McFlurry
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A McFlurry is a type of ice cream sold by McDonald's, developed and first sold in Canada. McFlurry debuted in late 1997.
Preparation
McFlurry consists of whipped, soft-serve McDonald's vanilla-flavoured ice cream product in a cup. A specially designed spoon with a hole in the handle is attached to a blender. Sprinkles or various types of candy are added to the cup which is then blended using the spoon. The spoon is removed from the blender with the cup and given to the customer with the cup and a clear plastic lid.The ice cream product in a McFlurry is the same product McDonald's uses for its cones, Sundaes and milkshakes. The ice cream product is made from UHT milk, extended with methylcellulose. Flavours vary from market to market, and new flavours are introduced regularly.
Around the World
Much like Dairy Queen's "Blizzard", the McFlurry is available with many different toppings, including:
- Austria: Smarties, Kit Kat, Milka Cherry
- Australia: Oreo, M&M's and Crunchie. (previous flavours: Nestlé Milo, Wonka Nerds, Creme Egg, Peters Drumstick, Berry Blast (Oreo and berry topping))
- Argentina: In Argentina McFlurry was called McSwing but now they've changed to Mcflurry, they're sold in Oreo, Rocklets (they're far more popular than M&M's in Argentina) and Cadbury's chocolate and Cadbury chocolate and yoghurt.
- Brazil: Oreo and M&M's
- Canada: McFlurries are sold in Oreo, Smarties, and Strawberry Shortcake varieties. Various times of the year a Rolo or Caramilk McFlurry is available.
- France: M&M's, Daim, and Crunch Almond varieties
- Germany: Smarties, Kit Kat, Milka Cherry
- Greece: Nestle Crunch, Nesquick, Smarties
- Hong Kong: Oreo, Smarties, and Cappucino are available.
- Malaysia: Oreo, M&M's
- Mexico: M&M's, Oreo, Butterfinger and Crunch are the flavors available
- Netherlands: M&M's (peanut), Nestle Crunch, Rolo
- Norway: Non Stop, Daim and Oboy available
- Pakistan: Buttercrunch and Oreo.
- The Philippines: M&M's and Oreo.
- Singapore: Oreos and Cappuccino are the two flavours available
- The United Kingdom: Smarties, Crunchie pieces & Dairy Milk pieces. At Easter, a Cadbury Creme Egg McFlurry is sold (also available in Canada), which has chocolate pieces with yellow fondant icing. In the last year, there have been Dream (white chocolate and strawberry sauce), Lion bar (toffee and wafer) and currently Yorkie (milk chocolate and chocolate sauce) special editions.
- The United States: M&M's are used in place of Smarties, and Strawberry Shortcake is now unavailable though it was sold in various markets. A greater variety of flavours were to be had in the past, but most have since been removed, perhaps due to insufficient demand.
See also
- McDonald's menu items
- Wendy's Frosty, a product similar to the McFlurry and the product to which the McFlurry can be seen as a response.
- Dairy Queen Blizzard, the original fast food franchise Ice Cream and Candy Mixture
External links
- [McFlurry] images via Google
- [Nutritional information for a sample McFlurry]
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