{"id":18366,"date":"2010-03-12T01:01:28","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T06:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=18366"},"modified":"2012-03-01T23:37:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T04:37:44","slug":"the-skinny-on-mcdonalds-shamrock-shake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/the-skinny-on-mcdonalds-shamrock-shake\/","title":{"rendered":"The Skinny on McDonald&#8217;s Shamrock Shake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"mcdonalds shamrock shake\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/the-skinny-on-mcdonalds-shamrock-shake\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18372\" title=\"shamrock shake new\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shamrock-shake-new1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shamrock-shake-new1.jpg 260w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shamrock-shake-new1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>St. Patrick&#8217;s Day &#8211; A day to indulge in your favorite beer (or beers), corned beef hash or McDonald&#8217;s Shamrock Shakes.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas most items at The Golden Arches can be purchased all year long, the Shamrock Shake is only available during the month of March, in celebration of St. Patrick&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>So what exactly is the Shamrock Shake? It&#8217;s a light green shake with a mint-meets-vanilla taste. These seasonal\u00a0shakes are a seriously hot commodity among milkshake connoisseurs. And since not\u00a0all <a title=\"mcdonalds diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/McDonalds_Diet\/\" target=\"_self\">McDonald&#8217;s<\/a> locations offer them, die-hard fans might themselves cruising around town to find one that does.<\/p>\n<p>But taste aside, how does the Shamrock Shake stack up?<\/p>\n<p>Here is the nutritional information for one\u00a016-ounce shake.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Calories: 550<\/li>\n<li>Total fat: 13 grams<\/li>\n<li>Saturated fat: 8 grams<\/li>\n<li>Trans fat: 1 gram<\/li>\n<li>Carbohydrate: 96 grams<\/li>\n<li>Protein: 13 grams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep in mind that the 16-ounce serving is a small. So if you want to lessen the damage of your St. Patrick&#8217;s Day indulgence, order a kid-sized. But if you crank up to a large, you&#8217;ll consume a whopping 1,100 calories!<\/p>\n<p>And those eight grams of saturated fat in the small size\u00a0is 40 percent of your recommended limit of the artery-clogging fat; not to mention the inclusion of a gram of the unhealthy trans fat.<\/p>\n<p>If you must have your Shamrock Shake fix, check out the <a title=\"hungry girl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Hungry_Girl\/\" target=\"_self\">Hungry Girl&#8217;s<\/a> <a title=\"hungry girl shamrock shake\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hungry-girl.com\/chew\/chewdetails.php?isid=1698\" target=\"_blank\">recipe makeover<\/a> of this green favorite. She creatively swaps reduced-fat vanilla ice cream with light soy milk\u00a0and peppermint extract for a nearly guilt-free take on this seasonal treat.<\/p>\n<p>Happy St. Paddy&#8217;s Day!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"st patricks day recipes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/recipes-go-green-for-st-patricks-day\/\" target=\"_self\">Recipes Go Green for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"irish soda bread recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/celebrate-st-patricks-day-with-delicious-irish-soda-bread\/\" target=\"_self\">Celebrate St. Patrick&#8217;s Day with Delicious Irish Soda Bread<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"calories in alcohol\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/calories-in-alcohol\/white-wine\/\">Calories in Alcohol<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Patrick&#8217;s Day &#8211; A day to indulge in your favorite beer (or beers), corned beef hash or McDonald&#8217;s Shamrock Shakes. Whereas most items at The Golden Arches can be purchased all year long, the Shamrock Shake is only available &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/the-skinny-on-mcdonalds-shamrock-shake\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[1440,2029,38,724,1219],"class_list":["post-18366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-hungry-girl","tag-mcdonalds","tag-product-reviews","tag-restaurants","tag-st-patricks-day"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18366"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18374,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18366\/revisions\/18374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}