Every few weeks, usually at night, I have a sudden craving for vanilla soft serve from McDonald’s. But just as I start to fantasize about the immaculate, snow-white swirl, I remember the futility of ...

McDonald’s often maligned, seemingly perennially-broken ice cream machines could soon become a thing of the past. On Oct. 25, the United States Copyright Office ...

NEW YORK -- A broken McDonald's McFlurry machine, arguably one of life's greatest nuisances, has finally been solved thanks to a court ruling. McDonald's franchises haven't been able to fix the soft ...

“If that McFlurry machine is broken, I’m coming through that drive-thru window,” wrote one person under a post on X about the new treat. “Given the number of broken ice cream machines, I have a better ...

The soft-serve machines at McDonald's restaurants are so often out of order that their reliable unreliability have long been the butt of jokes, memes — and now even a rallying cry in this year’s ...

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Ice cream machines at McDonald's famously break frequently. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to journalist Jason Koebler from 404 Media about a new exemption that allows third parties to fix them. Do you ever ...

It doesn't sound possible, but ice cream has problems. The chocolate chips can be too waxy, the cookie dough too frozen, and the caramel is often missing an important flavor. Salt & Straw co-founder ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a McDonald’s phenomenon that has inspired memes, apps and even a government inquiry. “If that McFlurry machine is broken, I’m ...