This impossibly simple McDonald’s coffee ‘hack’ has been dubbed ‘the best ever’

This impossibly simple McDonald’s coffee ‘hack’ has been dubbed ‘the best ever’ – but the DIY drink will set you back $8.25

  • An Australian man has tried out the viral McDonald’s thickshake hack
  • Brad Canning saw the viral hack on TikTok from a user in the UK and tried it 
  • He put his own spin on the drive-thru trick and said it was the best hack ever

An Australian man has put a viral ‘McDonald’s coffee hack’ to the test and declared it the best TikTok tip ever.

Melbourne man Brad Canning headed straight to his closest McDonald’s restaurant after seeing the viral trend surging on the social media platform.

The trick is said to lead to ‘the best ice coffee shake’ and is done by buying a vanilla thickshake and an espresso shot and combining the two.

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Melbourne man Brad Canning headed straight to his closest McDonald’s restaurant after seeing the viral coffee trend surging on the social media platform

The trend calls for a McDonald's thickshake and an espresso shot to be combined

The trend calls for a McDonald’s thickshake and an espresso shot to be combined

The hack originated in the UK, Australian McDonald’s restaurants already have a coffee thickshake so Brad added his own twist to make it something unique.

Taking a single espresso shot and a large chocolate thickshake Brad made a mocha thickshake, he told Daily Mail Australia the $8.25 was ‘delicious’.

‘Okay, final thoughts, probably the best life hack ever,’ he said, slurping down the drink.

The video started with the influencer who has 4.5million likes on the platform racing to his car, after seeing the hack done by someone else online.

‘To say that I ran to my car is an understatement,’ he said.

‘I don’t even have shoes on, I am trying this right this second.’

His video was likes 15,000 times in just two days – but not everyone was convinced.

‘That does look good – but they already have coffee shakes – I wonder which one is nicer,’ one woman asked.

One woman said there was no point to the hack because Australia already have coffee shakes.

Taking a single espresso shot and a large chocolate thickshake Brad made a mocha thickshake, he told Daily Mail Australia the $8.25 was 'delicious'

Taking a single espresso shot and a large chocolate thickshake Brad made a mocha thickshake, he told Daily Mail Australia the $8.25 was ‘delicious’

The influencer filmed himself trying the shake for the first time

The influencer filmed himself trying the shake for the first time

And decided it was delicious - describing it as the best life hack ever

And decided it was delicious – describing it as the best life hack ever

But other defended the man’s decision to make a mocha shake, tweaking the hack. 

Others said the ‘coffee syrup’ used in the shakes isn’t as good as the hack version.

‘Nothing compares to an espresso shot in a vanilla shake,’ one man said. 

Others loved the idea – tagging their friends and asking to try ‘asap’.

‘Oh, now I have to go to Maccas right now,’ laughed onw woman.

Others said the video maker was living in the past.

‘I have been doing this for years, nothing new here,’ one man said.

‘I started doing this last time they got rid of the coffee shakes,’ one woman commented. 

Others said they would go for a double or triple shot of coffee in a shake, but Brad said one shot was enough.