Brown Sugar Banana Milkshake Recipe. Shake em up a bit with this caramelized bananas and brown sugar. Easy to make and big on flavor. Your kids, big and small will go crazy over this.

It’s been almost two months since I told you that 2017 would be my year for desserts. Chocolate Ricotta Custard made it’s debut in January – check. It received good reviews from all who consumed.
I don’t know exactly why it happened, but for weeks I’ve been craving a milkshake, like crazy. An indulgent treat. Ice cream is my favorite dessert and milkshakes are everything ice cream ever wanted to be. And more.
It’s been at least two decades that I deliberately walked into an ice cream shop to order a milkshake. I was once obsessed with Dolly Madison Banana Milkshakes. At least twice a week I found myself at their counter. But then the unthinkable happened, I scream, you scream, we all screamed when the Dolly Madison closed their stores. My banana milkshake connection – gone!
Armed with the eyeopening revelation to make my own banana milkshake at home, I was hesitant. You know what I mean, when you love something so much you don’t want to risk the disappointment of making an inferior version?
So I decided to create this Brown Sugar Banana version.
Bananas and brown sugar cooked in a saucepan stove top, blended with vanilla ice cream and a splash of milk, topped with whipped cream and cinnamon. Oh-for-heaven-sake Piper! (We’ve just started power watching Orange is the New Black and that’s my new favorite outcry).
Let’s take a look:
Recipe for Homemade Brown Sugar Banana Milkshake Recipe
I hope you give this caramelized banana milkshake a try, and if you do, please come back and give the recipe a star rating. And if you have a favorite homemade banana milkshake recipe, let me know I’d love to give it a try.
And if you love ice cream as much as I do, check these out:
Homemade Ice Cream Recipes
And if you’re looking for more dessert ideas, check out my Dessert Category. You’ll find lots of great recipes to satisfy that sweet tooth. Including the most popular dessert recipe on my site for Churros Cheesecake Bars.

Brown Sugar Banana Milkshake
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas sliced
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
- 1 big splash milk milk
- Reddi-wip For garnish
Instructions
- In a saucepan, over medium low heat, melt the brown sugar into the butter. Add sliced bananas and saute for about 5 minutes. Stir in cinnamon and vanilla. Saute for 1 additional minute. In a blender, add the banana brown sugar mixture, 3 scoops of ice cream and a splash of milk. Blend until well mixed. Add a little more milk if needed. Pour into a glass and top with Whipped Cream. Garnish with a chunk of waffle cone. (optional)
Nutrition
Brown Sugar Banana Milkshake … It’s What’s for Dessert
Why Trust These Recipes? Lea Ann Brown has lived, worked and played in Colorado for 45 years. She has immersed herself in the Colorado Culinary space, is a Culinary School Graduate and publishes her Colorado food Blog, Cooking On The Ranch.
This sounds almost like bananas foster in a cup. I’m going to add some liquor to mine. And do you know that 34 degrees makes vanilla crackers now that taste just like an ice cream cone?
I didn’t know that Abbe. 🙂
Wow, just wow
For non-dessert lovers, I thought the same thing. 🙂