Make Your Own Wendy’s Frosty – The Lazy Way!
A few weeks ago I read with interest an article about how to make a homemade version of a Wendy’s Frosty. But all the snarky comments that followed were just as interesting! That’s because the “recipe” for the homemade Wendy’s Frosty was really a recipe for homemade ice cream that required the use of an ice cream maker. So the comments said things like:
“Too much work!”
“I don’t have an ice cream maker!”
“Step one – get in the car and go to Wendy’s!”
“They only cost 99 cents. Just buy one!”
“By the time I make this I won’t even want one anymore!”
They were not very friendly comments but I was rather inclined to agree. Even if the recipe created a tasty Wendy’s Frosty clone, it sounded like too much time and too much work, and you had to own an ice cream maker. How about a homemade Wendy’s Frosty recipe for the rest of us?
So I give you now my DIY Wendy’s Frosty for lazy folks. Or impatient folks. Or just smart folks who want a quicker way. Here’s what I do. I mix together vanilla ice cream and chocolate ice cream in a bowl with a little splash of milk. And it really does taste a lot like a Frosty!
Most of the time we just eat this out of a bowl with a spoon, but many times a Wendy’s Frosty is so thick we eat those with a spoon too.
All you need to do is put a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a scoop of chocolate ice cream in a bowl. You can do equal amounts of both flavors, although I sometimes prefer to use a little bit more vanilla than chocolate (about a 60/40 ratio). Then I put a little splash of milk in the bowl too and stir and mash the two flavors of ice cream together until I have a smooth consistency.
Give it a try and I think you’ll find that the flavor is pretty darn close to a Frosty, and you were able to make your own the DIY lazy way too!
DIY Frosty the Lazy Way
Ingredients:
- 1 scoop vanilla ice cream
- 1 scoop chocolate ice cream
- splash of milk
Instructions:
- Place all the ingredients in a bowl and then stir and mash to mix them together and create a smooth consistency.
- The mixture can be transferred to a glass or it can just be eaten out of the bowl with a spoon.
- Note: Sometimes I like to use just a little more vanilla ice cream than chocolate in this mixture (about a 60/40 ratio).
I LOVE THIS!!! Thanks for the chuckles. You just made my day!
Sue
Very similar to what I do. I use fudge ripple (or rotale or whatever – the vanilla with fudge ribbons) ice cream, pour a little milk over it and,maybe a squirt of chocolate syrup, and stir and mash it til it’s thick and smooth. Tastes like a Frosty to,me!
That is NOT like a Wendy’s Frosty… that is just a milkshake.
To me it does taste like a Frosty 🙂