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This Iconic Fast-Food Chain Has Banana Pudding Shakes on the Menu for Summer
Published on May 01, 2025
I love banana pudding. If you’ve never had the pleasure of tasting a real, homemade banana pudding, I truly am sorry. To go this long in life and not experience this southern dessert is an absolute tragedy. In every spoonful, bananas, banana pudding and vanilla wafers come together for a flavor so perfect that it ascends to an angelic state.
It seems Shake Shack adores nostalgic comfort food as much as I do, because the chain added a Banana Pudding Shake to its summer menu. Being the banana pudding connoisseur that I am, I absolutely had to have a taste.
What’s in the Banana Pudding Shake?
Like its namesake dessert, this shake consists of frozen banana pudding custard made with real bananas, hand-spun with vanilla wafer cookies. It’s topped with a cloud of whipped cream and a vanilla wafer crumble.
Shake Shack is known for having some of the best fast-food shakes, so my expectations were high as I walked in to order.
What does the Banana Pudding Shake taste like?
The Banana Pudding Shake delivers on the banana pudding taste. I was extremely impressed with the cookie-to-frozen custard ratio, and the consistency was absolutely dreamy. It was thick enough to make me work for it, but not so thick that I got annoyed.
My shake didn’t have any of the promised Nilla Wafer crumbles on top, probably because I went the day the menu dropped. Honestly, though? I didn’t miss that final touch.
The banana flavor itself was subtle but real. Sometimes milkshakes have a heavy, inauthentic taste that makes me want to gag. (Sorry, Shamrock Shake, I’m looking at you.) This shake, however, left the artificial banana taste at home and relied on the power of fresh bananas. I was absolutely floored with the overall combination and found myself sucking it down to nothing almost instantly.
As I climbed into my car to leave Shake Shack, I stared longingly at the menu from outside, wishing I had purchased another. I imagine I’ll be taking a trip again tomorrow. Darn you, Shake Shack!
How long will it be on the menu?
The Banana Pudding Shake will likely be gone by the end of summer. Shake Shack is also dropping two other nostalgia-heavy flavors: Oreo Cookie Funnel Cake and Campfire S’mores. While I am a banana pudding lover at heart, the Campfire S’mores shake was a close second for me.
Now don’t go puddin’ it off—grab these shakes before they’re gone!
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