Food of the Seventies, Great Shake
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A chocolate brown plastic 'shaker' ('Great Shake' embossed in the plastic) with tan 'snap on' lid (the lid was big enough you could sort of share your shake with a friend); came with powdered shake packets (chocolate, chocolate malt, strawberry, vanilla)... just add milk, SHAKE, and the result was a pretty yummy milkshake. I remember this from the late 60's and into the early 70's, but cannot recall the manufacturer. We kept the plastic shakers for years afterwards, made our own shakes from ice cream and chocolate syrup, but it wasn't the same...
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My God! I thought I was the only one who ever heard of Great Shake. It was the best chocolate milk I ever had, never found anything that came close to it.
i thought I was the only one who remembered great shake...every time I ask someone thay think I am crazy. where can i get some?
Reminds be of a better time.... these were very tasty. Nothing on the market similar today. Weird
I GREW UP DRINKING GREAT SHAKE.LOVE THE TASTE BRINGS BACK GREAT MEMORIES OF THE BEST TASTEING SHAKE I EVER HAD.
I too have fond memories of Great Shake. I can only assume it was chock-full of thickening chemicals that were eventually found to be carcinogenic. Why else would such a great product have been pulled from the market?
Wow..So releived to see that someone else remembers Great Shakes and would like to have them again. Not many things slip through the internet, but this is only page I could find with a reference to the "Great Shake". Everyone keep looking and post your finds here....
i think jell-o is making something like this now, only it's in a packet and you get no cup with it. not the same of course, but almost. i still have memories when i first tried this new stuff. when i was a kid, i think i managed to down the whole package when i got home.
I grew up in a small farm town in Kansas and would run to the grocery isle where Great Shakes was located. Like most kids at the time and today there were always things thrown in the cart that were considered a must have. Today it's Lucky Charms for my kids. Back then it was Great Shakes for my brothers and me. The taste was and still is without comparison. Oh, how I'd like to be shaking one up right now!
I was reminded of Great Shakes recently when I started making iced coffee by shaking instant coffee and Splenda with milk in a large Tupperware tumbler. My mom always bought Great Shakes for us when we were kids.
There's a Great Shakes commercial on YouTube. I don't have the link here, but it's easy to find; just go to YouTube and search for "Great Shakes commercial".
I'm sitting here with a smile on my face having fond memories of the greatest shake ever. It would be great if they could create the exact recipe to put on the market, the kids of today would would have such a treat!
I remember taking 3 Great Shake packets and the shaker to the house where I babysat. I'd wait till the kids would go to sleep and then I'd make them and all 3 of them. Yummy - if I could just have one. We kept the shaker for years, hoping to find them again, but it never happened. Please - bring them back !
You all are bringing back such memories. I still have my Great Shake container and use it often. I wish I had the mix but have to settle for inferior Nesquick now. I always smile when I use the thing and I can remember taking it across country in a car. We kept a quart of milk in an ice box in the trunk so we'd have milk for breakfast (those little cereal boxes that split down the middle) and lunch. I'd have a Great Shake with my lunch. Good times. Good times. Thanks for the chance to reminisce.
For years I have remembered that container but could not remember the name. How cool to finally find it once again. I love the 70's!
Does anyone remember shake a pudding? Probably the same manufacturer. Also carnation instant breakfast made a coffee flavor which was also very popular back then.
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