Sorry to rain on the parade, but at 510 cal a serving, I'll pass. I also happen to not like cool whip...

I can get a real soft serve cone at around 175 calories for a small and under 350 for a large. Heck I can have a whole cup of good rocky road ice cream for 330 calories and I wouldn't usually eat that large a serving anyway. Like Annie I will pass on this one.

Wow! I've been eating a 90 calorie Greek yogurt....... when I want something sweet....I add 1 tsp white sugar + 20 calories.

I can't eat like that.....and.....it's NOT very "natural". ☺ I splurged and ate a whole mango the other day. 220 calories

We had Culver concrete mixers for lunch, a few weeks back. 580 calories Only the 2nd I'd ever had. ♥

Sort of reluctant to pile on here, but: Why is this better than whizzing milk and real ice cream in a blender? No hydrogenated fat (known cardiac/vascular disease risk factor), no high fructose corn syrup, no corn syrup, no other chemical additives...

I was in the audience of Phil Donahue's show with the all-time most requested transcript -- Recipes for making your favorite junk foods at home. I remember they demonstrated how to make fake versions of Reese's peanut butter cups, Twinkies and McDonald's shakes. The ingredient that made the shakes creamy? PAM cooking spray. Just thinking about it made me never want another McD's shake. The "Twinkies" filling was mostly Crisco -- again, yuck. They gave samples out to the audience. I passed.

“Why is this better than whizzing milk and real ice cream in a blender”

Because a Frosty tastes different then a milk shake. Its also a different treat then soft serve ice cream. All are treats but different.

Oh, I do like Frostys. We didn't have Wendy's where I grew up so when I got to college and my roommate took me there I was hooked. Haven't had one in years, now.

Well, I love all three ingredients but this would have to be a recipe for when you have a crowd over! I wonder how it would be if you used real whipped cream instead of cool whip. Probably fabulous.

I have always thought of things like Frosty's and other high calorie or otherwise considered not good for you as treats that you only had occasionally. Never saw the need unless you had a problem with whatever you are eating not to enjoy the real thing.

As far as whipped cream I think when blended it would lose the air that makes it puffy and become no different than regular cream. Cool Whip has things in it to prevent the collapse.

Whipped cream whizzed in the blender will indeed lose the air. But it will turn into butter, not cream!

hmmm, might have to eat it super fast, before it transmogrifies!

Thank you JoAnn!l I have so many guilty pleasures, and I want to know what goes into it, so I can control it. You have given me the resource. Seriously... If anyone can tell me how to make a virgin Margarita without tequila, I would love to know.

To those who want to comment, and judge--in opposing ways, why can't you just scroll on by?

When I was a kid I would take chocolate ice cream and add a little milk. That was way before I ever heard of Wendy's though.

Funny, we passed a White Castle today heading into the city. i was lamenting about the shakes.

Joann, i always like finding the copy cat recipes. Thanks for sharing.

I have a recipe I've been making for years and I bet it has a lot less sugar than Joann's, maybe.

Frosty's

3/4 cup milk

4 cups ice cream

1/4 cup Nestle's Quik

Mix all in blender til thick and creamy.

Soo true; guilty pleasures or treats from days gone by evoke soooo many memories and are seldom indulged so why not the original. Wendy's isn't an option where I live--not that I think their Frosty's are worth the bother. Give me a 1970s version of McDonald's chocolate shake and I would be happy for a week!! To each his own. IMPO nuttin better than ice cream and cool whip. There is something "better" about it than real whipped cream. I love that it stands up, to stirring and melting ice cream. But alas it is not good for you so now if whipped cream is needed I choose real but I miss my Cool Whip!! --generic brands of course.

Thinking whipped cream could be substituted for Cool-Whip in that recipe - just softly whipped, not stiff - since it's going into an ice cream maker, where more air will be added.

Probably wouldn't have that fast food 'chemical' taste tho...😄

Something to try if someone would want to make this concoction with real cream is to try draining the excess liquid that remains within the beaten cream. Simply place is a fine strainer placed over a bowl and place in the frig over night. I have only used it with cream that I beat stiff so have no idea of what would happen when the cream is softer. I saw this on the Frugal Gourmet when the show was on tv and was surprised that it worked and it stayed beaten for several months inside a rolled cake.

Thanks for the recipe.

I saw this on the Frugal Gourmet when the show was on tv and was surprised that it worked and it stayed beaten for several months inside a rolled cake.

I hadn't thought of the Frugal Gourmet in years! I still remember the scandal, yikes.

Anyway, do you mean it stays beaten in a frozen rolled cake?

Kadefol both yes and no. I made a rolled cake one Christmas. Between a quarter to a third was left. It disappeared from the front of the frig and I thought someone had eaten it. I found it in the back of one of the shelves when I started cleaning it out a couple of months later. The cut end had whipped cream from edge to edge. When I was scraping the container a blob or the whipped cream landed on my hand. In removing I noticed that it felt and smelled like any other whipped cream. All it had on were two pieces of Glad wrap.

would you like a little sugar with your sugar?

I never cared for frosties (frosty’s???). Much too sweet, as others have said BUT, for those who love frosties, great! Enjoy your ”guilty pleasure”. I’ll have the potato chips.

Rob, here's a recipe for a virgin Margarita without tequila:

https://easygoodideas.com/mocktail-virgin-margaritas/

I think I *may* have had a frosty once about 40 years ago??? I do not like Wendy's Burgers AT ALL and once I tried one of their salads instead because well, I don't like their burgers and turns out I don't like their salad either. LOL I'm trying to remember about the Frosty. Is it a malted-like flavour? If so, that could be why I've never had another one. I may have to go and buy one again to see if that's why I don't like them. ;)

The homemade are much better and you can control the calories