McDonald's bringing US feature to UK restaurants for first time this week
McDonald's is set to launch a popular US menu item for the first time in the UK. The fast-food chain's Shamrock Shake will be dropping in UK restaurants up and down the country this week - and it's all in honour of St Patrick's Day.
McDonald's confirmed that the Shamrock Shake would be making its UK debut on March 12 and it will be available in the UK for a limited time only. McDonald's said: "McDonald's UK can officially confirm the rumours are true as Shamrock Shake makes its first ever UK debut.
"For all mint-obsessed fans out there, this is your time to shine!" McDonald's says: "The delicious Shamrock Shake features a peppermint-flavoured syrup blended with a creamy milkshake base. This is a flavour customers can all be in a-green-mint of!"
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The shake is made with vanilla soft serve ice cream, mixed with the minty syrup, and topped with whipped cream, and it will be available until March 25. Responding to the news, customers on social media were full of praise.
One wrote on Facebook: "You coming to get one with me tomorrow?" with their friend quickly replying, "Omg! So down for that!" A second typed: "Cant wait to try this especially as one of my favourite chocolates is Aero."
"I'm from America and the shamrock shake is the best I missed it!" a third said. The Shamrock Shake itself was created back in 1967 by Hal Rosen, a businessman in Connecticut who ran a local McDonald's.
Serving the minty shake to mark St Paddy's Day, it officially debuted in American McDonald's way back in 1970. "In 1974, sales from the shake helped to build the very first Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia," McDonald's has said of the connection.
"The mission began when the daughter of a Philadelphia Eagles player was being treated for leukemia. Together with local McDonald's owner/operator Hal Rosen, McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Eagles, the family raised enough funds through Shamrock Shake sales to help open the first Ronald McDonald House as a way to keep families close during difficult times."
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