Costco’s Food Court menu is pretty consistent.

Yes, from time to time, a new item is added to the menu, but anything rarely sticks. Remember the cheeseburger? Remember the roast beef sandwich? Heck, because I need a good cry, I’m also going to mention the beloved and long-discontinued Polish Dog and Combo Pizza. Meanwhile, the cheese and pepperoni pizzas, hot dog, chicken bake, Caesar salad, smoothies, and sundaes have all been around for a long time.

Speaking of sundaes, unlike the food court menu as a whole, Costco Food Court’s dessert menu has seen a lot of change over the past six months with limited-time sundae offerings. The most recent is the Caramel Churro Sundae, which features vanilla soft serve, salted caramel sauce, and mini churro bites.

This sundae marks the return of the salted caramel sauce I first tasted with the Caramel Brownie Sundae a few months ago. In that review, I mentioned it wasn’t overly sweet, but also wasn’t salty or buttery. It’s a meh sauce, and that’s still the case here. It’s even more unnoticeable in this sundae, contributing little beyond its gooey texture.

What dominates this dessert are the mini churro bites and their cinnamon sugar coating, which permeate the soft serve with a few gentle stirs. Seriously. I’ll scoop up a nice glob of the caramel sauce, and what I taste is pretty much just the cinnamon sugar. That’s how flavorless the caramel sauce is in this sundae, and I wish Costco used its chocolate sauce instead.

The churro bites are the saving grace of this sundae. They’re not tiny fried churro bites made by Keebler elves (or Kirkland elves), though they do leave a slight greasy taste in my mouth. They have a chewy texture that’s similar to the cookie dough gobs you’d get in chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, with a little crispiness from the cinnamon sugar coating. They carry the entire flavor of this dessert, and they’re the only reason it’s worth its inexpensive price.

If you love cinnamon sugar treats, you’ll enjoy Kirkland Signature’s Caramel Churro Sundae. But if you’re also hoping the salted caramel will tickle your sweet tooth, you’ll be greatly disappointed, which is pretty consistent with my previous experience with the sauce.

Purchased Price: $2.99
Purchased at: Costco
Rating: 7 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: 850 calories. No other nutritional information is available.