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Milky Way Shakes

Deliciously vegan milkshakes featuring creative flavors & scratch-made ingredients, right down to our ice cream.

07/03/2025

We know this news may be difficult to hear, but after much reflection, we’ve made the decision to close Milky Way Shakes for good. Our last day of service will be Sunday, July 13th.

We’ve poured so much of ourselves into this business, but the reality is that the economic climate has become incredibly challenging. The cost of goods has skyrocketed, and sales simply can’t kept pace. After giving it everything we’ve had, we also need to make space for balance and sustainability in our personal lives. As hard as this decision is, we believe it’s the right one.

We are deeply grateful for your support, it has meant everything to us. We’ll be posting expanded hours in the coming days, and we hope you’ll stop by for one last shake and to share your love with our incredible staff. If you have any questions or feedback, we ask that you please use our email address [email protected].

We’re thankful we had the chance to carry on something so many of you already loved, and we’ve felt truly welcomed by this community.

-MWS

07/02/2025

Chocolate and peanut butter - finally! We’ve gotten so much demand for peanut butter - and we’ve answered the call! Featuring vanilla ice cream blended with creamy peanut butter and chocolate-almond bark, swirled with chocolate syrup and topped with nondairy whipped cream!

06/01/2025

Introducing our June special - Peach Solstice!!

Just in time for the summer solstice! This shake was inspired by peach picking season, and we hope you pick one of these!

Peach Solstice is made with our vanilla ice cream, swirled with our own peach compote, studded and topped with our hand-made cinnamon oat crisps, and finished off with coconut whipped cream! The shake is naturally gluten-free!

The perfect summer treat!

05/02/2025

Introducing our May monthly special - the Lemon Crater!

Since it’s the time of year when it starts to get realllll hot, we wanted to offer something light and refreshing. This shake was inspired by lemon meringue pie and we think it’s the perfect welcome to summer!

It's made with lemon milkshake blended with golden oreos, a coconut whipped cream swirl, and is topped with a giant meringue! Gluten-free available - we’ll just sub for gluten-free golden Oreos!

04/01/2025

Announcing the return of the Extra Terrestrial! This shake is our take on dirt & worms. It’s made with vanilla milkshake, layered with Oreos & brownies, swirled with chocolate syrup, & topped with Oreo/brownie “dirt”, two gummy worms, & a cocoa-dusted meringue mushroom!

Both the Oreos and the gummy worms have gluten, but for our gluten free folks, we got you! Just ask for gluten free and we’ll sub the Oreos for gluten free Oreos, and replace the gummy worms with gluten free vegan gummy stars.

We’ll have this one around for the month of April, starting Wednesday, April 2nd!

03/16/2025

One of our build-your-own favorites is the cookies and crème with strawberry! The chocolate-strawberry combo is fantastic and the Oreo bits add a fun crunch. What is your favorite built-your-own?

03/01/2025

Attention all cookie dough fans! The Cosmic Cookie is back for our March special!

Featuring our scratch-made edible vegan chocolate chip cookie dough (made with gluten free ground oats), swirled with chocolate syrup, and topped with vegan whipped cream, MORE cookie dough, and edible gold stars!

Available for the month of March!

02/26/2025

WE ARE HIRING!

We are currently looking for someone to join our milkshake team! We’re specifically looking for someone with afternoon and evening availability on Friday-Sunday, with an option for additional weekday hours. This position has 15-25 hours/week available.

Some reasons why you might want to come work for us:
🌟$16/hr guaranteed. Base rate + tips is usually $18/hr+
🌟Consistent weekly schedule!
🌟Regular review and raise cycle
🌟We’ve got a/c & our truck stays pretty comfortably cool in the shade🌟Free shift milkshake
🌟Owned by veterans of the service industry — we try our best to treat our employees the way we would want to be treated

TO APPLY: please send us an email with your resume to milkywayshakesatx (at) gmail (dot) com if you’d like to apply! Please do not dm us or we might not see your message.

Requirements: Food service / food truck experience appreciated, but we are willing to train the right candidate.

Job duties include: making shakes, greeting customers, taking orders, taking inventory, & basic cleaning/dish duties.

02/06/2025

It’s almost here!

Our GRAND RE-OPENING is this Saturday, February 8th from 5 pm - 10 pm!

After that, we’ll resume our normal winter hours of operation:
Monday/Tuesday: CLOSED
Wednesday/Thursday: 5:30 - 9:30 pm
Friday through Sunday: 5 - 10 pm

Let us know in the comments if you have any questions! We can’t wait to see you all!

-Kelsi, Josh and Leanne

01/25/2025

Hi friends!

We are so excited to announce that we have moved the truck back to the park! We’ve passed all our inspections, and the next step is restocking.

So with that being said (drum roll please…) we’ve officially set our GRAND RE-OPENING on Saturday, February 8th!! We can’t wait to see you all there!!!

We’ll be at the trailer throughout the next two weeks doing prep and working out all the final details for reopening. If the window is open, please stop by and say hi! We can’t wait to see you all soon!

PS: We’re looking to hire an artist to help with repainting the outside of the trailer

12/16/2024

Hey, y’all,

Kelsi and Josh here for our first post after taking the reins from Moni and Rachel! (Be sure to check out their next project at .eye.confections !)

We’ve been incredibly busy renovating the truck and wanted to give everyone an update since we’re about two weeks out from the end of the year!

The Short Version - We plan to re-open in January!

The Long Version - We pulled the trailer from the park with the help of on November 11th and have been working on it every day since. Our goal is to ensure the trailer is in great condition for many years to come! We demoed the trailer down to the steel frame and have been building it back up every night after our day jobs. The finish line is in sight, and our next major step is to go to the city for our official inspection.

This has been the largest project either of us has taken on, and we’ve learned a ton along the way. We’re so excited to share the end result! If you’re interested in the detailed project work we’ve done to overhaul the trailer, let us know in the comments, and we’ll be sure to post more about that.

We plan to reopen with pretty much the same menu as before and are hoping to add a few new things, too! We can’t wait to serve the vegan community through Milky Way Shakes and continue its already 7-year history in Austin.

-Kelsi and Josh

Address

Austin, TX
78702

Website

http://www.milkywayshakes.com/

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