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 in a cup. A specially designed spoon with a hole in the handle is attached to a blender. Sprinkles or vvarious 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 in a McFlurry is the same ice cream used for cones, Sundaes and milkshakes. Flavours vary from market to market, and new flavours are introduced regularly. In Canada, McFlurries are sold in Oreo, Smarties, and Strawberry Shortcake varieties. In the United States, M&Ms are used in place of Smarties, and Strawberry Shortcake is unavailable. A greater variety of flavours were to be had in the past, but most have since been removed, perhaps due to insufficient demand.
In the United Kingdom, there are Smarties, Crunchie pieces & Dairy Milk pieces. At Easter, a Cadbury Creme Egg McFlurry is sold, which is chocolate pieces with yellow fondant icing. In the last year, there has been Dream (white chocolate and strawberry sauce) and Lion bar (toffee and wafer) varieties. In France, there are M&Ms, Daim, and Crunch Almond varieties.
In Singapore, Oreos and Cappuccino are the two flavours available, and in Australia, Oreos, M&Ms, Milo and Nerds are available.
External links
- McDonald's McFlurry Maker (http://familyfun.go.com/parties/holiday/feature/famf0903_toy_89mcflurry/)
- McFlurry (http://images.google.com/images?q=McFlurry&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&filter=0) images via Google
- Nutritional information for a sample McFlurry (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1259636)fi:McFlurry