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In today's world, Leo Kelly managed to become an internet influencer at a very young age. At six years old, he's gained status as the "Shirley Temple King." Only a year later, he's already coming out with his own version of the product!
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That's right! Leo Kelly, better known as the "Shirley Temple King" on social media, will release his own line of Shirley Temples! As you might suspect, the seven-year-old started his internet career on Instagram. There, the young boy started posting honest reviews of his favorite drink: a Shirley Temple! For those that don't know, a Shirley Temple has "ginger ale and a splash of grenadine, garnished with a maraschino cherry. Recipes may substitute lemon-lime soda or lemonade and sometimes orange juice in part, or in whole." It earned its name after the very famous child actress, who ordered them wherever she went.
So how exactly do you review a Shirley Temple? Well, for Applebees' drink, Kelly said: "Okay, @applebees, this was a triple threat... and not in a good way!" Since he's been a Shirley Temple lover since the age of three, Kelly knows his stuff. Now, he has the chance to make the perfect version of his favorite drink. And the young man has no intentions of messing it up!
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Having traveled around the country trying the drinks, Kelly knows his stuff. So he didn't take too long making his creative new flavors. As you might suspect, the young man loved the process! "It was really, really fun," Kelly said. "We got to make the garnishes, there were tons of different options, and it was just really, really fun. There was like candy, and lollipops, and cool fruits like oranges and limes and all this stuff, and it just looked really cool."
How many different flavors are there? Three! "There are not one, not two, but three Shirley Temples that we made," Kelly explained. "The first one is the Classic Shirley, a traditional Shirley Temple. And then there's a Cotton Candy Shirley Temple, which is a regular, traditional Shirley base, and then at the top there's a giant, puffy, delicious cloud of cotton candy that adds a zing and a zang and it's really, really good. And then the third one is a Floaty Shirley, which has a couple scoops of vanilla ice cream and the traditional Shirley Temple."
As these names suggest, all of the Shirley Temples are incredibly sweet. Along with the drinks, customers also receive a candy gummy cherry, unicorn candy bacon, and three maraschino cherries on top. You can even ask for an extra candy sucker straw. Where can you get these delicious Shirley Temples? You can only find them at one of Main Event Entertainment's 44 centers nationwide. So make sure to head to one soon!
