Mc Donald’s Shamrock shake is back and so is mine…WOO HOO!  Get ready to enjoy every sip of this dreamy, minty milkshake, guilt-free!!!  You’ll be totally amazed how much it tastes like the real thing but it’s completely fat-free.  The skinny for this 16 oz remake is 184 calories, 0 fat and 5 Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS.  If you want to cut the POINTS to 3, check out my Tips below. A Mc Donald’s 16 oz serving has 550 calories and 13 grams of fat.  Have fun skinny sipping!

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients for Shake:

¾ cup fat-free frozen vanilla yogurt, see shopping tip

½ cup fat-free milk

⅛ teaspoon peppermint extract or mint extract

5 drops green food coloring

2 packages Truvia, Stevia, Splenda or your favorite sugar substitute

3-4 ice cubes

Ingredients for Topping:

Fat-free or Light whipped cream, optional

Instructions

1. Combine all shake ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until smooth.  Stop blender to stir with a spoon, if necessary, to help blend everything.

2. Pour into a 16 oz glass. Top with light whipped cream, if desired and enjoy immediately. You really don’t need the whipped cream. It still tastes great without it!

Makes 1 (16 oz) serving

Food Facts
First introduced in 1970, the Shamrock Shake, McDonald’s minty, St. Patrick’s Day treat, is back and available all over the country. You’ll be able to sip the green dessert drink until the end of March and then it will be gone until next year.

Calorie and POINTS Cutting Tip
If you’re looking to cut the calories and points, make this shake and share it with someone. An 8 oz serving is still very satisfying!
Weight Watchers (old points) 2 for an 8 oz serving
Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS 3 for an 8 oz serving
An 8 oz serving has only 92 calories!

Shopping Tip
Buy fat-free frozen vanilla yogurt found at your local yogurt shop or Edy’s (Dryers) fat-free frozen vanilla yogurt.  This brand is available in most supermarkets or use your favorite fat-free frozen vanilla yogurt. Edy’s and Dreyer’s are the same company but are named differently in different areas. It’s called Edy’s in the East, Midwest and South and Dreyer’s in the Western US.

Prep Tip
If you buy frozen yogurt from your local yogurt shop, place in freezer until very firm, before using.  This should take about an hour.


Weight Watchers (old points) 4

Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS 5