My FavOrrites — The M&M McFlurry

This will be the first in what will, I hope, be a series of my own personal endorsements for products that I think are at the top of their game. They also give me the utmost joy.

I should preface this by saying that even though this is the first of these posts, this does not mean that this is my all-time favorite product of any kind. It just happens to be timely for me.

Let’s begin with a short story. In my last post, I mentioned that I wouldn’t name any names for my poor service. However, it now becomes necessary to mention a local establishment because I was, apparently, mistaken about my incorrect order. I mentioned that I had ordered vanilla ice cream with M&Ms. In fact, I had ordered an M&M Blizzard from Dairy Queen. While I did specify that I wanted vanilla ice cream in my Blizzard at the drive-thru¹, I learned today that all Blizzards use vanilla ice cream. What I also learned today was that an M&M Blizzard contains chocolate syrup. Chocolate syrup. Why? How could I possibly think that an M&M Blizzard would have chocolate syrup? I simply don’t understand.

I’m a simple man with simple tastes. I’m not really big on ice cream to begin with, but when I do have ice cream I sometimes go wild and get something crazy like cookies & cream. Even so, most of the time, it’s good ol’ vanilla with M&Ms. I hate chocolate (or any other flavors for that matter).

Well, a lot of people were saying that the M&M Blizzard is better than the McFlurry. In order to have Dairy Queen’s M&M Blizzard go head-to-head with McDonald’s M&M McFlurry, I knew I had to even the playing field. So I specifically ordered the M&M Blizzard without the chocolate syrup. From the first bite, I could tell that the Blizzard was not only very different from the McFlurry, but also not for me.

The great thing about the M&M McFlurry is that it is filled with that pure vanilla soft-serve goodness. If you’ve had McDonald’s ice cream than you know what I’m talking about. While the Blizzard has M&Ms evenly mixed throughout the ice cream, the McFlurry smartly has a majority of the M&Ms on top, with a few mixed in the middle. That means that when you get through the top “crust” of M&M ice cream, you’re left with that great vanilla flavor, with just a stray M&M here and there.

The other great thing about the McFlurry is that, with a rare exception, it remains nice and solid for the duration of your eating experience. Of course, I usually eat my ice cream treats within 15 minutes of purchase. Well, the Blizzard just didn’t hold up. I ordered a small and hadn’t even made it halfway into it when it was already a soupy mess, and I really had to dig to get some nice solid ice cream (which of course still had way too many M&M chunks mixed in).

While it’s possible that this was just an error due to the small sample size, the fact is that the M&M to ice cream ratio is just too much for me anyway.

It is for these reasons that I have to say, the McDonald’s M&M McFlurry is one of Orr’s Core. Try one and tell me that you disagree.

UPDATE: 7/19/20 — I was told that I was remiss in not including our local Tee’s “Snowstorm” in my review. Tonight, I was able to rectify that oversight by trying the vanilla Snowstorm with M&Ms at that establishment. Despite being guaranteed by the staff person that took our order that the Snowstorm is much better than DQ’s Blizzard and the McDonald’s McFlurry (Just take a look at their long line!), I can now report that there is no distinguishable difference between the Snowstorm and the Blizzard. For better and worse, they are identical to me in every way, so the McFlurry is still my champ. Comparing prices, the small Blizzard is $3.69 while the small Snowstorm is just $2.99. The regular McFlurry beats both again at $2.39. Yet another point for McFlurry’s dominance.

[1]: Even though it looks strange, “drive-through” is actually correct. “Drive-thru” is the slang usage primarily used because it’s shorter on fast food signs.