The right beverage matched perfectly with the right food item can completely elevate a meal.
Think of a great steak dinner with red wine or a cheeseburger with an ice-cold beer.
The same is true at fast-food restaurants.
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After all,Coca-Colahits differently atMcDonald’s.
These drinks go viral on social media or have inventive ad campaigns that pique everyone’s curiosity.
Either way, many fast-food drinks have become iconic.
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You’ll be sipping on fast-food royalty.
It starts with Shake Shack’s house-made vanilla frozen custard, which is then blended with chocolate fudge sauce.
Cherry Limeade Slush at Sonic Drive-In
Sonic Drive-In has an array of Slush beverages.
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Among the available flavors,Cherry Limeadehas to be the most popular.
The fast-food chain is also beloved for its draft root beer, made with real Louisiana cane sugar.
Order a root beer float if you’re able to’t decide between a shake or a root beer.
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It’s a hand-spun combo of Chick-fil-A’s popular lemonade and vanilla ice cream.
Think of it as a lemon-flavored milkshake but more light and refreshing.
Instead of a plain iced coffee, go for gold and order the iconicFrozen Coffee.
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When it comes to beverages, few can hold a candle to theFrozen Fanta Blue Raspberry.
The beverage is so popular that it picked up the “legendary” moniker on the menu.
It’s made with real cane sugar, giving it that quintessential and unmistakable Southern iced tea flavor.
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In particular, the strawberry lemonade and the blueberry pomegranate lemonade are menu standouts.
What makes the shakes at Five Guys stand out from the crowd are themix-insyou can order.
The fast food beverage is iconic if only because it was in sight every time the family went shopping.
Dunkin'
This classic creamy, frothy, orange-flavored beverage has a place in many mall-goers' hearts.
Peach Milkshake at Chick-fil-A
If Chick-fil-A fans had their way, summer would never end.
That way, the limited-timepeach milkshakewould always be available.
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The milkshake,available only in summer, blends the chain’s classic ice cream with peaches.
Starbucks stocks mocha and peppermint year-round, though the special holiday toppings will be M.I.A.
The smoothie chain has an array of tasty fruit-forward drink options.
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It dominates the news media cyclewhen it returns each year, signaling the transition from summer to fall.
The root beer is made fresh in-house and topped with vanilla soft-serve ice cream.
When the occasion calls for a shake, customers can enjoy the same custard in drink form atCulver’s.
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The menu also includes malts and floats to give diners more options to enjoy the custard as a drink.
The frozen drink comes in several different flavors, including strawberry.
Sunjoy at Chick-fil-A
Choosing between sweet tea or lemonade can be a tough decision.
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Thankfully, Chick-fil-A did everyone a solid by making it so they don’t have to choose.
Enjoy both by ordering itsSunjoydrink, a 50-50 blend of the two menu items.
It is beloved so much by customers that the fast food chain sells itby the gallon.
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