I tried every custard shake at Shake Shack. Here's how they rank from worst to best.

A strawberry shake costs $6 astatine my nearest Shake Shack successful New York. It's made pinch vanilla custard and "real strawberry," according to the website.

There are 690 calories successful a 16-ounce cup, Shake Shack's modular shingle size.

This could conscionable beryllium individual bias, arsenic I would ne'er bid a strawberry shingle nether immoderate circumstances, but erstwhile I took the lid disconnected and sniffed the shake, I felt for illustration I was sniffing a strawberry-scented candle.

After tasting a sip, I was capable to admit that this was 1 of the thickest shakes I tried. But it was conscionable excessively saccharine for maine — I could only return a mates sips earlier emotion for illustration I was quickly processing a cavity.

The Campfire S'mores shake, which was disposable during summertime 2025, was made pinch vanilla stiff custard, graham crackers, "chocolate and toasted marshmallow fudge chunks," and vanished disconnected pinch whipped pick and s'mores crumbles, per Shake Shack's website description.

It costs $6.99 and had 1,090 calories.

There judge was a batch successful there, but to me, this conscionable tasted for illustration a vanilla shingle pinch immoderate graham cracker bits mixed in, which was beautiful unpleasant, texturally speaking.

I couldn't sensation cocoa aliases marshmallows, 2 of the 3 cardinal s'mores ingredients.

In my opinion, it was not worthy the other 50 cents aliases the other calories.

This summer, alternatively of focusing connected s'mores, the shingle is much marshmallow-forward, which I really only sewage from the whipped cream.

This shingle contains vanilla custard pinch a toasted marshmallow acheronian cocoa ganache, and is topped pinch whipped pick and a s'mores graham cracker crunch, which turned retired to beryllium crumbled graham crackers and small cocoa crumbles.

It costs $7.69 and has 1,110 calories.

I shouldn't person complained astir not tasting the marshmallow past summer, because the first sip I took disconnected the apical was for illustration drinking a liquified marshmallow, pinch immoderate graham cracker thrown in.

Once I tasted the existent shake, though, I thought it seemed much for illustration a black-and-white shingle than a vanilla one, which was 1 of my issues past year.

However, this still isn't for me. Maybe I conscionable don't want to harvester s'mores and shakes?

Nobody is immune to Dubai chocolate, not moreover Shake Shack.

Shake Shack's type of the viral snack — a cocoa barroom filled pinch greenish pistachio pick and shredded phyllo pastry — is simply a shingle that costs $10.99 and has 1,330 calories.

It's made pinch pistachio custard mixed pinch "toasted kataifi shredded phyllo" and is topped pinch mashed-up pistachios and kataifi.

It's encased successful a crackable ammunition made of acheronian cocoa wrong the cup, truthful it makes consciousness that Shake Shack recommends it beryllium champion enjoyed cold.

To me, this didn't sensation for illustration cocoa astatine all, since the cocoa was wholly stiff and didn't operation pinch the pistachio custard.

The pistachio custard itself was delicious, but the phyllo mixed successful felt unusual to portion … almost arsenic if insubstantial had been added to my shake.

Since this was a much costly shake, I can't rank it immoderate higher. But Shake Shack should decidedly adhd a pistachio spirit to its lineup — I would portion it plain.

Shake Shack didn't respond to a petition for remark from Business Insider regarding its Dubai cocoa look aliases pricing.

I visited Shake Shack's Innovation Kitchen successful December 2025 to effort retired the caller vacation flavors, truthful I didn't salary for this one, but per the chain's website, it retailed astatine $6.99 and had 840 calories.

It was made pinch sugar-cookie custard and topped pinch whipped pick and reddish and greenish sprinkles.

Nick Wuest, Shake Shack's elder head of culinary innovation, said the Christmas Cookie shingle has stayed connected the paper twelvemonth aft twelvemonth owed to demand, and erstwhile Shake Shack tinkered pinch the recipe, fans fto them cognize they want it near untouched.

I'll springiness them this: It surely tasted for illustration a sweetener cooky successful shingle form. However, arsenic conscionable a mild person of sweetener cookies, this was excessively saccharine for me, though I was impressed astatine really meticulous the spirit was.

As a cocoa crystal pick lover, I thought this was judge to spot high. Instead, this chocolate shake was somewhat middling for me. I thought it had an artificial aftertaste, and I couldn't return much than a mates of sips, thing that ne'er happens to maine pinch cocoa crystal cream.

But immoderate cocoa is amended than nary chocolate, hence its spot astatine No. 10.

The Banana Pudding shake, different limited-time shingle that was connected the paper until the extremity of summertime 2025, utilized banana custard made pinch "real banana," per Shake Shack, and was mixed pinch vanilla wafer cookies. It was besides topped pinch "vanilla wafer cooky crumble."

It was priced astatine $6.99 and had 1,010 calories.

Banana-flavored thing tin beryllium divisive — retrieve really huffy immoderate group would get connected Halloween if they sewage banana Laffy Taffy? — but I thought this was great.

It tasted for illustration existent bananas, the cooky crumble connected apical was good, and the cookies only added flavor, alternatively than a crumb-like texture successful the shake.

This was easy the creamiest, thickest shingle I tried. Can you spell incorrect pinch a vanilla shake? It's sweet, doesn't person a beardown aftertaste, and was the only 1 that really felt for illustration I was quenching immoderate type of thirst.

However, it's benignant of bland, arsenic galore vanilla things are. So I can't put it immoderate higher.

The 3rd and last shingle released earlier this summertime is the Key Lime Pie shake, which is made pinch vanilla custard spun pinch Key-lime pastry curd and graham cracker crunch. It's past topped pinch whipped pick and much graham crackers.

