$3.49 came back once and nowhere else, the thinnest price evidence in this section.
The only McDonald's Strawberry Shake price recorded in this check was $3.49, from a single reading, which is why the range column beside it sits empty. McDonald's puts the small cup at 470 calories, lightest of the three shake flavours by 10 against vanilla and 50 against chocolate. One figure is thin evidence, and no band can be built from a single point.
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What you need
5 itemsStrawberry Shake (Small) price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Shake (Small) | $3.49 | — | 470 Cal |
If something goes wrong
A typical price appears with no range beside it
- Cause
- Only one reading came back for this cup. A single point becomes the typical figure by default, and there is no second value to draw a band between.
- Fix
- Read $3.49 as one reading rather than as a national figure. The chocolate row, with two readings, ran $3.49 to $3.99, which is the likelier shape here too.
This flavour has less evidence than the other two
- Cause
- Strawberry produced one reading, chocolate two, vanilla three. Quieter flavours get quoted less often, and thin sampling follows.
- Fix
- Borrow the shape of the vanilla and chocolate rows when estimating. All three are the same cup at the same size, and no price gap between flavours appeared anywhere in the check.
The calorie figure is lower than expected for a shake
- Cause
- 470 is the smallest of the three published figures, ten below vanilla and fifty below chocolate, at one shared cup size.
- Fix
- Do not treat it as a light option. A Hot Fudge Sundae is 330 and a Vanilla Cone 200, so the lightest shake is still the heavy end of this section.
What one reading can and cannot tell you
Every price on this site is an reading rather than a quotation, and the number of readings behind a row decides how much weight it carries. This row has one. That is the honest headline, and it changes how the $3.49 beside it should be read.
What's in it
A strawberry shake, served blended in a cup at the small size. McDonald's publishes 470 calories, which makes this the lightest of the three shakes, though the margin is small: vanilla is 480 and chocolate 520. Below the calorie line nothing was obtainable. Macros and allergens are produced by a calculator running in the browser, so a plain read of the product page finds both tables empty and neither could be read.
All three shakes are sold at the same cup size, so the flavour choice spans 50 calories in total. Format matters far more. A cone is 200 calories, a sundae 330 under hot fudge, a McFlurry 410 spun through with cookie pieces, so a shake of any flavour is the heaviest frozen item on the menu, and strawberry being lightest of the three is a technical distinction rather than a useful one.
Is it worth it
On flavour, the three are interchangeable in every way this page can measure. No price difference between them turned up anywhere in the check, and 50 calories separates the top from the bottom, so anyone deciding between strawberry and chocolate is deciding on taste and nothing else.
On money the answer has to come with a caveat. $3.49 is the only figure recorded, and it happens to match the bottom of the chocolate band exactly, which is mild corroboration rather than proof. Anywhere near four dollars a shake is the dearest item in Sweets & Treats after a McFlurry, and a Hot Fudge Sundae at $3.89 typical delivers a similar spend for 140 fewer calories.
Thin evidence has a structural cause worth stating. Around 95% of US restaurants under the brand are franchised, a share McDonald's states in its Form 10-K, and none of them publishes a national list, so quieter items simply get recorded less often. Where a row rests on one reading, the McDonald's app with a restaurant selected is not merely the best source available; it is close to the only one.
Strawberry Shake (Small) at a glance
- McDonald's price
- not published
- Calories
- 470, from McDonald's
- Typical price
- $3.49
Questions people ask
How much is a strawberry shake at McDonald's?
$3.49 was the only figure recorded from published US listings in August 2026, from a single reading. The chocolate version, with two readings, ran $3.49 to $3.99.
How many calories are in a small strawberry shake?
470, published by McDonald's. Vanilla is 480 and chocolate 520, so strawberry is the lightest of the three by a margin most people would not notice.
Why is there no price range on this row?
One reading came back and a range needs at least two. Rather than widen it with a neighbouring flavour's figures, the cell was left empty and the single reading stated plainly.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. The 470-calorie count comes from McDonald's; the one price on this page was recorded independently from a published US listing in August 2026 and dated under the table.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
No, and with one reading behind this row it would be wrong to imply otherwise. Franchisees run about 95% of US restaurants and price their own boards. The McDonald's app, set to a location, gives the figure that applies.