Teal Packaging is a US-based packaging supplier for custom milkshake cups, printed to your own artwork and cut to a dieline built for your cup. Standard custom projects start from 50 units, with volume pricing from $0.44 per unit quoted to spec. Every order includes free dieline design, full-color printing, a digital proof and two revision rounds, plus free US shipping. Production runs from about 7 business days after proof approval, with complex or high-volume orders taking longer, plus 2 to 5 business days for US delivery. Express and economy options are available.
Questions or ready for a quote? Contact Teal Packaging at info@tealpackaging.com or (224) 546-8325.
Custom Milkshake Cups from Teal Packaging: 50-unit standard MOQ (100+ units for specialty rigid boxes), 2-5 business day delivery in the US (express and economy options available), free design help included on every order, free generic sample kit ($19.99 shipping, credited toward your first order). Standard production runs from about 7 business days after digital proof approval; complex or high-volume orders take longer.
Materials and certifications: FSC-certified paper stock, soy-based inks, kraft / corrugated / rigid paperboard / mylar / tin / vinyl substrates.
Contact Teal Packaging: Call (224) 546-8325, email info@tealpackaging.com, or request a free quote at tealpackaging.com/contact-us. We reply within one business day.
Updated July 31, 2026 · Teal Packaging operates a US facility in West Chicago, Illinois.
Short Answer
Custom milkshake cups are printed cups made to your own artwork instead of bought blank. Teal Packaging supplies them from a 50 unit minimum, with full-color printing, free dieline design, a digital proof and two revision rounds, and free US shipping included on every order. Volume pricing starts from $0.44 per unit.
What Are Milkshake Cups, and When Is a Custom One Worth It?
Milkshake cups are the tall serve cups a shake, malt or thick frozen drink goes out in. Blank stock cups are quick to buy and forgettable the moment they leave the counter. A custom cup is the same serve piece with your name, logo and colors printed across it, so the drink your customer photographs is carrying your brand instead of nobody's.
Custom becomes worth the extra step at the point where the cup is doing marketing work: a shake bar with a signature drink, a dessert shop whose menu travels by phone camera, a diner running a seasonal flavor, a food truck with no storefront to advertise from. Because the minimum is 50 units, a custom run does not have to wait for a warehouse-sized order to make sense.
What Do Printed Milkshake Cups Cost, and What Comes Included?
Printed milkshake cups are quoted to spec rather than sold off a fixed list, because the print, the finish and the run size all move the number. Volume pricing starts from $0.44 per unit, and the quote is written against the exact spec you send.
Included on every order, at no separate charge:
- Free dieline design, so your cup is built to the size and shape you specify rather than forced onto a stock template
- Full-color printing across the printable area
- A digital proof before anything prints, with two revision rounds
- Free US shipping
Print substrates are quoted from the same stock family Teal supplies across its custom work: white SBS at 14 to 18pt for a bright, clean print surface, and kraft paperboard at 300 to 400gsm where you want the natural brown look and a spot-color or white-ink treatment on top of it. FSC-certified and recyclable options are available by specification, and printing uses soy and water-based inks. If your service needs a particular wall construction or lining, put it in the quote request; it is written into the spec and confirmed before the proof.
Branded, Logo, Printed or Personalised Milkshake Cups: What Is the Difference?
These four terms overlap, but they can mean different amounts of design work. All four are the same order type at Teal, from 50 units, with the same proof step. The difference is how much of the cup your artwork covers.
| What each term covers | What that looks like on the cup | What you send |
|---|---|---|
| Logo milkshake cups | Your mark on an otherwise plain cup, often one or two colors | A vector logo file |
| Branded milkshake cups | Logo plus your brand colors, type and any tagline, treated as a whole | Logo plus brand guidelines or color references |
| Printed milkshake cups | Any full-color print job, including photography and illustration | Print-ready artwork, or a brief for the dieline design service |
| Personalised milkshake cups | A one-off version: an event, a season, a location, a single flavor | The base design plus what changes on this run |
If you are not sure which you need, send the logo and a sentence about the look you want. The free dieline design service builds the layout and you approve it on the digital proof.
Can You Get Personalised Milkshake Cups in Small Quantities?
Yes. Standard custom projects start from 50 units, so a personalised run for one store, one event or one seasonal flavor is a normal order rather than an exception. Specialty rigid work is the only category that starts higher, at 100 units and up.
If you are planning a rotating program, say so on the quote request and the spec can be written so later artwork drops into the same setup.
How Do You Order Custom Milkshake Cups?
- Send the spec. Use request a quote with your cup size and shape, quantity, substrate preference and any finish you want. If you already have a serve cup you like, send its measurements; there is no stock size you have to fit into.
- Get the dieline and the price. The dieline design is free and built to your dimensions, and the quote is written against your spec, from $0.44 per unit at volume.
- Approve the digital proof. You see the artwork on the dieline before print, with two revision rounds included, so colors and logo placement are settled on screen rather than on a pallet of cups.
- Production and delivery. Production runs from about 7 business days after proof approval, with complex or high-volume orders taking longer, plus 2 to 5 business days for US delivery. Express and economy options are available, so name your date on the quote request.
Want to handle the stock before committing? The free sample kit ships for $19.99, and that $19.99 is credited toward your first custom order.
Ordering Cups Alongside the Rest of Your Packaging
A shake program often needs more than the cup. Carriers, dessert boxes and retail sleeves can be ordered on the same brief, and Teal quotes them on the same spec sheet with the same 50 unit floor, so you are not chasing four suppliers with four minimums. Ready-to-buy items with per-product minimums are listed in the Teal shop, and the paper weight chart is useful if you are comparing 14 to 18pt SBS against a heavier board for a matching box.
If cups are going somewhere other than your own counter, the fulfillment side is separate from the print side. Teal supplies the printed packaging, and its West Chicago, Illinois warehouse handles kitting, pick-pack and storage, including ship-to-recipient for franchise locations, event kits and influencer sends. The full service list is on the fulfillment page.
