Review: McDonald’s Shamrock Shake
Every year, around St. Patrick’s Day, McDonald’s rolls out their seasonal desert known only as the “Shamrock Shake” for a limited time and each year, without fail, I forget to buy one and give it a try. The luck of the Irish is never around, it seems, to help remind me; until this year!
After leaving the doctor’s office for my yearly physical, and losing five pounds recently from going to the gym, naturally I decided to celebrate by going to McDonald’s and buying one of their patented “triple thick” milkshakes, complete with artificial lime flavoring and a hint of faux mint.
The first McDonald’s I went to was having problems with their milkshake machine, much to my chagrin; was this a sign? Was I to never taste the sweet nectar of a Shamrock Shake? The second McDonald’s I went to wasn’t even serving them! Are you kidding me? I know that they say “participation may vary”, but are you serious?
I couldn’t believe it; somewhere, a leprechaun must be laughing at me! The third place I went to was the local mall which, at 9:30am, hadn’t even fully opened yet but I was surprised to find that some restaurants within the food court were indeed open.
Luckily one of them was, in fact, McDonald’s and, yes, they had Shamrock Shakes!
That’s when I was presented with this:
A vanilla milkshake mixed with some sort of green syrup; how did it taste? All right, I guess. I mean, it was nothing special. I don’t know if it’s the fact that all my life I’ve been hyping it up as something special due to the fact that I’ve missed out on trying one every year until now, but it’s really not all that great, unfortunately.
You can hardly taste the artificial lime (which is good, because I hate lime unless it’s paired with lemon in some sort of carbonated drink) and the faux mint is just as hard to place amidst your taste buds.
Next year, I think I’ll just eat a bowl of Lucky Charms.
