{"id":16310,"date":"2014-02-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16310"},"modified":"2023-09-02T14:55:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T00:55:24","slug":"review-mcdonalds-chocolate-covered-strawberry-frappe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/02\/17\/review-mcdonalds-chocolate-covered-strawberry-frappe\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: McDonald\u2019s Chocolate Covered Strawberry Frappe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"McDonald\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\n

I believe you hit a certain age when you want a milkshake but you\u2019re an adult now and unless it\u2019s swilling an espresso with milk, that\u2019s not going to go well with the senior partners. Hiding behind that tattered copy of the WSJ or the Financial Times is not an option either. I mean, look at yourself:<\/p>\n

You have a dark blazer from Brooks Brothers that screams prep school chic but conservative enough for a Southern highball soiree.<\/p>\n

A messenger bag\/briefcase from Jack Spade. <\/p>\n

That J. Crew navy blue and red striped banker\u2019s tie. <\/p>\n

Cashmere red socks from Banana Republic (Heritage edition, of course).<\/p>\n

You also use words like \u201cfurthermore\u201d or \u201cparadigm\u201d and \u201csynergy\u201d in normal conversations.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, a milkshake could rupture that carefully put together image and how is Muffy going to react with you being caught slurping a milkshake and reading (gasp)The Atlantic? (Don\u2019t worry I ain\u2019t going to tell nobody.)<\/p>\n

Enter the frappe, which according to Wikipedia (but old sport, you better not admit to looking up anything on there, lest you\u2019ll be laughed off at your next squash match), is a foamed covered iced coffee drink that hails from the land of money strapped Greece.<\/p>\n

Like Americans, we soar in taking something from elsewhere and make it, if not always better, patently ours. Just take a look at all the mango sauce\/Sriracha reduction\/flecks of truffles\/sushi rolls that are made to have us believe that\u2019s what the Japanese eat over in Tokyo. Canadians aren\u2019t even safe with the eye-rolling varieties of poutine being ferreted by so called \u201chot\u201d chefs. Anybody want to argue the merits of the Americanized Let Me In<\/i>? Poor Swedes, we should have stopped at Ikea and that Swedish Chef from the Muppets.<\/p>\n

Yet, the Mcdonald\u2019s Chocolate Covered Strawberry Frappe here serves its purpose as a coffee drink and a \u201csorta\u201d milkshake. Of course old boy, a coffee drink sounds much more sophisticated than a milkshake wouldn\u2019t you say?<\/p>\n

Normally I\u2019m not a fan of foods that are literally named what they are. I mean would you eat a \u201chind leg of the pig that has been cured and topped with cheese\u201d sandwich? Not me. A hind leg sounds too close to the butt and with the word cheese\u2026it just creates an illustration best left in the dark recesses of your mind where forgotten embarrassments live. <\/p>\n

However, this works here because McDonald\u2019s is not only telling you that \u201chey, you can drink the luscious headiness of chocolate covered strawberries,\u201d but they are making it sound way more ravishing than it is. And you will be tricked like me.<\/p>\n

Besides, at $3.19 for a medium, that\u2019s a bit way too pricey when you have to walk around with a plastic cup that has a McCafe logo seared on it. Remember image is everything sport. The point is, regarding the high price, you\u2019re better off going to a Starbucks who do Frappucinos way better. <\/p>\n

\"McDonald\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\n

At first sight, there is the standard and inviting whipped cream on top and if you dislike whipped cream, you\u2019re an evil person who probably breaks fertilized chicken eggs. The whipped cream is lovingly glazed with streams of strawberry syrup and it tastes like the strawberry sundae topping with hints of some kind of delightful berries. It\u2019s actually not as sweet as I was expecting and that is a good thing.<\/p>\n

This is where everything goes pear-shaped. First, the chocolate flavor is muddled and bland which is not helped by the even blander coffee taste. The chocolate chips residing in the drink are nice and bittersweet but do little, except to convince you that maybe you should have ordered a coffee flavored milkshake.<\/p>\n

Although the strawberry syrup was slightly intense in the berry flavor, when drank with the chocolate coffee, it just fades away like internet sensations (anybody remember Little Superstar?). Even worse, the ice bits mixed in the chocolate chips create something that made me want to turn to the camera and have a tear roll down my cheek 1970\u2019s public service announcement Native American style.<\/p>\n

The McDonald\u2019s Chocolate Covered Strawberry Frappe tasted like a watery cement mix of sadness and despair. The tiny ice crystals did nothing but dilute an already boring coffee drink. The concoction was so soupy and awful, I threw it out with the other incriminating documents.<\/p>\n

To hell with wondering if you\u2019re going to be invited to the annual partners\u2019 dinner or if that preppy cowlick on the back of your head is just right. If you want a coffee, order a coffee. If you a want a milkshake, order a milkshake. If you want a combination, go elsewhere (like maybe Starbucks) and avoid this dreadful offering that will only confirm that all of us are going to hell in a spiffy bow-tie.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – Medium – 630 calories, 240 calories from fat, 30 grams of fat, 17 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 75 milligrams of cholesterol, 160 milligrams of sodium, 107 grams of carbohydrates, 36 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 98 grams of sugar, 10 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> McDonald\u2019s Chocolate Covered Strawberry Frappe
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $3.19
\nSize:<\/b> Medium\/16 oz.
\nPurchased at:<\/b> McDonald\u2019s
\nRating:<\/b> 4 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> The strawberry syrup has hints of berries and is not as sweet as one would think. American Psycho<\/i>. Who doesn\u2019t love whipped cream? When a senior partner tells you a joke and you laugh. The chocolate chips are bittersweet. Wearing one of those suits from The Great Gatsby<\/i>.
\nCons:<\/b> Bland coffee flavor. Psycho IV: The Beginning<\/i>. Too many ice crystals mixed in that diluted an already bland coffee. When a senior partner tells you a joke and you have to laugh. Watery and sad. Speaking like you\u2019re from The Great Gatsby<\/i>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I believe you hit a certain age when you want a milkshake but you\u2019re an adult now and unless it\u2019s swilling an espresso with milk, that\u2019s not going to go well with the senior partners. Hiding behind that tattered copy of the WSJ or the Financial Times is not an option either. 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