They’re Baaaack: Shamrock Shakes Return to McDonald’s

But, if what you seek is a frosty, triple-thick trip down memory lane, or a way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day that doesn’t involve bright green Guinness (and bright green vomit later), get thee to McDonald’s before the month’s over and Shamrock Shakes leave our lives once again. The seasonal dessert drinks they’ve surely inspired along the way, like gingerbread milkshakes and peppermint mochas, only partially fill the hole they leave in their wake. Though perhaps, considering that they pack in about 1,100 calories, 26 grams of fat, and 168 grams of sugar—not to mention ingredients like corn syrup solids and cellulose gum—it’s for the best that our time with them is so limited. And if this commercial from the 1980s is accurate, you’ll dance off some of those calories anyway when the first sip makes you break out into an Irish jig. Shamrock Shake go bragh!