramel sugar.

Pumpkin Milkshake Tips, Tricks, and FAQs

If you have leftover pumpkin pie, you can actually use that in place of the pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and brown sugar.

Scrape the pie filling (omit the crust) into the blender. You can use the crust as a topping.

Pumpkin Shake Substitutions

• If you want an extra level of flavor, you can even add maple syrup to your shake when blending.
• You can actually use leftover pumpkin pie for this recipe. Take the pumpkin pie filling of your leftover pie (omit the crust) and use it in place of the puree, brown sugar, and pumpkin pie spice. You can use the crust as a crumbled topping. You could also crumble it and place it on the sides of the glass using the caramel as an adhesive.
• A great alternative to vanilla ice cream in this recipe would be to use caramel ice cream. The caramel ice cream will add a great richness to the milkshake.
• You can substitute plant based milks in this recipe if you’d like. Both almond and oat milk would work well here.
• We do not recommend using skim milk. It’s not as creamy and won’t give you a house favorite results.

How to keep a Pumpkin Shake

We wouldn’t personally recommend making these in advance or saving leftovers. They will separate and change texture once placed in the refrigerator for too long.

These straightforward pumpkin milkshakes are best served right after blending.