Cookout Milkshakes Menu

Which Cookout Milkshake to Order

For a first visit the safe picks are Vanilla at $2.79 or Hershey's Chocolate at $2.99, both straightforward and both under three dollars. The flavors people come back for tend to be the cobblers and the banana builds: Peach Cobbler, Cherry Cobbler at 842 calories, Banana Pudding and Banana Fudge. These taste closer to a dessert than a drink and they are thick enough that a straw struggles.

All 36 Cookout Milkshake Flavors by Family

The menu board lists every flavor in one long column with no grouping, which is why ordering takes people a minute at the window. The Cookout milkshake flavors actually fall into five families, and once you know which family you lean toward the choice gets fast. Below is every one of the 36 with its calorie count, grouped the way the board does not.

Banana is the largest family with seven builds. Fresh Banana is the lightest shake anywhere on the menu at 538 calories. From there it climbs through Banana Pineapple at 566 calories, Banana Berry at 671 calories, Banana Nut at 704 calories, Banana Fudge at 772 calories, Banana Pudding at 781 calories and Peanut Butter Banana at 864 calories, which is the second heaviest shake on the board.

Chocolate runs eight deep. Hershey's Chocolate at $2.99 for 620 calories is the reference point. Double Chocolate sits at 651 calories, Chocolate Malt at 671 calories, Chocolate Cherry at 665 calories, Chocolate Nut at 752 calories and Chocolate Chip Mint at $2.94 for 834 calories. Mocha at 620 calories and Cappuccino at $2.99 for 555 calories cover the coffee end of the family.

Candy and nut flavors carry the heaviest counts on the menu. Reese's Cup tops everything at 894 calories. Walnut and Oreo Mint tie at 853 calories, Fresh Peanut Butter comes in at 847 calories, Peanut Butter Fudge at 765 calories, M and M at 755 calories, Snickers at $2.99 for 720 calories and Heath Toffee at 701 calories. Caramel at 560 calories and Caramel Fudge at 677 calories close the group.

Fruit stays light and the cobblers sit on their own. Peach is 547 calories, Pineapple 575 calories, Red Cherry 600 calories, Blueberry 617 calories, Hi C Punch 598 calories, Orange Push Up 638 calories, and Strawberry runs $2.99 for 610 calories. The three cobblers are Peach Cobbler at 790 calories, Cherry Cobbler at 842 calories and Chocolate Cobbler, the single flavor Cook Out publishes no calorie figure for. Vanilla at 555 calories sits outside all five families as the default.

What Cookout Shakes Cost

Almost the entire board is one price. Thirty one flavors cost $2.79, four cost $2.99 (Hershey's Chocolate, Strawberry, Cappuccino and Snickers) and Chocolate Chip Mint sits between them at $2.94. That twenty cent spread is the whole range, so the flavor you pick has almost no effect on what you pay.

This is the part worth knowing: Cookout shakes are priced per flavor on the board rather than by size, so there is no upsell ladder to walk up. What you see next to the name is what it costs. Compare that to the rest of the menu, where a Small burger and a Huge are separated by more than two dollars, and the shake section is the flattest pricing anywhere on the menu.

Against the other sweet options the value holds up. A float from the desserts and floats menu costs $1.39, so a shake is roughly a dollar more for something considerably thicker. Dropped into a tray in place of the included large drink, the gap narrows to a small upcharge, which is the cheapest route to one.

Calories, Timing and Ordering Cookout Milkshake Flavors

Calorie counts matter here more than anywhere else on the menu, because the spread is enormous. The lightest and the heaviest shake are more than 350 calories apart, which is a whole extra item's worth of difference for the same $2.79. A Reese's Cup at 894 calories carries more than most full trays do. Anyone tracking the number should build the order in the nutrition calculator before ordering, because the shake can quietly double the meal it comes with.

Every shake is hand spun with real ice cream rather than pulled from a soft serve machine. That is the reason Cookout shakes take longer than the rest of the order and usually arrive last at the window, and it is also why they come out thick enough that the straw struggles for the first minute. At a busy location after midnight the shake is the item that sets your wait.

One practical note on ordering. The board does not group the Cookout milkshake flavors, so calling out the family first ("a banana one") and then the flavor tends to move faster than reading the full name cold. Prices and calorie counts on this page are checked against live location data and refreshed every week, though what any single restaurant charges can differ. Check the store locator for the one nearest you.