Pumpkin Milkshake
by Sommer Collier — last updated on May 28, 2025 
This easy-to-make Pumpkin Pie Milkshake recipe has pumpkin, spices, and gingersnaps blended in, making it the perfect treat for fall!
Why You’ll Love This Pumpkin Milkshake Recipe
October brings a whirlwind of crisp, cool air, leaves, Halloween, and, of course, pumpkin! I know I am not the only one who is obsessed with all things pumpkin spice this time of year, right?
Not only am I pumpkin spice crazy, but I am also milkshake crazy. Milkshakes are so easy to make and such a delicious treat! They are perfect any time of year, too. In the summer, I love my Pineapple Milkshake recipe and my Strawberry Shortcake Milkshake recipe!
Sommer’s Recipe Notes
To make the easiest fall-inspired treat, you can make a simple Pumpkin Shake! It is basically like a slice of pumpkin pie without the pie crust, and therefore, without all the work.
But when it comes to fall, a pumpkin shake is the way to go. This Pumpkin Pie Milkshake recipe was a treat I served to our Halloween party guests several years back, and it’s become a seasonal favorite in my house ever since.
You Should Make This Recipe Because…
- Easy to Make – Whip up milkshakes in less than 5 minutes!
- Few Ingredients – You only need a handful of staple ingredients.
- Big Flavor – This recipe is sensational! Creamy, cozy, and loaded with baking spices!
Ingredients For Pumpkin Milkshakes
This Pumpkin Spice Shake recipe utilizes simple ingredients to craft the ultimate fall-inspired treat. If you have extra pumpkin puree from a previous recipe, that is perfect to use here! The gingersnaps add a little extra flavor and thicken this shake-up. After you blend it up, don’t forget to top it off with some whipped cream!
- Pumpkin Puree – make sure to use canned pumpkin that is 100% pumpkin and not pumpkin pie filling!
- Brown Sugar – for a caramel flavored sweetness
- Pumpkin Pie Spice – to make it taste like real pumpkin pie!
- Vanilla Ice Cream – don’t be shy with the scoops of ice cream!
- Gingersnap Cookies – break them up into small pieces so they blend more easily
- Milk – to add some creaminess
How to Make This Pumpkin Milkshake Recipe
Pumpkin milkshakes are SO easy to make! Simply puree all of the ingredients together in a blender until smooth.
Garnish with extra cookie pieces, whipped cream, a dash of cinnamon, some pepitas (pumpkin seeds), and a drizzle of caramel sauce!
Find the full recipe with ingredient proportions and tips in the printable form at the bottom of the post.
Frequently Asked Questions
To make a healthy pumpkin shake, simply replace the ice cream with plain yogurt and the cookies with a banana! You can skip the brown sugar, but I recommend adding a little bit for that hint of sweetness. However, we have a FABULOUS Pumpkin Protein Shake Recipe as well!
Absolutely! Make a vegan pumpkin pie milkshake by using non-dairy milk, plant-based vanilla ice cream, and vegan gingersnap cookies!
Definitely. If you don’t have pumpkin pie spice on hand, you can combine 1 teaspoon each of nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and 1 tablespoon of cinnamon! Mix it well and use 1 tablespoon of the mixture in this milkshake and keep the rest for other pumpkin recipes!
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Pumpkin Milkshake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream (LARGE scoops)
- 6-8 broken gingersnap cookies
- 1/4-1/3 cup milk
Instructions
- Measure and combine all ingredients in a blender jar. Puree the ingredients in the blender until smooth.
- Garnish with extra cookies pieces or pepitas (pumpkin seeds).
OMG!!! I just saw the ghoul in the window ROFL
We don't do Halloween over here on such a grand scale – wish we did though! To most people, it's just the last day of October *sigh* Your neighbourhood looks like so much fun – LOVE the Hitchcock movies on the sides of houses :D
Your shakes sound gorgeous and the spooked up photos are so fitting!
You live in the kind of neighborhood I dream about! Halloween is my favorite holiday – my neighborhood is lame. I love all your shakes – especially the pumpkin snap!
wow great milkshakes was so much fun to meet you come to Winston Salem next time he he Rebecca
What an interesting milkshak…can't say I have ever thought of a pumpkin milkshake…may have to try this come Halloween!
I love the pictures of the shakes. They are really modern! I can't wait to try out the pumpkin shake.
We have a neighborhood like yours that goes all out at Christmas. In fact, it's a requirement to live on that street! I think it's great that you participate. Did you run out of candy your first year?
you really do Halloween right in your neighborhood!! we get maybe one or two kids….no one really decorates…its just not the same when they come out in the daylight, modern times have really taken the fun out of Halloween…sigh…
I could use a good party, yours sounds like it would be a blast!!! and I am really diggin' that banana pumpkin shake!!
I'd like to try each and every one of those! I love how festive your street gets :) We have a neighborhood like that for Christmas- Juniper Lane..its like they had to do it just because of the name! Halloween is so much more fun though!
I've been adding pumpkin to my milkshakes too! It makes such a difference…I feel like I'm sipping on Fall! I loved the different varieties that you created, and I'm eager to make my own pumpkin milkshake a bit more exciting!
I love Halloween food! And that banana pumpkin shake looks amazing! Um, if I call it a smoothie can I have it for breakfast even though it has ice cream in it?
how fun! those are so cool! i am jealous of your neighborhood- looks like a ball!
Wow! What delicious looking milkshakes! I wish I lived in your neighbourhood, it looks like so much fun:)