It's $7.69 and 1,020 calories.

I love Key-lime pie, truthful I was excited to effort this. Even conscionable taking disconnected the lid and taking an exploratory sniff, I knew that Shake Shack had done a bully job. It smelled for illustration summer.

I was further rewarded erstwhile I took a sip and tasted a liquified Key-lime pie. Maybe that doesn't sound appetizing, but it was delicious.

However, aft taking a mates of sips, I couldn't disregard the artificial aftertaste, which prevents maine from putting this immoderate higher.

Another vacation offering, the Peppermint Bark Chocolate shingle ($9.99, 1,320 calories) contained cocoa custard infused pinch mint cocoa fudge, encased successful a crackable peppermint achromatic cocoa shell.

It was topped pinch whipped pick and small pieces of peppermint candy.

Shake Shack's 2nd foray into the crackable shingle abstraction was, successful my opinion, an betterment connected the first. It was overmuch easier to ace and propulsion retired pieces of the shell.

My main critique of the Dubai Chocolate shingle was that I didn't really sensation immoderate chocolate. Since this was a cocoa shingle infused pinch mint fudge, location was nary missing either flavor.

Of course, not everyone likes mint chocolate, but if you find yourself grabbing a peppermint mocha each time of December, I'd springiness this a whirl adjacent vacation season.

The Oreo Cookie Funnel Cake shake, different summertime 2025 option, was made pinch vanilla custard and "Oreo Cookies and chimney barroom crunch" spun into the custard. It was topped pinch whipped pick and Oreo crumbles.

It had 1,140 calories — the 2nd astir of each the shakes I tried — and costs $6.99.

I was funny to spot really this would sensation different from the regular cookies-and-cream shake, but the 2 couldn't person been much different.

Somehow, this conscionable tasted precisely for illustration a chimney barroom you'd get astatine a carnival. It moreover had the sugary aftertaste, which I love: It brought maine backmost to summertime nights that I spent astatine my section municipality fair, licking powdered sweetener disconnected my fingers.

If I had to sound it, though, I didn't really sensation Oreo successful the shingle itself, though the crumbles connected apical somewhat made up for it.

After a five-year hiatus, the java shingle was reintroduced to the imperishable paper successful September 2025, up of National Coffee Day.

It costs $6 and has 700 calories, and is made pinch vanilla custard mixed pinch acheronian roast coffee.

As a self-proclaimed coffee crystal cream aficionado, I was a spot tense to effort this flavor. Sometimes, coffee-flavored products tin sensation artificial aliases excessively sweet, but I didn't person to interest astir that pinch this shake.

Simply put, this tasted for illustration a stiff cup of coffee. If that sounds appealing to you, I'd recommend.

This shake, different vacation flavor, had 930 calories and costs $6.99.

It's made pinch a vanilla custard base, a portion of sticky toffee pudding cake, and caramelized brownish sweetener blended together, topped pinch whipped pick and a toffee pudding sauce.

Of the 3 vacation flavors, I person the slightest acquisition pinch sticky toffee pudding, a British dessert. I was a spot worried I wouldn't bask it, but my fears quickly vanished aft the first sip.

To me, the molasses flavoring was for illustration a gingerbread cookie, making it the cleanable vacation treat. I besides liked that I could consciousness the small pieces of barroom mixed in, adding a textural magnitude that immoderate of the different shakes didn't have.

This is vanilla custard mixed pinch cocoa fudge sauce.

It has 770 calories and costs $6.49.

Full disclosure: Before doing this ranking, I thought that a black-and-white shingle was conscionable cocoa and vanilla mixed together. But no! It's a vanilla shingle mixed pinch cocoa sauce. I overmuch preferred this.

It had much of a sensation than a plain vanilla shake, but it didn't person the watered-down value of the vanilla-and-chocolate shake, which was overwhelmed by chocolate. This tasted for illustration a basking fudge sundae.

I highly recommend.

In August, Shake Shack debuted its latest custard creation: the Biscoff Cookie Butter Tiramisu shake. It contains tiramisu custard mixed pinch Biscoff cooky food and Biscoff cooky crumbs. It's topped pinch whipped pick and moreover much of the cooky crumbs.

It's 1,140 calories and costs $7.49.

As a immense instrumentality of cooky food and tiramisu, I had precocious hopes I would for illustration this shake, and my expectations were exceeded.

I took a sip and really gasped successful delight. I loved the subtle hint of java successful the tiramisu custard, and the chunks of Biscoff cookies were cleanable for adding a small texture. I besides enjoyed the crumbles connected top, which added a mouth-watering aroma to the shake.

Sometimes, moreover if it's a shingle I enjoy, I can't portion it excessively fast. Not truthful here: This shingle didn't consciousness excessively heavy, aliases excessively sweet, truthful I was capable to return immense sips. It besides paired good pinch fries, which I dunked successful the shingle for a salty/sweet combo.

I dream this sticks astir for a while.

In almost immoderate scenario, I americium ordering a cookies-and-cream shake. It's been my go-to for years … but that conscionable intends that the Shake Shack shingle had to unrecorded up to my precocious standards. And it did.

This tasted for illustration drinking a mashed-up Oreo, which is each I ever want from a cookies-and-cream shake. It was creamy, not excessively sweet, and the texture of the cooky crumbles wasn't off-putting successful immoderate way. It had conscionable the correct magnitude of crumbs.

I'd beryllium good pinch getting immoderate of the apical 8 shakes, but cookies and pick will everlastingly beryllium my No. 1 choice.