Palm Springs Date Shake

Palm Springs Date Shake is an iconic sweet, cold milkshake from Palm Springs California. with vanilla ice cream, dates, walnuts, and cinnamon.

I came across the recipe for this Palm Springs Date Shake in a recent issue of Bon Appetit magazine, and I immediately ripped out the page from the magazine so I could try making it at home!

This is a very unique and very delicious treat! A Palm Springs Date Shake is essentially a thick and creamy vanilla shake that has been flavored with chopped, pitted, dates, and our recipe today gets an extra depth of flavor from toasted walnuts and a pinch of cinnamon.

After seeing this particular date shake recipe in the magazine – which the author attributed to a local shop called Palm Springs Fudge & Chocolate – I did a quick online search and learned that date shakes are considered an iconic drink in the Palm Springs area.

Ninety percent of the world’s dates are grown in the California desert region around Palm Springs, and thanks to the abundance of local dates, just about every bar and restaurant in the Palm Springs area makes their own version of the date shake.

Credit for creating the first date shake goes to Russ Nichol, proprietor of the Valerie Jean Date Shop, who came up with the idea for the date shake as a way to use up their large surplus of this sweet, edible fruit.

I have to say – neither Jack nor I have ever had anything like this Palm Springs Date Shake, but it is fantastic and a must-try recipe! (I’m also thinking we need to plan a trip to Palm Springs very soon so we can taste even more delicious date shakes!) 🙂

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