The Shamrock Shake, introduced in 1970, is made with vanilla soft-serve ice cream, artificially flavored minty green syrup and whipped topping (prices are set by individual restaurants; about $3-$4, depending on size). The Oreo Shamrock McFlurry (about $4) includes blended Oreo cookie pieces mixed in.

What's are the ingredients in a Shamrock Shake? These are the ingredients McDonald's shares on its website: reduced-fat vanilla ice cream, light whipped cream, and "Shamrock Shake Syrup." Instead of the trade-secret syrup, we use peppermint extract and green food coloring to add the magic.

Ingredients: Sugar, Water, Chocolate Liquor, Caramel Color, Contains 2% Or Less: Natural Flavors, Vanilla Extract, Salt, Gellan Gum, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate (preservative). Contains: Milk, Soy.

1. The Shamrock Shake was created in 1967 by Hal Rosen, a Connecticut McDonald's Owner/Operator who made the delicious, mint shake in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. It later debuted in select locations across the U.S. in 1970 and was an instant success.

The three-leaf clover, a type of trefoil plant, has been considered the unofficial national flower of Ireland for centuries. Irish legend says that Saint Patrick used the shamrock as an educational symbol to explain the Holy Trinity to nonbelievers as he converted the Irish to Christianity in the fourth century.

As well as being an international symbol of Ireland, the shamrock and more broadly the clover, are also symbols of luck and good fortune. So many people choose to wear the shamrock to bring a bit of the “luck of the Irish” to their day.

McDonald's Shamrock Shake is available every February. The Shamrock Shake is available every year starting in February. Next year, McDonald's Shamrock Shake will be back on the menu starting February 19, 2024 and is expected to stick around until a week after St. Patrick's Day, March 17.

The First Shamrock Shake The celebrated drink got its start as the “St. Patrick's Day Green Milkshake,” created in 1967 by Connecticut McDonald's owner and operator, Hal Rosen. It wasn't until three years later in 1970 that corporate made the decision to debut the “Shamrock Shake” in select locations across the US.

I went to five different chains - Starbucks, Dunkin', McDonald's, Pret, and Panera Bread - to try to find the best cup of hot chocolate. While Starbucks impressed me the most with its rich, creamy recipe, the hot chocolate from McDonald's tasted like warm milk and not cocoa at all.

Hot chocolate, also known as hot cocoa or drinking chocolate, is a heated drink consisting of shaved or melted chocolate or cocoa powder, heated milk or water, and usually a sweetener. It is often garnished with whipped cream or marshmallows.

The shamrock is a type of clover, although botanists and the public are divided on which species of clover exactly is a shamrock. None of these species are unique to Ireland - they all grow across Europe. The word shamrock derives from the Irish seamróg, which is a diminutive of seamair óg meaning "young clover".

The three-leaf clover, a type of trefoil plant, has been considered the unofficial national flower of Ireland for centuries. Irish legend says that Saint Patrick used the shamrock as an educational symbol to explain the Holy Trinity to nonbelievers as he converted the Irish to Christianity in the fourth century.

While trying to convert the Irish into Christians, St. Patrick used the shamrock to explain the holy trinity with each leaf representing the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The three leaves of a shamrock are also said to stand for faith, hope and love. A fourth leaf is where we get the luck from.