{"id":16763,"date":"2014-04-30T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16763"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:39:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T07:39:55","slug":"review-mcdonalds-peaches-and-creme-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/30\/review-mcdonalds-peaches-and-creme-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: McDonald\u2019s Peaches & Cr\u00e8me Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Is it wrong to like McDonald\u2019s pies over the traditional circular homey baked kind? Not any more wrong than laughing out loud in the theater during a sad scene. I apologized profusely to my wife when I erupted with guttural laughter as Christoph Waltz maniacally beat that elephant off-screen in \u201cWater for Elephants<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think animal abuse is funny at all but the scene was so corny, I had to laugh. Worse, I said sorry as I chuckled. Apologizing while snickering appears just as sincere as when your girlfriend who is about to dump you says, \u201cWe need to talk.\u201d<\/p>\n

What I will not apologize for is having a penchant for McDonald\u2019s pies, which maybe even a bit borderline obsessive.<\/p>\n

Famished after running mundane errands, the mind was elsewhere as my eyes were glazed staring at the drive-thru menu at McDonald\u2019s. I knew my wife would get the Quarter Pounder with Cheese and no bun due to her gluten allergen. I was ready to follow suit until my eyes fixed on the pie offering\u2026 Peaches & Cr\u00e8me. <\/p>\n

Images of fireworks, the mention of \u201cStephen Strange\u201d in Captain America 2, and former WWE wrestler Chyna getting boogety-humped by X-Pac in the \u201cleaked\u201d sex video flashed in my mind.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve eaten a variety of McDonald\u2019s pies and while they don\u2019t blow me away, they mostly always satisfy. It\u2019s like a color by the numbers action film where everybody plays a familiar archetype. You know, the-sensitive-but-tough guy, the-jokey-but-tough-guy-when-it-counts, and the-misunderstood-jerk-who\u2019s-actually-a-good-guy, blah blah blah. That\u2019s how McDonald\u2019s pies are to me, I love them but they aren\u2019t exactly paradigm shifting. <\/p>\n

Sometimes, however, there\u2019s a detour in those films and you\u2019re fully invested only hoping they can deliver.<\/p>\n

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

That is the McDonald\u2019s Peaches & Cr\u00e8me pie.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m serious and the bad news is, not only is it a limited offering but from my unscientific research, I don\u2019t think they are widely available. It is not even listed in McDonald\u2019s own website, which make me feel like I found the \u201csecret\u201d negative worlds in Super Mario Brothers.<\/p>\n

I spent more time looking for the existence of this pie online than I did watching YouTube clips of unofficial appearances by Superman and Spiderman in Bollywood films. <\/p>\n

The crust, as always, was golden brown. This crust was flecked with sugar crystals which welcomed you to take a big friggin\u2019 bite into it. The crust was buttery and crispy with a perfect \u201cGoldilocks zone\u201d thickness that broke away in your mouth pleasantly the way Filo dough does. <\/p>\n

The filling in the pie needs to taste good, but I think the texture is just as important as the filling. Maybe that\u2019s why I like the clown\u2019s pies so much, that mass produced crust is what I imagine what perfect pie crust is.<\/p>\n

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

As for the fillings themselves, they are mundane and ordinary alone. The cr\u00e8me part tastes a little bit like cheap cream cheese frosting. The peach filling taste of reduced syrupy canned peaches has a slightly distant herby flavor, which is interesting in a very good way. The chunks of peaches are a nice touch to add another element of the mouthfeel equation, if there is such an equation.<\/p>\n

However, when the peaches, cr\u00e8me, and crust are combined, it\u2019s like alchemy. The pie is a cheap section of heaven, where the inventors of pogs and die cut comic book covers go (if you believe in heaven). And if they are there, I have a closet full of apologies they need to give me.<\/p>\n

The cr\u00e8me really tones down the syrupy sweetness and adds that tiny addition of savory. It\u2019s akin to something acidic to cut through something rich. And I cannot begin to truly explain the essential crust, which just brings it all together.<\/p>\n

In all seriousness, if you can find it, it is worth a try. I know the strawberries and cr\u00e8me pies are still regularly sold and if you can\u2019t find the limited peaches one, the strawberry version will give you a good idea of what this is all about. I sincerely hope this pie makes it to the regular line-up.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – Not available on website.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> McDonald\u2019s Peaches & Cr\u00e8me Pie
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> 89 cents
\nSize:<\/b> N\/A
\nPurchased at:<\/b> McDonald\u2019s
\nRating:<\/b> 9 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> The crust, the filling and the cr\u00e8me all play an equal role of deliciousness. Sugar crystals on the crust. Chunks of peaches. Inappropriate laughing.
\nCons:<\/b> It\u2019s a limited offering. If you eat the cr\u00e8me and the peaches alone (but who does that? And if you do, you need help). Inappropriate laughing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is it wrong to like McDonald\u2019s pies over the traditional circular homey baked kind? Not any more wrong than laughing out loud in the theater during a sad scene. I apologized profusely to my wife when I erupted with guttural laughter as Christoph Waltz maniacally beat that elephant off-screen in \u201cWater for Elephants.\u201d I don\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"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_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":[1477,1481],"class_list":["post-16763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-mcdonalds"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17238,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/18\/review-mcdonalds-asian-crispy-shrimp-signature-mcwrap-canada\/","url_meta":{"origin":16763,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: McDonald’s Asian Crispy Shrimp Signature McWrap (Canada)","author":"Michael","date":"July 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Remember when McDonald's was unabashedly a burger joint? 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