In recent years, McDonald's has introduced a variation on the classic by offering a chocolate Shamrock shake. It makes sense; take the chocolate shakes that are already on the menu and combine them with the mint syrup that gives a Shamrock Shake its flavor, and there you go, a new product innovation. This year, McDonald's has done the same by adding the mint syrup to another existing product, the Oreo McFlurry.Shamrock shakes recently arrived on the menu at McDonald's locations near me, so I decided to try the Oreo Shamrock McFlurry. The one I received didn't look too appetizing at first. The syrup wasn't mixed in fully, so it looked like a radioactive green color not too far off from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. As I stirred it, the color mixed together with the ice cream better, though it also softened the ice cream and made it more difficult to eat with a spoon.
But that's just how it looked. How did it taste?
It could be that I got off on the wrong foot with the Oreo Shamrock McFlurry. Maybe if the syrup had been mixed in better, I might have liked it more. I may give it another chance. But for now, I'll keep my Shamrock Shakes away from my Oreos and enjoy them both separately.
Thank for the review. I was thinking about getting one of these but now I think I'll go to Culvers instead.
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of the Culver's mint Oreo concrete mixer. There's something about it that seems just right.
DeleteI’ve only ever had one Shamrock Shake in my life. I was an adult and someone had to explain to me that it was mint flavored because I didn’t taste it. I thought they were just green.
ReplyDeleteI’m glad to know I should stick to unadulterated Oreo McFlurrys, one of the best desserts in the world according to Jack Donaghy and me.
- Laura W.
It is a very light mint flavor. But I can taste it. They weren't always this radioactive green color, though. That can be somewhat alarming if it's not mixed together well.
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