I know I haven't done a review in a long time but I went to the store today and saw something crazy! Cookie Dough Oreo cookies. Now, on first glance I figure this looks good, maybe it's worth a try. Then I thought about it deeper. Cookie dough is dough to make cookies, right? So a cookie filled cookie sounds amazing, down-right sinful in fact.
On first look at the cookie I thought it looked normal enough, like a typical Oreo and I'm sure we have all had one of those before in life. I pulled it apart to get a look at the filling and it looked, and smelled, like cookie dough. First taste and I thought gee, this doesn't taste like cookie dough at all. In fact, it's really too sweet. Had a second bite and it was confirmed. Way too sweet, not enough cookie dough flavor in the cookie dough. It's okay for once in a very very blue moon, providing normal Oreo's are just not available but overall I give that cookie a 2.5 out of 5. Not my cup of tea.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Food Review: Shock Top Chocolate Wheat (Seasonal Edition)
I saw an ad on Facebook about the Shock Top Chocolate beer, and it happened to be while I was wondering if there was a such thing as chocolate beer because I thought it would be a great idea (funny how that happens, almost spooky). I picked up a twelve pack of the 12 fl. oz bottles because it wasn't available in a smaller quantity from Wal-Mart for $13.98.
The bottle design is a bit weird looking, I figured they would use a picture of a big piece of chocolate but it's a picture of the signature character with chocolate looking hair. The description on the bottle reads "Belgian-Style wheat ale brewed with spice, aged on cocoa and vanilla beans, and with natural flavors and artificial sweeteners". The ABV (alcohol by volume) is 4.3%, which is kind of like the level of a wine cooler.
The flavor. The flavor does have a chocolate taste but it's not a terribly strong one on first sip. You can really tell in the after taste that it has a chocolate/vanilla influence. So far I have paired it with pasta and pizza and they both seem to work decent enough with it, pizza being more of a choice than pasta. This is definitely something I would love to purchase again, perhaps in smaller quantities because of the price. I would give this a 3.8 out if 5 mainly because I think the chocolate should have been more pronounced in the flavor, especially since it has a low alcohol rate which means the flavor shines through more. I also dropped the rating because on the label it mentions something about spice being added and I didn't taste any at all.
The bottle design is a bit weird looking, I figured they would use a picture of a big piece of chocolate but it's a picture of the signature character with chocolate looking hair. The description on the bottle reads "Belgian-Style wheat ale brewed with spice, aged on cocoa and vanilla beans, and with natural flavors and artificial sweeteners". The ABV (alcohol by volume) is 4.3%, which is kind of like the level of a wine cooler.
The flavor. The flavor does have a chocolate taste but it's not a terribly strong one on first sip. You can really tell in the after taste that it has a chocolate/vanilla influence. So far I have paired it with pasta and pizza and they both seem to work decent enough with it, pizza being more of a choice than pasta. This is definitely something I would love to purchase again, perhaps in smaller quantities because of the price. I would give this a 3.8 out if 5 mainly because I think the chocolate should have been more pronounced in the flavor, especially since it has a low alcohol rate which means the flavor shines through more. I also dropped the rating because on the label it mentions something about spice being added and I didn't taste any at all.
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