{"id":12092,"date":"2012-05-02T01:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=12092"},"modified":"2020-12-24T07:39:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T17:39:59","slug":"review-mcdonalds-mccafe-cherry-berry-chiller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/02\/review-mcdonalds-mccafe-cherry-berry-chiller\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: McDonald’s McCafe Cherry Berry Chiller"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"McDonald's<\/a><\/p>\n

McDonald’s has always helped customers beat the heat during the summer months. For example, they’ve always filled three-fourths of their soft drink cups with ice before they add any beverage. If that’s not the definition of generous, then I don’t know what is. <\/p>\n

This time last year McDonald’s rolled out their frozen strawberry lemonade<\/a> to help cool us down. This year, the Golden Arches have a new frozen beverage, the Cherry Berry Chiller.<\/p>\n

Rhyming AND alliteration? That’s a good start in my book. <\/p>\n

The Cherry Berry Chiller, which sounds like something Care Bears would drink to keep cool in Care-a-lot and the Forest of Feelings, is made by blending ice with 100 percent fruit juice. Think of it as a 7-Eleven Slurpee for adults. Oh wait, I forgot, margaritas are Slurpees for adults. Okay, think of it as a better-for-you Slurpee.<\/p>\n

At this point, I would like to say I really love the blenders at McDonald’s. They do an awesome job of crushing ice into fine crystals that I enjoy crushing even more between my teeth. I wish my $30 off-the-shelf blender from Target could do a comparable job.<\/p>\n

The Cherry Berry Chiller uses cherry and raspberry juice, but I could taste other fruits, like a little bit of grape. (The ingredients list also includes apple juice concentrate.) Thanks to my stereotype of cherries, my mouth expected a very tart beverage, but instead it had a very mild tartness. The cherry stands out at the beginning of each slurp and the raspberry becomes more noticeable towards the end, but in between, there’s a good balance of cherry and raspberry. The combination tastes like a slightly watered down POM Wonderful pomegranate juice. While I have enjoyed McDonald’s other fruity<\/a> blended beverages<\/a>, I have to say that the Cherry Berry Chiller is the best tasting of the bunch.<\/p>\n

\"McDonald's<\/a><\/p>\n

However, all is not perfect with it. Because it’s pretty much just fruit juice and ice, I noticed it tends to melt a bit faster than McDonald’s smoothies, which has yogurt to help prevent it from turning into liquid. Also, it’s a horrible source of vitamin C. Actually, according to the McDonald’s website, it has no vitamin C, which is strange because cherries and raspberries are good sources of the vitamin that prevents scurvy.<\/p>\n

Overall, I have mixed feeling about McDonald’s Cherry Berry Chiller. It’s sweet, damn tasty, and refreshing, but by saying it’s made with 100 percent fruit juice, McDonald’s is giving me the impression that there’s some nutritional benefit from drinking it. But it turns out that’s not really the case since it doesn’t provide any vitamins, which is, you know, one of the benefits of consuming fruits.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 22 ounces – 330 calories, 0 grams of fat, 0 grams of carbohydrates, 40 milligrams of sodium, 81 grams of carbohydrates, 81 grams of sugar, 1 gram of protein, 4% calcium, and 2% iron.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> McDonald’s McCafe Cherry Berry Chiller
\nPrice:<\/b> $3.99
\nSize:<\/b> Large
\nPurchased at:<\/b> McDonald’s
\nRating:<\/b> 7 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Sweet, Damn tasty. Refreshing. Pleasant tartness. Made with 100 percent fruit juice. McDonald’s blenders. Rhyming. Alliteration.
\nCons:<\/b> Provides no vitamin C. My Care Bears knowledge. Appears to melt faster than McDonald’s smoothies. Drinking too many Slurpees for adults. McDonald’s being generous with the ice in their soft drink cups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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