My Favorite Places to get a Sweet Treat

By: Anna Kate Coker

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When it is late at night, I fall into the trap of craving a sweet treat. Whether it is ice cream, a yummy drink, brownies, chocolate, candy, or a milkshake, I love to indulge into a good sweet. I will be listing my favorite places to buy a delicious treat for myself.

  1. Sweet Frog

They are so underrated and have literally anything you can desire. They have different fruit frozen yogurts, cake batter, cheesecake, oreo, cotton candy, and so many more. You can pair this with any toppings of your choice. They are not open too long at night so you have to be quick with your decision making of when you want to go. They are luckily open in the winter and summer. I love Sweet Frog even if it is not as popular as it used to be.

  1. Cookout

It is a great place for food, but I will specifically be talking about their milkshakes. Cookout has sixty different flavors and even on top of that, you can mix them too. Paired with a side of fries, their milkshakes are served very thick so it is preferred to eat it with a spoon. My personal go to is the chocolate chip cheesecake milkshake. It is truly a taste of heaven. 

  1. McDonalds

This place has everything, but if I am wanting a sweet treat at night, their ice cream machine better be working. I love a good m&m mcflurry because these will always satisfy me. The parking lot at night is a little scary, but if you can get past that then you have got yourself a scrumptious snack on your hands. If I am feeling a little adventurous, I also enjoy the oreo mcflurry as well. Additionally, if I want a more day time sweet treat, I also think their mango smoothie and strawberry banana smoothie have a great taste.

Top 3 Fast Food Restaurants 

By: Logan Mims

   In this week’s blog, I will be writing  about and rating my top three favorite fast food restaurants in Sumter, South Carolina. We don’t have that many options to choose from, but some of them are still pretty good.

   Coming in at number 3 of my top 3 favorite fast food restaurants in Sumter is Mcdonald’s. I’ll start off with their ice cream. My go to ice cream dessert from there is an M&M mcFlurry. The ice cream is soft serve and it is so good with the M&Ms in it. Their cheeseburger is also pretty good. I usually like to get ketchup cheese and pickles on my burger from there and they are always pretty good. Some people don’t like their chicken nuggets but I honestly think they are good especially with ranch or sweet and sour sauce. Lastly, their fries, I would have to say Mcdonald’s has the best fries out of all the fast food restaurants. They are always hot and crispy and have the perfect amount of salt on them. Overall, I would rate Mcdonald’s a 6/10. 

   My second favorite fast food restaurant in Sumter is Zaxby’s. I love to get chicken fingers and fries from there along with a piece of their buttery, crispy bread. I personally think the best part about Zaxbys is their sauces. They 100% have the best ranch out of any fast food restaurant you could find and their Zax sauce is also really good. Overall, I would rate Zaxbys a 8/10. 

   Lastly, my favorite fast food restaurant in Sumter is Chick-fil-A. I feel like that is so basic but they have such a big variety of different things you can get. My favorite thing from Chick-fil-A is their mac & cheese. It is personally my favorite mac & cheese I’ve ever had. I also really love their chicken nuggets and they gave such a big variety of sauces to choose from. chick-fil-A‘s fries are also delicious. Overall, I would rate Chick-fil-A a 10/10. 

Top 5 Fast Food Restaurants

By: Addie Griffin

We all know that while you’re on a family road trip or on the way home from a game, all you want to do is get to where you’re going as quickly as possible. There is no time to sit down at a restaurant, but no one wants to go hungry, right?  The solution to this is fast food and today, I will be ranking the top 5 best fast food restaurants. 

5.Starting off with number five is Sonic. 

This could be a controversial choice considering most people don’t particularly love Sonic, but I believe it deserves a spot on this list. Sonic has amazing milkshakes and slushies which makes getting sweet treats fast and easy. 

The mozzarella sticks also deserve an honorable mention and might even be some of the best I’ve ever had. The only downside is how expensive Sonic is and how slow service can be. 

4.At number four we have Mcdonald’s. Some people think McDonald’s is overrated, but I think otherwise. Mcdonald’s is open all twenty four hours of the day which makes it a great option for a midnight snack -particularly the fries, which are some of the best in the fast food industry. However, Mcdonald’s can be very slow sometimes and this is why it is at number four. 

3.Now for number three we have Chick-fil-a. This may cause an uproar, as many people would probably expect this to be at number one. While I think that Chick-fil-a is very good, I don’t think they have enough options and this is why I am putting it at number three. 

2.For the second best fast food restaurant, we have Zaxbys. Zaxbys deserves the number two spot because of the amount of options they have as a fast food restaurant. As someone who goes to zaxbys often, I have tried a lot of their food, and I have enjoyed every single thing I have gotten. Zaxbys is also relatively inexpensive which is another great thing about it. 

1.Now in the number one spot is Canes. All that is served at Canes is not even in competition with other fast food restaurants. Their chicken is some of the best I have ever had from any restaurant, not even just fast food restaurants. The food along with the unbeatable Canes Sauce is what makes everyone love this restaurant so much.