Since at least early 2021, TikTok videos appeared to show McDonald’s customers purchasing $9 chocolate birthday cakes. The center of the cakes featured an image of a juggling Ronald McDonald.
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TikTok user @williejtheartist drove to a McDonald’s to find out if the cakes were real. He left empty-handed and posted “lies and deceit,” believing that the cakes were a hoax. His video was viewed nearly 13 million times.
However, the cakes are real, and the videos were legitimate. McDonald’s sells frozen chocolate birthday cakes in limited quantities.
Some videos featured McDonald’s employees in freezers showing off cake boxes. The boxes read: “Juggling Ronald White Birthday Cake.” According to the expiration dates visible in several videos, the frozen cakes appeared to last several weeks.
McDonald’s birthday cakes may bring to mind memories of kid’s birthday parties from the 1980s and 1990s. At the time, the company advertised its parties on television:
In one TikTok video, commenters joked that the frozen cake looked “like it was made in the 90s.”
One comment with more than 76,000 likes read: “It’s $9 cuz they been trying to sell it since 1983.”
TikTok user @thesirenxx said: “Did anyone else remember birthday parties at McDonald’s or was that just me? They provided cake and balloons.”
We were unable to find a page for McDonald’s birthday cakes on the company’s website. However, the “PlayPlace & Parties” page mentioned cakes:
You bring the kids. We’ll bring the party.
Fun for kids and stress-free for you, we’ve got parties down to a science. For Happy Meals, cake, decorations, and party favors, just talk to your local McDonald’s manager. Choose a McDonald’s location with an Indoor or Outdoor PlayPlace for even more fun!
Find a McDonald’s near you to get the party started.
Several TikTok users said in comments that the cakes were also sometimes used for employee birthdays.
A number of other videos featured customers buying the cakes and opening the boxes. Others showed people asking questions about their availability and taste-testing them with family.
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We reached out to several McDonald’s restaurants to find out about availability. Employees said they had no cakes in their freezers at that time. They told us that it all depended on if their distributor sends any stock. The cakes may also be harder to find because of the TikTok trend.
In May 2020, McDonald’s locations in Croatia delivered birthday cakes to children at their homes. The shape and texture of the cake was different than the one sold in the United States. Parties at the restaurants had been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We also found information about other McDonald’s cake types available in slices in select countries around the world. They included chocolate coffee cake, red velvet cake, lemon loaf cake, dulce de leche cheesecake, cinnamon carrot cake, and blueberry cheesecake.
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