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Sweet and Salty Milkshake (Black Tap copycat)

Updated: Mar 13, 2025 · Published: Oct 29, 2022 by Ashley Amundsen · This post may contain affiliate links. · Leave a Comment

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This over-the-top Sweet and Salty Milkshake, inspired by NYC burger joint Black Tap, is so fun and easy to make! Complete with a frosted rim, peanut butter shake, and candy toppings, you're sure to impress anyone you serve this iconic shake to.

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Ice cream in a  milkshake glass on a gray surface.

Black Tap, originally started in New York City, is known for its crazy, over-the-top milkshakes. If you've never had the chance to try one of these milkshakes for yourself, now is your chance to make one at home! With a few simple ingredients and 10 minutes, you'll impress your family and friends in no time. Fair warning, though, these shakes are extremely RICH and best shared with someone else (or several people!)

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  • 🥘 Ingredients
  • 🔪 Instructions
  • 🌟 Top tip
  • 💭 FAQs
  • 🍨 More frozen dessert recipes
  • 📋 Recipe
  • ⭐ Reviews

🥘 Ingredients

Candy and ingredients for the milkshake.
  • Jumbo sourdough pretzels
  • Chocolate melting wafers
  • Mini M&Ms
  • Pretzel rods
  • Mini peanut butter cups
  • Sugar Daddy
  • Caramel syrup
  • Chocolate syrup
  • Whole milk
  • Vanilla ice cream
  • Whipped cream

🔪 Instructions

Chocolate covered pretzels.
  1. Coat pretzels in chocolate and M&Ms.
A milkshake glass with a frosted rim.

2. Spread chocolate frosting on rim of milkshake glass.

A milkshake glass with a frosted peanut butter rim.

3. Add peanut butter to rim.

A milkshake glass dipped in M&Ms.

4. Coat in M&Ms.

Peanut butter shake poured into milkshake glass.

5. Pour peanut butter milkshake into glass.

Toppings added to milkshake.

6. Add toppings.

Two milkshakes on a gray surface.

7. Add syrup, and straws, and enjoy!

🌟 Top tip

Don't be afraid to use different toppings. I couldn't find Sugar Daddys at the store, so I opted for Butterfingers. The jumbo sourdough pretzels can be hard to balance in the whipped cream, so it might be worth substituting those with mini pretzels. This is your chance to get creative and adapt the shakes to what you like!

💭 FAQs

Can I make a different flavored milkshake?

Yes! Peanut butter is authentic to the Black Tap shake, but you certainly don't have to use that flavor. Chocolate, caramel, or vanilla would also be good!

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  • Crazy Mint Chocolate Shake
  • Stracciatella Gelato
  • No Churn Creamy Coconut Ice Cream
  • Stroopwafel Ice Cream Sandwiches

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Sweet and Salty milkshake on a gray surface.

Sweet and Salty Milkshake (Black Tap copycat)

Ashley Amundsen
This over-the-top Sweet and Salty Milkshake, inspired by NYC burger joint Black Tap, is so fun and easy to make! Complete with a frosted rim, peanut butter shake, and candy toppings, you're sure to impress anyone you serve this iconic shake to.
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 20 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 1 shake
Calories 2582 kcal

Equipment

  • milkshake glass
  • blender
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 jumbo sourdough pretzel
  • ½ cup chocolate melting wafers
  • 2 tablespoons mini M&Ms
  • 2 tablespoons chocolate frosting
  • ⅓ cup peanut butter divided
  • ⅓ cup M&Ms
  • 2 pretzel rods
  • 3 mini Reeses peanut butter cups
  • 1 Sugar Daddy
  • 2 tablespoons caramel syrup
  • 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup divided
  • ⅓ cup whole milk
  • 1 ½ cups vanilla ice cream
  • can of whipped cream

Instructions
 

  • 1. Melt chocolate wafers, 30 seconds at a time, in a microwave-safe bowl stirring after each interval. Dip a pretzel in chocolate and sprinkle with mini M&Ms. Place on a parchment paper-lined plate and refrigerate until the chocolate is set, about 10-20 minutes.
  • 2. Spread chocolate frosting on the rim of the milkshake glass. Follow with 2 tablespoons of peanut butter. Place M&Ms on a plate and roll frosted glass on the candies until fully coated.
  • 3. Drizzle chocolate syrup inside the milkshake glass. Using a blender, blend together milk, ice cream, and peanut butter until the milkshake is well blended.
  • 4. Pour the milkshake into the coated glass. Frost one side of each Reeses cup with peanut butter. Place onto the rim of the glass. Place pretzel rods in the glass.
  • 5. Top the milkshake with a pile of whipped cream (use a lot, so it can hold the rest of the toppings!)
  • 6. Stick the Sugar Daddy (or, in my case, Butterfinger) and chocolate pretzel into the whipped cream. Drizzle with the chocolate and caramel syrups.
  • 7. Add a straw and enjoy immediately!

Notes

  1. Don't be afraid to use different toppings. I couldn't find Sugar Daddys at the store, so I opted for Butterfingers.
  2. The jumbo sourdough pretzels can be hard to balance in the whipped cream, so it might be worth substituting those with mini pretzels. This is your chance to get creative and adapt the shakes to what you like!
  3. This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.

Nutrition

Calories: 2582kcalCarbohydrates: 336gProtein: 47gFat: 123gSaturated Fat: 56gPolyunsaturated Fat: 15gMonounsaturated Fat: 36gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 116mgSodium: 1942mgPotassium: 1375mgFiber: 12gSugar: 224gVitamin A: 1235IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 582mgIron: 9mg
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