The Manuka 'freakshakes' that attracted international attention, national television coverage and a swarm of imitators have been replaced with some equally extravagant new versions.
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And the owners of the Patissez cafe have grand plans for their now trademarked creations, with an aim to have international stores opened within a year.
Adding several fruity options as well as a giant choc cookie choice, the new five will soon be joined by a revamped menu promising "dude food" and a lunch menu for the first time.
Patissez co-owner Anna Petridis said it had been a "slow burn" but interest had been continuing to grow for the slightly lighter shakes, which include the BanoFreak, strawberry and watermon-dominated Fruity Freak and blueberry cheesecake-filled Freaky Blue Ballz, released on October 31.
"I'm noticing a dramatic difference in consumption, people are finishing their shakes, cleaning the jar, whereas before they weren't really," she said.
The Canberra Times' original story reached nearly 400,000 people in July on the news site's Facebook page alone, and Ms Petridis said copycat stores soon followed.
"There are three stores in Melbourne I don't like in particular who copied our product and our wording, and there's a company in the UK I found who copied our whole menu and the FreakShakes."
The family-run business, which includes her mother and brother working in-store, was quick to respond, registering as a trademark the word FreakShakes as well as the Patissez logos.
An 150-seat store off London Circuit in Civic, five times the capacity of the Manuka shop, will open before the end of the month, but ambitions extend beyond Canberra.
"We're in talks with international investors, within a year we'll have stores in two different overseas locations," Ms Petridis said.
The new menu would include salad options but also larger meals catering for hungry gents, as well as new cakes and pastries.
"We don't want to be just FreakShakes, we want to be everything," she said.
"The Australian public and consumers get bored really quick, they want to see something else.
"People will keep coming here for it but we need to move on with innovation in other ways as well."