The small town of Seligman, Arizona — though for a time neglected after Interstate 40 opened a few miles south in 1978 and enticed traffic to bypass it — has long had a major claim to fame: the he kitsch outpost, which lies between the towns of Flagstaff and Kingman, has been named the ‘Birthplace of Historic Route 66’, thanks to the efforts of its residents to preserve the historic two-lane highway along which she is placed.
Today, the charming retro town also has a new claim to fame: it’s home to the ice cream shop that just broke the Guinness World Record for ‘largest variety display of milkshakes’.
Of course, the shakes went way beyond your basic chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. Flavors included creative scrapers such as “Oreo, Rice, Banana, Hot Dog”, “Orange, Bacon, Root Beer, Sweet Potato Fry”, and “Hot Fudge, Onion Ring, Pineapple, Cheese”, to name a few. three.
Do you think these look awful? Some who have tried them disagree.
“My hot fudge, Oreo, bacon, hot dog shake was great!” a person who was apparently on hand for the record told skeptics on Facebook.
“My pineapple sweet potato shake was different,” another attendee diplomatically said.
Of course, not everyone was impressed. “Enjoyed the event…glad we went…but I’ll never have ketchup or fries in my milkshake again,” another daring shake sampler wrote.
Cecilia Alvarado, co-owner of Delgadillo’s Snow Cap with her brother, John Michael Delgadillo, said her goal of breaking the record was personal.
“My dad built the Snow Cap in 1953,” Alvarado told Food Network. She added that her parents, Juan and Mary Delgadillo, ran the business for decades. Juan, who was known for his sly sense of humor, died in 2004, followed by Mary, along with Cecilia’s older brother Bob, in 2007. “My brother and I, along with other members of the family, let’s try to keep my father’s dream and legend alive.
If there was a record for the sweetest tribute to a relative’s memory, Cecilia and John might have pulled off that one too.