{"id":14711,"date":"2013-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=14711"},"modified":"2020-12-24T11:29:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T21:29:26","slug":"review-dunkin-donuts-old-fashioned-butter-pecan-iced-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/08\/review-dunkin-donuts-old-fashioned-butter-pecan-iced-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Dunkin’ Donuts Old Fashioned Butter Pecan Iced Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dunkin'<\/a><\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s just me, but I\u2019ve always struggled with walking into Dunkin’ Donuts. It\u2019s not that I\u2019m drunk and end up stumbling into glass doors or anything like that, but rather, it\u2019s the unfortunate predisposition I have to being both very, very indecisive, as well as having insatiable cravings for the kinds of things that keep dentists working overtime. <\/p>\n

Never mind the fact that Dunkin’ Donuts presents me with a sugary catalogue filled with fried dough in all shapes and sizes, but I oftentimes find myself in a Dunkin\u2019 that shares their space with the 31 flavors of Baskin-Robbins. <\/p>\n

What starts out as a late afternoon coffee pick-me-up can easily turn into three scoops of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, followed by the inevitable and actual physical struggle of walking out of Dunkin’ Donuts thanks to a sugar high not seen since that fat kid in Matilda ate that whole chocolate cake<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The way I see it, the new Baskin-Robbins-inspired iced coffee flavors from Dunkin’ are, or at least should be, the ideal way to kill two birds with one stone and get both my coffee kick and ice cream sugar fix (as for working donut ingestion into that mix, I leave that up to Baskin-Robbins’ R&D). <\/p>\n

Since I recently returned from a business trip in which I experienced the full brunt of that sweet southern concoction of nuts, butter, cream, and sugar known as pralines, I felt like the Old Fashioned Butter Pecan Iced Coffee was calling my name. And because I stress the utmost in scientific and accurate reporting on all things tooth decaying and artery clogging, I made sure to grab a cone of Baskin-Robbins’ Old Fashioned Butter Pecan Ice Cream at the same time. <\/p>\n

\"Dunkin'<\/a><\/p>\n

The Old Fashioned Butter Pecan Iced Coffee didn\u2019t taste exactly like the ice cream flavor that shares its name, but the former is still very good. Because I wish for my iced coffee to have the rich taste of actual milk fat and not just the watery and dull taste of lactic acid, I chose to have my iced coffee with cream instead of skim milk. I highly suggest this. <\/p>\n

The syrup itself is plenty sweet, but not cloying in the way you\u2019d expect from the stuff that gives snow cones their flavor. It\u2019s actually remarkably balanced when taken with the rest of the beverage, with a roasted pecan flavor that’s only heightened by the mellow and smooth Dunkin’ coffee. There\u2019s also a depth of sweetness that tastes like brown sugar or maple syrup.<\/p>\n

\"Dunkin'<\/a><\/p>\n

Taking turns sipping from my iced coffee and licking my Butter Pecan Ice Cream cone, I found both products enjoyable, if moderately different in flavor. The iced coffee focused the pecan flavor more in terms of what I would call a “creamery fresh” sensation with a sophisticated roasted vibe, while the ice cream drew most of its flavor from the buttery and oily flavors of the big ass pecan sticking out of the cone.<\/p>\n

\"Dunkin'<\/a><\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t find Dunkin’ Donuts\u2019 take on sister chain Baskin-Robbins\u2019 Old Fashioned Butter Pecan Ice Cream to be an exact replication, but that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not a bold and interesting new take in the overcrowded fast food iced coffee market which screams for flavors beyond vanilla, hazelnut, and caramel. The roasted and full-flavored coffee notes, as well as the brown sugar, give the Old Fashioned Butter Pecan Iced Coffee a kind of pralines and cream flavor that\u2019s in some ways preferable to the “Old Fashioned” Butter Pecan flavor of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream, and much more lively than the par-for-the-course shot of vanilla-flavored syrup.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – small – 140 calories, 50 calories from fat, 6 grams of fat, 3.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 20 milligrams of cholesterol, 115 milligrams of sodium, 21 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 17 grams of sugar, 2 grams of protein, and 6% calcium.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Dunkin’ Donuts Old Fashioned Butter Pecan Iced Coffee
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $1.69
\nSize:<\/b> Small
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Dunkin’ Donuts
\nRating:<\/b> 8 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Much better than standard iced coffee syrup. Tastes like butter pecan. Creamery fresh taste has roasted pecan flavor thanks to the smoky notes of coffee. Pralines \u2018n Cream thing going on. Killing two birds with one stone. Dunking ice cream in coffee gives new meaning to the \u2018Dunkin\u2019 in Dunkin Donuts.
\nCons:<\/b> Doesn\u2019t have actual pecans in it. Butter flavor could use some work. Finding a way to work donuts into the equation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maybe it\u2019s just me, but I\u2019ve always struggled with walking into Dunkin’ Donuts. It\u2019s not that I\u2019m drunk and end up stumbling into glass doors or anything like that, but rather, it\u2019s the unfortunate predisposition I have to being both very, very indecisive, as well as having insatiable cravings for the kinds of things that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1540,1539,1477],"class_list":["post-14711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-coffee","tag-dunkin-donuts","tag-fast-food"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22132,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/02\/fast-food-news-dunkin-donuts-frozen-dunkin-coffee\/","url_meta":{"origin":14711,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Dunkin’ Donuts Frozen Dunkin’ Coffee","author":"Marvo","date":"May 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Goodbye, Dunkin' Coffee Coolatta! 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