Name: Easy Homemade Blizzard
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 6 scoops vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt (or any ice cream flavor); 1/3 cup crushed mix-ins (Oreos, M&M’s, Butterfinger, Snickers, Reese’s Pieces, peanut butter cups, Nutter Butters, granola, homemade chocolate chip cookies, brownie, cake, cupcake, etc.)

This Easy Homemade Blizzard made with just ice cream, your favorite mix-in(s) and a few key steps for a delicious, thick treat!

A homemade M&M Blizzard garnished with a piece of Oreo in a wide mouth jar. There is a spoon sticking out of the jar.

Not Your Mama’s Milkshake

Homemade Blizzards are just as tasty, if not tastier than the real thing. Thick and creamy and filled with whatever mix-in(s) your Blizzard-loving heart desires. You won’t believe how deliciously similar these homemade blizzards are to the DQ originals and the beauty is you can make them in the comfort of your own home, in a matter of minutes, for a lot cheaper than driving there to buy one.

A hand holding a mason jar of homemade blizzard upside down.

The Blizzard Queen of Ada, Oklahoma

Let’s take it back to my high school days when I was on the Dairy Queen blizzard-a-day diet. I was 16 and free to roam around town on my own, so where did I go?! Why the DQ, of course! Like every day.

I kid you not. I would drive through DQ nearly every day and get a blizzard. Sometimes, I even brought my own mix-ins (think homebaked cookies, brownies and even granola…say what?!). I’m pretty sure they shouldn’t have been letting me bring my own mix-ins or using the machines to mix them into my blizzard for that matter, but what happens in small town Oklahoma, happens in small town Oklahoma, y’all. Oh, and they even let me come behind the counter and make my own blizzard every once in a while. Talk about a highlight of my life! 😉

With my daily blizzard diet for nearly two years, I think I kept our small town DQ in business. Seriously! You’ll never believe it, but a few months after I moved away to college, the Dairy Queen closed. Gasp!

So with no DQ back home and no DQ in my college town, I started making my own blizzards…

A homemade M&M Blizzard garnished with a piece of Oreo in a wide mouth jar.

Watch Me Make It

Join me in the kitchen as I make this Easy Homemade Blizzard!

Ingredients and Supplies

(see recipe card at the bottom of this post for measurements and details)

Ingredients:

Vanilla ice cream: I usually use vanilla, but sometimes chocolate or strawberry depending on the Blizzard flavor I’m creating. And sometimes I’ll use a healthier ice cream or frozen yogurt and it still turns out great!
Crushed mix-ins: Oreos are my go-to with mini M&M’s a close second, but we get super creative depending on our cravings and what we have on hand. Think S’mores Blizzards, Take 5 blizzards (with pretzels, caramel, chocolate, and peanut butter), holiday themed blizzards (like peppermint for Christmas, pumpkin for Thanksgiving, and candy loaded for Halloween), or as simple as tossing a fresh baked cookie or brownie in the mixer with the ice cream to make cookie or brownie blizzard. The options are truly endless!

Supplies:

Ingredients to make a homemade Oreo and mini M&M blizzard in white dishes on a white marble counter.

Quick Tips:

Use an electric stand mixer with the paddle attachment or a hand mixer. DO NOT use a blender. I repeat, do not use the blender! You would be making more of a milkshake it won’t have that thick texture that I good Blizzard should have.
Do not add milk. Again, we’re not making a milkshake here, my friends. We’re making a DQ Blizzard! And a Blizzard should be thick. No need to thin it out with milk. Just let the ice cream do its thing.
Place your mixing bowl in the freezer for at least 10 minutes beforehand. This will help keep the ice cream thick and frosty (so you can attempt the upside down challenge 😉 at your own risk!)

How to Make an Easy Homemade Blizzard

First, scoop the frozen ice cream into the chilled bowl of the stand mixer. You can use any flavor you like for a base (vanilla bean, chocolate, even mint!).
Beat on medium speed for about a minute until creamy, scraping down the sides of the bowl a few times with a spatula so all ice cream is incorporated and looks a little more like soft serve.
Add whatever mix-in(s) you want. For add ins, we like to blend in Oreo cookies, candy bars, Reese’s peanut butter cups, and edible cookie dough. Most times, I like an M&M Blizzard or Oreo Blizzard. But for a really special treat, try out my Homemade S’mores Blizzard. It’s amazing!
Beat on low speed until the chunks are mixed evenly throughout the ice cream…

Steps to make an easy homemade blizzard.

Spoon into serving cups, hold that baby upside down just for fun, and then dig in!

Three homemade blizzards in mason jars on a square light wood cutting board.

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If you make my Easy Homemade Blizzard, be sure to snap a picture and share it with me on Instagram @thebakermama so I can see. If you’re on Facebook, be sure to join my Friends of The BakerMama group to connect and share all the fun and yummy recipes of mine that you make! 😍 I just love seeing how inspired and creative y’all get with the ideas I share. Enjoy!

xoxo,