McDonald's makes April so much sweeter with new McFlurry flavor

Ice-cream lovers: Rejoice. McDonald's ice-cream machine is finally in service — allegedly — and they're bringing you a new flavor.

Just in time for spring. Beginning April 12, participating McDonald's locations across Middle Tennessee will serve a new, limited time, strawberry shortcake McFlurry. The frozen treat is made with creamy vanilla soft serve, strawberry-flavored clusters and crispy, buttery shortbread cookies.

Will Nashville jump on the fast food bandwagon faster than you can say "Ba da ba ba ba"

The sweet news comes shortly after Popeyes announced its new frosted strawberry biscuits. The biscuits are Available for a limited time at participating restaurants nationwide, the strawberry biscuits are $1.79 each, two biscuits for $2.99 or four biscuits for $5.39.

The new menu item arrives shortly after Popeyes announced their new strawberry muffins.

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Will strawberry flavors lead to another Twitter conflict amongst fast food chains?

During the chicken sandwich war of 2019, various fast food restaurants tried to come for Popeyes and claim the title of best chicken sandwich. The popularity of the sandwich caused it to be sold out nationally, igniting various discussions on the popular social media platform.

Up until now, Twitter has been quiet.

But we'll count down the days until April 12, and refresh our timelines to stay up to date on all the fast food drama.

Diana Leyva is a breaking news and trending reporter at The Tennessean. Reach her at Dleyva@gannett.com or on Twitter @_leyvadiana.