Mug Shakes Review

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A group of friends enjoying a ‘mug shake.’

Samantha C. and Angelina D.

Every Friday, my friends and I go to Victoria Gardens and lately I have noticed a trend with customers eating an array of ice cream choices from creatively designed milkshakes presented in glass mugs. I couldn’t help but stare in awe at these mouthwatering treats. This became a good reason to do another Day Creek Howl food review.

Olivia, a worker at the Mug Shakes explained their shop.”We are a small business, but our hopes are to expand across the world. Soon we will be expanding to Temecula.  The fact that we are the only shake business is a good outlook for us. Our biggest competitor is Cold Stone, but even they aren’t much of a threat. Our bestselling shake is Oreo Bomb…vanilla based with oreo chunks on top of an Oreo ice cream bar. We have been doing well in business — in fact, we sell about 300 mugs a day.”

Upon arrival it was quite busy with nearly a dozen people in line. After a ten-minute wait, the cashier took my order: one Passion Peach.  The wait for the shake was about 15 minutes.

The shake was beautifully decorated with sprinkles and gummy bears raining down, and a peach with whipped cream sat on top to fit the name perfectly: Passion Peach.

I tore the peach from the top to in a hurry to get to the shake, but there was disappointment on my tastebuds — the ice cream was overly sweet without any noticeable peach flavor. I quickly became fed up with my mundane milk shake and threw it away. Maybe just bad luck in making my menu choice, and definitely not worth the $8. Aside from the displeasing shake, I left with really sticky hands. I would advise handing out a wet napkin on the tray —  Amazon sells 1000 of them for about $17, which wouldn’t break the Mug Shake bank. Also, after finishing the shake, the shop gladly offered to put the sticky mug into a bag for me to take home. But that mug was sticky beyond imagination.  Perhaps they could rinse it or offer a return for 20% off a return purchase.