REVIEW: Dairy Queen Fruity Pebbles Shake
If I were to be crowned Dairy King, I would decree that ice cream is a perfectly acceptable breakfast food. But Dairy Queen beat me to it with the new “Breakfast Collection” that includes the Choco Frosted Donut Blizzard, Cinnamon Toast Crunch Dipped Cone, and Fruity Pebbles Shake. As a dutiful peasant of the Kingdom of Dairy, I honored the crown by partaking in all three offerings. In this review, I hereby declare that the Fruity Pebbles Shake is indeed glorious, though with one caveat.
I had muted expectations for this shake, as I assumed it would take some kind of wizardly magic to keep the Fruity Pebbles from turning mushy in their ice cream bath. And while I’m a big fan of any sugar- and/or color-enhanced cereal, I’ve always preferred Cap’n Crunch (Crunch Berries, of course) or Lucky Charms. It turns out, however, that as the kids say, this really slaps.
The fruity flavor of the fancy Rice Krispies in this shake is astounding. Plus, this is just fun to look at and to eat. I was not prepared for the delicious punch of sweetness that paired perfectly with the creaminess of the vanilla ice cream and milk. It truly was a wonderful combination packed with flavor.
The aforementioned caveat is that it seems Dairy Queen’s best wizard could not suspend the laws of physics involved with putting Fruity Pebbles into a liquid, which I guess is how a shake would be classified. I wouldn’t say the cereal turned soggy, but it also wasn’t crispy in any sense. I wolfed down the shake with impressive speed, so I imagine if I had done so at a more leisurely pace, then perhaps sogginess would have entered the chat. The texture was just a tad off-putting, but aside from that, this is a delicious, not-so-nutritious “breakfast.”
As a side note, I learned in my review of the Choco Frosted Donut Blizzard that some Dairy Queens serve actual breakfast food during breakfast hours. Unfortunately, there are no DQs in my area that are open for breakfast, so the best I could do was have this shake shortly after 10 a.m. But I assume you can get the Breakfast Collection items before the sun comes up if you are lucky enough to live near a breakfast-enabled DQ.
Purchased Price: $3.99
Size: Small
Rating: 8 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: 500 calories, 23 grams of fat, 13 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 40 milligrams of cholesterol, 210 milligrams of sodium, 64 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 52 grams of sugar, and 11 grams of protein.
