Malted Milk Shake

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Often just called a "malt", a Malted Milk Shake is a milkshake with malted powder in it..

A good one should be very thick; you drink it slowly as it melts.

Classically, the flavour is chocolate, but there is nothing preventing it from being vanilla, strawberry, etc.

Cooking Tips
Classic Proportions for Chocolate Malted Milks

Base Ingredients:
1 cup (8 oz / 250ml) of cold milk
3 tablespoons chocolate syrup
2 large scoops of ice cream

Regular malted milk
Add 1 tablespoon of malted milk powder
Use vanilla ice cream

Double Chocolate Malt
Add 1 tablespoon of malted milk powder
Use chocolate ice cream

Triple Chocolate Malt
Add 1 tablespoon of chocolate malted milk powder
Use chocolate ice cream

Put all ingredients in a blender; whiz on high until smooth (about 30 seconds). Serve with a straw in a tall glass (ideally chilled). May be garnished with whipped cream and a maraschino cherry.

For maltier shakes, you can increase the amount of malted milk powder up to 2 tablespoons

Substitutes
Instead of malt, you can use Horlicks.

History
Some sources pinpoint the creation of the first Malted Milk Shakes to a Walgreen's Drug Store in Chicago, 1922. The inventor in this account was Ivar "Pop" Coulson, who had worked at their soda fountain since 1914.

In the 1950s, places that made and sold Malted Milk Shakes would also sell hamburgers, fries, onion rings, hot dogs, etc. The restaurants were known as "malt shops."

A "Burn One All the Way" was a chocolate malted milk made with chocolate ice cream.

"Twist It, Choke It, and Make It Cackle" meant a malted milk with a raw egg added.

Also called:
Malz (German) Top...