What Happened To The All-Time Mall Favorite Orange Julius
What Happened To The All-Time Mall Favorite Orange Julius
It all began at a small orange juice stand in, Los Angeles, California. The year was 1926 with Julius Freed. His real estate broker, Bill Hamlin fooled around with some ingredients that made the orange juice less bothersome to his stomach. To Freed’s surprise, the stand began serving the creamier drink, and his sales at the stand increased.s
In the 50s and 60s the drink expanded to Orange Julius stands at state and county fairs. Then Julius sold it all to International Industries the same owners as the IHOP. Orange Julius stands then went into almost every mall in America including Macomb Mall and Oakland Mall. A bit of history of success, Orange Julius was the official drink of the 1964 World’s Fair.
In 1987 DQ Dairy Queen bought the rights to the Orange Julius Chains and marketed the drink at their DQ Treat Stores. Now in 2023 Dairy Queen seem to be phasing the drink away from some of its stores.
Always been a treat for me at Macomb Mall for years to grab an Orange Julius and a salted big pretzel any day of the week. Sadly the Orange Julius has been gone from the mall for many years.
Good news as I have concocted a recipe of my own from watching the Orange Julius stores and remembering most of the ingredients that go into making one. Now it’s close but nothing will come close to the memories of an ice-cold Orange Julius back in the day.
Orange Julius Home Made
Screamin’s Almost Orange Julius
All you need to start is a few ingredients
- Orange Juice or (I use real Navel Oranges)
- Water
- Milk
- Real Vanilla Extract (1 tablespoon)
- Real Cane or Powdered Sugar
Take a full cup of ice and add all ingredients into a blender. Blend until smooth and you have yourself a Screamin’s Almost Orange Julius
The Top 4 Traumatizing Banned Kids Toys From Childhood
Thinking back you would not believe some of the toys we played with in childhood were so dangerous. Parents can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that safety standards for children’s toys have improved since these catastrophes hit the shelves. If you look hard enough you can still get some of these toys on Facebook marketplace, eBay, or at a lucky garage sale.
Lots are banned like baby cribs, baby car seats, and swings because of the risk of harm to a child. Toys on the other hand it was hit or miss growing up. Parents took their chances with some of the toys we grew up with. Mom was always close with a squeeze bottle of Bactine, a cleansing spray & liquid that takes the “ouch” out of cuts, scrapes, and minor burns and kills 99.9% of germs* at the same time. The formula is different now… it really stung back in the day.
The problem with kids back then and kids now is we never played with toys the way they were intended. Never read the directions on the warning labels because the toys didn’t have them on most of the games. Never knew little Timmy would get hit in the head with Lawn Darts in the foot or head. Just thought it would be fun to see how high you could throw one.
Here’s a sample of The Top 4 Traumatizing Kids Banned Toys From Childhood… Here’s to surviving our childhood!
Born in Mt Clemens, Screamin has been a part of the Detroit airwaves for over 29 years with 26 at WRIF and 3 years as a morning show host at Z-Rock.
When he’s not out on the streets, you can find him in his game room, where he collects jukeboxes and classic pinball machines. Screamin also devotes time doing local charities with his, "Screamin Angels"; and for 15 years with Rock 4 Tots charity.
“CHIT” is his local cover band for 10 years all over the Motor City in local bars and has graced the main stage at local festivals like Arts, Beats & Eats warming up for national acts like Cheap Trick, Guess Who & even Salt & Peppa. Screamin’ is the lead singer and also plays cowbell & lead triangle
