Costco shoppers are in for a treat as a new food court item that rivals the famous McDonald’s Shamrock Shake has been added to the lineup.
Joining the bulk grocery store’s food court menu, which consists of cheap yet highly sought-after items like the $1.50 hot dog, is a newly added $3 Double Chocolate Mint Sundae. The dessert consists of soft-serve mint ice cream layered with cookie crumbles and chocolate sauce.
According to Food & Wine, the menu item was added earlier this week, as social media users have already begun raving about it.
One Costco influencer, under the username @Costcobuys, shared a Reel introducing their followers to the item. Many people were quick to turn to the user’s comments section to gush over the sundae, writing about how much they loved it.
“Had one today as my treat for finishing my marathon this weekend. Truly. Amazing,” one person wrote, while another agreed, writing, “I had this, very minty and good. The cookie crumble bits are perfect. Quality is top notch.”
“My daughter & I shared one today….amazing,” a third person wrote in the comments.
For those who may not be fans of the classic mint and chocolate combination, Costco also offers the mint-flavored soft-serve ice cream on its own for $2 or the possibility to swirl it with vanilla soft-serve.
While chocolate used to be a flavor option at the Costco food court, the mint soft-serve has appeared to have temporarily taken its place. However, the grocery store has switched out the available flavors before, previously offering a strawberry soft-serve in 2024.
The new menu item comes as the McDonald’s fan-favorite Shamrock Shake — a mint-flavored, green-colored milkshake — and Oreo Shamrock McFlurry returned to menus ahead of St. Patrick’s Day.
Per the McDonald’s website, the shake includes “creamy vanilla Soft Serve blended with our minty Shamrock Shake syrup and topped with whipped light cream.” The Oreo version, which may be more similar to Costco’s new sundae, adds Oreo cookie pieces to the existing Shamrock Shake.
The news of the new food court item comes as the warehouse club is tightening its famous no-hassle return policies — much to the disappointment of some members.
According to Cleveland.com, some members have found that Costco workers are now requiring extra proof of purchase for some returns, and managers are even checking to see how often customers are returning their purchases.
The change comes as social media users have shared stories of customers returning Christmas trees well after the holiday season was over — and other instances of members clearly taking advantage of the 90-day return policy.
While many retailers have offered competitive return policies in recent years as a way to draw in customers, the leniency has also allowed some shoppers to take advantage with fraudulent returns, leaving businesses to lose billions of dollars.
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