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Milk-shaking it up for 2025!
In 2025, the milkshake scene is more vibrant than ever – and the momentum is only building!In the first half of 2024, milkshakes made up 15% of beverage sales across UK restaurants, highlighting strong on-premise demand. That’s right – the milkshake revolution is going strong, and we’re here to dish out the biggest milkshake trends to watch in 2025. Get ready for bold flavours, innovative blends, and a whole new wave of shake creativity.
What are customers wanting?
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Top flavours remain: Chocolate, Strawberry, Vanilla
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Rising creative flavours include: Matcha, Salted caramel, Dessert Inspired, and Boba
Tiramisu Milkshake
The Rise of Coffee Fusion
Coffee-infused milkshakes are poised to redefine the classic milkshake experience, and we couldn’t be more thrilled. The coffee market in the dairy milk drinks category had a 31.4% year-over-year increase, opening the door to big innovations that coffee enthusiasts and milkshake lovers are savouring. It’s been spotted online people pouring their McDonald’s espresso shots into a vanilla milkshakes to create a fun new secret menu hack that’s captured hearts and taste buds alike!
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Milkshake
Indulgent Nostalgia
Nostalgia is a powerful flavour trend, and it’s taking us on a delightful journey down memory lane. Think of your cherished childhood confectionery and traditional sweets, reimagined into milkshake form. These nostalgic and retro-themed drinks are pulling at the heartstrings of 57% of surveyed UK adults, with clear favourites of cookies & cream and bubblegum leading the way. It’s all about evoking fond memories for your customers!
Dubai Chocolate Frappe
Creative Flavour Exploration
The milkshake trends landscape is becoming a canvas for creativity in 2024, with bold flavour choices tempting diverse palates. Flavoured milks can potentially see a boost in interest by an impressive 32%, and classics like Banana, White Chocolate, and Salted Caramel are getting a modern twist with combos such as peanut butter. These creative interpretations are resonating with younger consumers, breathing new life into the milkshake market.
Eton Mess Frappe Recipe
The Strawberry Sensation
Strawberry is a flavour that never goes out of style. Although chocolate is still the top flavour for consumers, strawberry has seen a remarkable 9.5% rise in value and a 9.7% increase in volume. Its’s vibrancy and association with indulgence make it a timeless favourite among consumers. Coffee shops are even blending strawberry with other trends, like nostalgia, to create childhood favourite sweet treats. This milkshake trend doesn’t look to be slowing down for 2024!
So what should you be offering? These are some of our top favourites:
- Banoffee pie Milkshake – Banoffee syrup and Dinoshakes Banana Milkshake with a drizzle of toffee sauce.
- Speculoos Milkshake – Speculoos topping sauce whisked with Dinoshakes Vanilla Milkshake, whipped cream and more sauce!
- S’mores Milkshake – Revamp the toasted marshmallow syrup in a Dinoshakes Chocolate Milkshake and a scoop of biscuit crumb. This can then be topped with marshmallows, chocolate sauce and more crumb.
- Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshake – Another classic mashup of a favourite ice cream flavour using chocolate milkshake and mint syrup/ sauce.
- Chocolate Hazelnut Crème Milkshake – A Chocolate milkshake with hazelnut syrup to taste like a kinder bueno!
- The Controversial One – Playing off the Bounty controversy, mixing chocolate milkshake and coconut syrup.
- Honeycomb crunch Milkshake – Again using chocolate milkshake and honeycomb syrup for a crunchie inspired milkshake.
- Peanut Butter and Banana (Go nuts, Go Banana’s!) Milkshake – Peanut butter is going to be such a large trend for 2024, combining this syrup with banana milkshake powder plays on the classic toast breakfast!
- Pistachio Crème Milkshake – Combine vanilla milkshake with pistachio sauce for an Italian inspired shake!
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