Deliciously Daunting Desserts
The Yard Milkshake Bar Offers ‘Shark Tank’ Sweets.
Few things are more larger-than-life than The Yard’s eye-popping milkshakes. After seeing The Yard Milkshake Bar featured on an episode of “Shark Tank” in 2019, Anthony DiPasquale decided he was all in on the idea. With his wife, brother and sister-in-law as co-owners, Anthony brought the nationally known milkshakes to Virginia Beach in September 2020 before bringing them closer to home in The Colony just last year.
“It’s not your average milkshake — it is a masterpiece,” Anthony says. “These things are handcrafted. It takes some time to build each individual one.”
Serving its colossal milkshakes in take-home souvenir Mason jars, The Yard Milkshake Bar stacks so many desserts on top of each other that they nearly spill over. Cookie fans will go crazy for the Cookie Dough Delicious, which features cookie dough ice cream with chocolate chips and an extra scoop of cookie dough, and the Cookie Monster, which has cookie monster ice cream with Cookie Crisp cereal, chocolate and marshmallow cream with a cookie dough ice cream sandwich on top.
Those with more refined dessert palates will like the Salted Caramel Cheesecake, which is made with caramel cheesecake, cookie monster and salted caramel ice cream with a slice of New York cheesecake on top, or the Doughnut Touch My Coffees and Cream — a cold-brewed caramel-mocha ice cream with crushed Oreos, chocolate drizzle and a glazed doughnut.
Even health-conscious diners can indulge in its desserts. The Not Milk? Milkshake is vegan and lactose-friendly, featuring chocolate chunk oat milk vegan ice cream mixed with chocolate soy milk and a vegan chocolate chip cookie. Meanwhile, The Cereal Killer is a gluten-free shake showcasing marshmallow ice cream infused with Fruity Pebbles and red marshmallow drizzle with a Fruity Pebbles treat on top.
“The most feedback we get is about the attention to detail,” Anthony says. “When it’s delivered to them, it looks like the picture on the menu.”
And if milkshakes aren’t your favorite, all of The Yard Milkshake Bar’s signature shakes come as specialty bowls alongside 36 ice cream flavors, edible cookie dough and floats. The Yard even offers pup cups for your furry friends.
“Dallas is such a town where there’s so much food and so much variety and so many things — it’s hard to stand out,” Anthony says. “If anything can possibly stand out, it’s our crazy shakes.”