A thick milkshake blended from Medjool dates and ice cream, caramel sweet with a fruit finish. The drink comes from California's Coachella Valley, but Arizona's own date groves supply the fruit at Scottsdale's Sphinx.
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Wikipedia says the date shake originated in, and is particularly associated with, California's Coachella Valley, where roadside stands and Shields Date Garden, opened in 1924, sold dates and shakes. Arizona grows dates too: Visit Arizona counts nearly 15 million pounds of dates from Yuma's Medjool groves. Sphinx Date Ranch opened its shop and luncheon patio in Phoenix's Arcadia district in the early 1950s, and its Scottsdale shop still sells hand-sorted Arizona Medjools and a Date Milkshake on its patio.
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Common allergens: Milk
Tip from the editors. Soak the dates in warm milk first; unsoftened dates leave a gritty shake, and softened ones blend fully smooth.
Sphinx Date Co. Palm & Pantry in Scottsdale sells Arizona Medjool dates, dried fruit, nuts and local pantry goods on Hayden Rd; the brand dates to 1951.
TipBuild a custom local food gift or buy bulk dates, then take a break on the patio for a date milkshake.
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