PrintIn Videos: I Drink Your Shamrock Milkshake
Or, perhaps I should say, "I drink your shamrock ice-milk product." After the jump, and in honor of St. Patty's Day tomorrow, a blast from the past—even though you can apparently still get Shamrock Shakes at McDonald's today. Says Serious Eats writer Erin Zimmer: "I just had one yesterday. Disappointing."
Link: McDonald's - Mint Shamrock Shakes and Sundaes (1980) [YouTube]
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9 Comments:
this is cruel & unusual punishment. why oh why don't north carolina mcdonalds have shamrock shakes?
samedog at 2:46PM on 03/16/08
This was a topic on "Talk" and I had never tried one, so I made a point to get one last week. One was enough. I had to hold it for awhile in the car before I was able to drink it. It wasn't cold anymore, but it was still very thick. That's scary!
That little girl in the commercial is SO adorable!
PerkyMac at 4:21PM on 03/16/08
It felt like their vanilla shake with a shot of mint syrup. Potentially mouthwash.
Erin Zimmer at 7:46PM on 03/16/08
Shamrock shakes are the best thing about living in NJ. Is that a compliment to the shamrock shake, or an insult to NJ? You decide.
ultraviolet79 at 8:09PM on 03/16/08
Ewww. Ewwww. Ewwwwwwwww. I didn't like them then, I'm sure I'd like them even less now.
Keep that minty Scope syrup the hell away from my milkshakes!!
missbhavens at 8:56PM on 03/16/08
Wow - to the extent that commercials can be viewed as a snapshot of time, that one really says a lot... It also made me realize how much more subtle and sneaky advertising has become in the last 20 years!
TheJewAndTheCarrot at 10:01PM on 03/16/08
Funny, they were advertising them at the Toronto Raptors game a few days back.
deepitbhatia at 1:10AM on 03/17/08
oh how i miss it now that i cant get one! i just want that one on st patty's day! we dont have 'em in western nc! well... i guess there's one thing i miss abt florida...
divabunny at 1:31AM on 03/17/08
I had one the first few days it came back, and it tasted like green vanilla. No mint at all. When I finally decided to try another one, every mcdonald's told me it was sold out
the Shamrock sundae looks good to.
ag3208 at 4:16PM on 03/18/08