Dateland Travel Center
Date Shake
Cactus Shake
A drive from San Diego to Phoenix, or vice versa, will take you through a lot of empty desert land, cacti, and even sand dunes…plus no less than fifty signs directing you towards the Date Shakes in Dateland Arizona – a simple calling that states “Our specialty is Dates. That’s what we do”…and it is indeed what they do. Handpicked with varieties ranging from Medjool and Khadrawy to Halawy and Thoory baked into pies or cakes or made into bars and candies with seemingly unlimited samples of each this is perhaps the best roadside attraction in Arizona and moving past the freebies the date shake and its lesser raved cactus shake are both worth every bit of the $4.50. Sweet and intense, blended with creamy soft-serve and so thick you can barely suck it through a straw the date shake tastes every bit like its namesake fruit while the cactus, actually prickly pear, comes off smoother with a refreshing raspberry and strawberry top note – a tough call as to which is better and therefore encouragement to try both.
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