Homemade McDonald’s Oreo McFlurry (No Soft-Serve Required)

There’s something magical about that first spoonful of a McDonald’s Oreo McFlurry – the perfect balance of creamy vanilla soft-serve swirled with chunks of chocolate cookie crumbles. I remember my first McFlurry experience as a teenager, sitting in my parent’s car after band practice, savoring every cold, sweet bite.

I’ve perfected this copycat recipe that recreates the iconic McDonald’s Oreo McFlurry using regular store-bought ice cream instead of soft-serve. This allows you to enjoy this creamy treat anytime the craving strikes.

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Why This Recipe Works

The secret to recreating McDonald’s Oreo McFlurry at home is achieving that signature soft-serve texture without the specialized equipment. This recipe uses a clever technique of partially softening regular ice cream before blending it with a touch of milk to create that perfect consistency. The ratio of ice cream to milk is crucial – too much milk, and you’ll have a milkshake; too little, and your blender will struggle. By pulsing rather than thoroughly blending the Oreo cookies, you preserve those delightful cookie chunks that make each bite enjoyable rather than having a uniform mixture. This method gives you the authentic McFlurry experience – a creamy, spoonable treat with the perfect distribution of cookies throughout.

What is a McFlurry?

A McFlurry is as simple as it gets. It is just ice cream, a touch of milk, and add-ins. But don’t let the simplicity of the McFlurry fool you; it’s seriously delicious.

McDonald’s sells many different McFluries. The most popular flavors are those containing M&M candies and Oreo cookies.

While each flavor has its own devotees, the Oreo version definitely has a more complex flavor profile, but feel free to play around with the ingredients yourself to create something unique. Check below for a few favorite flavor combinations.

Update: New McFlurry Flavors: Chips Ahoy McFlurry, Chocolate Pretzel McFlurry, and M&M McFlurry.

Recreating the Soft-Serve Consistency

McDonald’s uses soft-serve vanilla ice cream for its McFlurries, but you can get a similar soft-serve consistency with regular ice cream and a few tricks.

Start by choosing the right ice cream. Good quality, hard-pack ice cream, the kind sold in the grocery store, has a much higher fat content than soft-serve ice cream. Cheaper national and supermarket brands of ice cream usually have a lower fat content and a higher percentage of air whipped into their ice cream.

While generally not ideal, lower fat and more air are perfect in this recipe. However, avoid buying ice cream with chemical stabilizers or other additives.

The next thing you will need is a powerful blender. While you can use a weaker machine, you may need to let the ice cream soften for longer or use more milk to move the blades. Overwhipping the ice cream in the blender gives you a creamier consistency, but don’t want to allow the blender to get too hot and completely melt your ice cream.

Scoop the ice cream into your blender and leave it there for at least 5 minutes before blending. This will give the ice cream enough time to soften. Whatever you do, don’t leave out the entire container of ice cream because refreezing melted ice cream can lead to bacteria and a grainy consistency.

Ingredients

Here’s a list of what you need for this homemade McFlurry recipe:

• Vanilla ice cream – Forms the creamy foundation of the McFlurry
• Whole milk – Creates the perfect smooth, soft-serve consistency
• Oreo cookies – Provides the classic chocolate cookie crunch throughout

How to Make an Oreo McFlurry

Here are the easy steps for making a copycat McFlurry:

1. Place ice cream and milk into a blender.

2. Blend ice cream and milk together.
3. Crumble Oreo cookies into the blender.

4. Pulse the blender a few times to mix in the crushed cookies.

Tips For Different McDonald’s McFlurry Flavors

• Use other flavors of ice cream. It is best to stick to ice cream flavors that do not already have add-ins.
• Use a variety of mix-ins. Any candy bar makes a great mix-in. It’s much easier to break up a candy bar by freezing it first and then putting it in a plastic bag before breaking it apart with a rolling pin. Besides candy, you can use candied nuts, candied ginger, cookies, or your favorite cereal!
• Use syrups and concentrates. Substitute your soda or coffee syrup or concentrate for the milk. Try cola syrup, vanilla ice cream, a few maraschino cherries or almond concentrate, and few broken sugar cookies!

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