That iconic chocolate frozen treat from Wendy’s has been satisfying sweet cravings since 1969. I still remember my first Frosty at age seven, sitting in a booth with my dad, attempting to use a straw before giving up and grabbing a spoon. Now you can recreate this beloved treat at home with just three simple ingredients and about five minutes of active preparation time.
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Why This Recipe Works
The secret to a perfect homemade Frosty lies in freezing chocolate milk into ice cubes rather than using regular ice, which would water down the flavor. This method maintains the signature thick, creamy texture that’s too thick for a straw but perfect for a spoon. The sweetened condensed milk adds richness while the whipped topping creates that light, airy texture that makes Frosties unique among milkshakes.
What’s in a Wendy’s Frosty – the Frosty ingredients
You don’t have to run to your closest Wendy’s when you’re craving a chocolatey treat. You can make a copycat frosty at home with only three ingredients! Yup, only three simple ingredients.
Main Components
- Chocolate milk – Forms the flavor base when frozen into cubes, providing the signature chocolate taste
- Whipped topping – Adds creamy texture and lightness that distinguishes a Frosty from regular milkshakes
- Sweetened condensed milk – Provides richness and the distinctive sweet flavor profile
Grab your blender and whip up a frosty at home. Just be sure to make a batch of french fries to go along with your frosty. (Because who doesn’t dip their fries in their frosty?!)
How to make a Wendy’s chocolate Frosty
- The night before pour chocolate milk into an ice cube tray and place the tray into the freezer. You want the chocolate milk frozen when you start to prepare the Frosty.
- Grab a blender and add 12 cubes of frozen chocolate milk, 1 cup of Cool Whip, and add 1 tablespoon of sweetened condensed milk.
- Puree until smooth and creamy.
Tips for making the copycat Wendy’s frosty recipe
- The key to making this at home is frozen chocolate milk. Freeze the chocolate milk in ice cube trays the day before.
- Freeze your whipped cream as well. This will ensure the right consistency for your frosty treat. I love using Cool Whip for this copycat.
- Scrape down the sides of your blender to ensure everything mixes well.
Give this drive-thru classic a try!
There is nothing better than an icy cold treat on a hot summer day! I hope you give this recipe a try, and if you love Frosties, be sure to give the Strawberry Frosty a try!
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More Frozen Drinks to Make and Enjoy
- Banana Shake
- Burger King Shakes – Lucky Charms
- Chick Fil A Frozen Drinks – Frosted Lemonade
- Coconut Shake
- Frozen Hot Chocolate
- McDonald’s Holiday Shakes – Eggnog
- McDonald’s Smoothies – Strawberry Banana
- Orange Julius
- Smores Frappuccino
- Starbucks Frappe Recipe – Caramel
Be sure to take a look at more of my copycat drinks and top restaurant recipes.
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3-Ingredient Wendy’s Frosty Copycat: Thick Chocolate Treat
Ingredients
- 16 ice cubes of chocolate milk
- 1 cup Cool Whip whipped cream is ok to use
- 1 tablespoon sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth, scraping down the sides as needed. Spoon into a cup and enjoy!
Notes
- The key to making this at home is the frozen chocolate milk. Freeze the chocolate milk in ice cube trays the day before.
- Freeze your whipped cream as well. This will ensure the right consistency for your frosty treat. I love using Cool Whip for this copycat.
- Scrape down the sides of your blender to make sure it all mixes well.
Can frozen yogurt be used instead of ice cream?
I think it would work, the final outcome is likely to depend on how much the yogurt tastes like ice cream.
want to make it for several people? 1/2 gallon of chocolate milk, one carton Cool Whip and one can sweetened condensed mix it all up, pop it in the freezer. Stir every 30 mins. until you get the consistency you want.
Good to know. Thank you for sharing.
Is the 520 calorie for a small?!!!
This recipe has 520 calories for the portion listed. You can adjust the recipe to a smaller serving size.
Tastes Great. I didn’t use chocolate milk ice cubes but milk and ovaltine and it tastes amazing,
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To get vanilla Frosty, use Vanilla Cool Whip!
Yes, please tell us how much chocolate milk it is to equal 16 ice cubes. Also, what changes can we make if we want it all vanilla?
Thank you very much, as usual. I have all your cookbooks!
I would add about 12 ounces of ice cubes.
There’s a site I go to that has a recipe for chocolate syrup that’s pretty close too Hershey’s. The name of the site is Hillbilly Housewife. Making your own chocolate milk could save on the calories and sugar.
How can the Frosty be so many carbs?
I guess I don’t drink chocolate milk that often. Where all the carbs coming from?
Chocolate milk has a lot of sugar, and carbs, milk, I also believe has a lot of carbs as well.
I love this recipe. It is amazing and healthy. I must try this. Thanks for sharing.
Back when Wendy’s first came to our city, I loved these Frostys. There was a topping they used to put on them, seemed like it was a sort of white marshmallow sauce. That marshmallow creme sauce really made the Frosty twice as good!
I must have missed that topping, was that a via a special promotion?
Maybe a regional promotion.
very good. Thank you for sharing!
The kids loved it.
Please post the quantity of chocolate milk, in cups or partial cups.
WOW! with a calorie count like 520 a person would not want to eat too many of those in a weeks time. OOOFTA. Fat city here we come.
Do you possibly know the calorie count in this?
Yes, it is 520 calories.