Is McDonalds soft serve real ice cream?

The worst kind of disappointment is being told that the ice cream machine is broken when you’re craving a McFlurry.

  • Is McDonalds soft serve real ice cream?
  • Is McDonalds soft serve real ice cream?
  • Is McDonalds soft serve real ice cream?
  • Is McDonalds soft serve real ice cream?
  • Is McDonalds soft serve real ice cream?

Most people know not to get their hopes up if they head to a McDonald’s for a McFlurry—it’s a running joke that the McDonald’s ice cream machine always seems to be broken when you swing by the drive-through. But why can’t McDonald’s get it together and give its customers what they want?

The main reason is that the McDonald’s ice cream machines take forever to clean, taking up to four hours to sanitize—and it has to be done every single day. When the machines are in the process of being cleaned, they can’t serve ice cream. And, when the staff is handing out Big Macs left and right, no one has the time to tend to the laborious machine. Telling you that the ice cream machine is broken instead of admitting that they are too lazy to clean it is just one of the secrets that fast-food workers won’t tell you.

In early 2017, McDonald’s announced that they were going to be replacing their soft serve machines with ones that are easier to maintain and wouldn’t take as long to clean. However, actually installing the new equipment in every restaurant is taking a very long time and customers are still complaining.

McDonald’s employees stand by the fact that cleaning the machines take forever and they often have to reject customer’s ice cream orders. One employee shared on Reddit that in her year and a half working at the chain, the ice cream machine has only legitimately been down one time, but they can’t sell ice cream because they’re always cleaning it.

So for now, you may have to keep your McFlurry cravings to a minimum until all of the new McDonald’s ice cream machines are in place. If you really can’t control yourself, an extremely fed up customer kindly created an app that lets you check if the ice cream machine is working at the McDonald’s closest to you. To satisfy your cravings, try something salty instead. This is the secret ingredient that makes their fries so delicious.

Originally Published: August 01, 2019

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A TikTok foodie has lifted the lid on two secret McDonald’s desserts – with one only available at the fast food giant’s Bondi restaurant.

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TikTok foodie Adrian Widjy has lifted the lid on two secret McDonald’s desserts that are currently only available at select restaurants across Australia.

Widjy, who posts under Places in Sydney Foodie, last week shared where in his home city customers can sample two unique takes on the fast food giant’s iconic soft serve cone.

The first — which he picked up at McDonald’s Gladesville, in the Lower North Shore — was the Chocolate Soft Serve Cone, which hit Aussie stores last year and are again being trialled at specific restaurants across NSW, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

@adrianwidjy In case you don’t know these 2 items exists in Sydney in 2 locations. I know for chocolate softserves there are other locations too. Know anymore? DM ME PLZ! 🙏 #placesinsydney @mcdonaldsau #maccas#mcdonalds#softserve#flavourburst#chocolatesoftserve♬ original sound - Places in Sydney Foodie

“We look forward to hearing our customer’s feedback on the product,” a McDonald’s Australia spokesperson said of the ice cream.

Describing the dessert as “chocolatey perfection”, Widjy said it was “the best”.

The second item — which Widjy purchased in Bondi — is arguably lesser known: the Flavour Burst Soft Serve Cone, and is comprised of a regular soft serve cone with one of five flavour syrups of your choice.

Is McDonalds soft serve real ice cream?

The Flavour Burst soft serve comes in five flavours. Picture: TikTok

Is McDonalds soft serve real ice cream?

Adrian tried out the grape flavour. Picture: TikTok

He picked the grape syrup, but the cone can also come with chocolate, raspberry, banana and Pina Colada.

A McDonald’s spokeswoman confirmed to news.com.au that “the Soft Serve Flavour Burst is just available at Bondi”, adding there are “no plans to make it available at other restaurants at this stage”.

“In case you don’t know these two items exist in Sydney in two locations,” Widjy captioned the video.

“I know for chocolate soft serves there are other locations too. Know anymore? DM me please!”

Is McDonalds soft serve real ice cream?

He also headed to Gladesville for a chocolate soft serve. Picture: TikTok

Is McDonalds soft serve real ice cream?

The flavour is available at select McDonald’s restaurants across Australia. Picture: TikTok

The clip drummed up more than 15,000 likes and hundreds of comments, with Widjy’s followers quick to share their own “secret” Macca’s finds and declare how tasty both ice creams looked.

It’s not the first time the foodie has gone viral on the platform when it comes to McDonald’s; last November users went wild for his inventive soft serve-eating technique.

In the clip, Widjy filmed himself walking into a McDonald’s and ordering four cones, before combining them all together to make a “mashed soft serve”.

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Is soft serve ice cream real ice cream?

Soft serve, also known as soft ice, is a frozen dessert, similar to ice cream but softer and less dense due to air being introduced during freezing. Soft serve has been sold commercially since the late 1930s in the US.

What are mcdonalds ice creams made of?

Ingredients: Milk, Sugar, Cream, Corn Syrup, Natural Flavor, Mono And Diglycerides, Cellulose Gum, Guar Gum, Carrageenan, Vitamin A Palmitate.

What is soft serve ice cream made from?

Soft serve is a frozen dairy product produced by freezing a heat-treated mixture of milk, cream, milk solids, sugars, stabilisers, emulsifiers and flavourings. Soft serve differs from hard ice cream in that the final product is formed at retail, made from a powdered or liquid premix.

What is the difference between soft serve and hard ice cream?

Soft serve ice cream has a similar makeup but less milkfat, often 3% to 6%. The amount of air included is what sets soft serve apart from hard ice cream, as the higher air content gives it a lighter, fluffy texture. The ideal amount of air content is between 33% and 45% of the volume.