Happy National Chocolate Milkshake Day!

Dear fellow chocoholics, this is our day!!!!!

Take two delicious treats such as chocolate and milkshake and combine them, that’s genius!

The term “milkshake” first appeared in 1885 and referred to an alcoholic whiskey drink, similar to eggnog. AND milkshakes were said to have some medicinal purposes!

 

By 1900, they was no more alcohol but a whole lot of goodness left in milkshakes! 

The milkshake became really popular when in 1922 a Walgreens employee in Chicago, Ivar "Pop" Coulson, took an old-fashioned malted milk (milk, chocolate, and malt) and added two scoops of ice cream.

Suddenly everyone around the country, and the world for that matter, began drinking milkshakes.

The rest is history…

So let’s thank “Pop” while savoring a delicious milkshake, a chocolate milkshake nonetheless!

You can go the classic route with all chocolate or branch out and mix in Nutella or Milk Chocolate with Whiskey. Regardless you are in for a sweet celebration! 

Please do tell what your favorite milkshake flavor(s) is, here on the blog or on our Facebook page. Stay tuned as we continue to celebrate chocolate milkshakes…