{"id":19789,"date":"2016-03-16T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19789"},"modified":"2021-01-05T10:58:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T20:58:31","slug":"review-chick-fil-a-frosted-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/03\/16\/review-chick-fil-a-frosted-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Chick-fil-A Frosted Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If there\u2019s a third rail of fast food menu boards \u2014 a single item deemed too risky to sell consistently \u2014 it might just be coffee flavored milkshakes.<\/p>\n

Think about it: you can get a green minty Shamrock Shake at McDonald\u2019s, <\/a>a Dr Pepper-flavored shake at Burger King, and about seven billion milkshake flavors at Sonic, but none of them coffee. <\/p>\n

You can get frappes and frozen lattes and all sorts of sugary, cold coffee \u201cdrinks\u201d at most chains, but with the exception of a few outliers in which coffee is really just a supporting flavor \u2014 like Arby\u2019s Jamocha Shake<\/a> and Wendy\u2019s discontinued Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty \u2014 coffee remains untouched when trending closer to the shake side of menus.<\/p>\n

Why coffee-flavored shakes are so underrepresented has got to be among the greatest mysteries of all time, especially since 64 percent of Americans drink at least one cup of coffee a day.<\/a>\u201d What the hell, fast food companies? Do you not want to sell milkshakes or what?<\/p>\n

Chick-fil-A\u2019s new Frosted Coffee is not quite a milkshake, but it\u2019s damn near close. And it\u2019s damn near delicious.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a coffee snob but have never had Chick-fil-A\u2019s iced coffee before, you\u2019re missing out. Not quite as bitter as Starbucks, but much more sophisticated and full-bodied than McDonald\u2019s, it could definitely pass for an independent coffee shop\u2019s brew. Well, at least it could pass for better than fast food coffee<\/a>. That flavor is apparent as soon as you take a sip of the Frosted Coffee. It has a robust-but-not-really dark flavor that conjures up images of happy farmers in some Latin America country.<\/p>\n

Not that<\/i> into coffee? Great, neither am I, which is why I\u2019m happy to report a milkshakes worth of Chick-fil-A soft-serve<\/strikethrough> Icedream goes a long way into making this much more a dessert than a breakfast. The combined flavor is a good deal lighter and refreshing than just the coffee itself. And combined with the rich milky notes and sweetness, the shake-drink-frappe hybrid might as well just text the family of the late Dave Thomas and be like, \u201cWhat\u2019s up, Wendy? We made a better coffee Frosty than you ever did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chick-fil-A\u2019s Frosted Coffee is awesome, but it would be even more so if it got the full milkshake treatment and was a bit thicker and came with whipped cream (but not a cherry, because, you know, coffee and cherry sounds gross). <\/p>\n

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While it\u2019s thick enough to eat with a spoon, annoying little pools of coffee crop up as you make your way down in the container, which makes me think that some kind of additional thickener wouldn\u2019t kill the purity of the experience. The flavor is definitely there; now they just gotta up the texture a bit and you have a fast food dessert item that at least two-thirds of us caffeine-dependent Americans want. <\/p>\n

Why don’t more fast food companies hit the ground running with coffee-flavored milkshakes? I don\u2019t know. Most have already taken the first step with Frappuccino-like beverage, and Chick-fil-A has added a much needed leap by adding ice cream. Here\u2019s to hoping it <\/a>sticks around well into summer.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – small – 240 calories from fat, 55 calories from fat, 6 grams of fat, 3.5 grams of sat fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 20 milligrams of cholesterol, 160 milligrams of sodium, 41 grams of carbohydrates, 38 grams of sugar, 7 grams of protein, 25% DV calcium..)<\/small><\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/b> $2.69
\nSize:<\/b> Small
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Chick-fil-A
\nRating:<\/b> 8 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Sophisticated and full-bodied coffee flavor in the guise of a milkshake. Smooth, creamy, sweet soft serve balances the coffee\u2019s flavor perfectly. Not watered down with any syrups or off flavors. Milkshake-like appeal at only 240 calories.
\nCons:<\/b> ould be richer and more indulgent. Begs for whipped cream. Fair-trade farming propaganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If there\u2019s a third rail of fast food menu boards \u2014 a single item deemed too risky to sell consistently \u2014 it might just be coffee flavored milkshakes. Think about it: you can get a green minty Shamrock Shake at McDonald\u2019s, a Dr Pepper-flavored shake at Burger King, and about seven billion milkshake flavors at […]<\/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_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":[1480,1477],"class_list":["post-19789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-chick-fil-a","tag-fast-food"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":585,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/17\/jack-in-the-box-kona-coffee-shake\/","url_meta":{"origin":19789,"position":0},"title":"Jack in the Box Kona Coffee Shake","author":"Marvo","date":"March 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Kona Coffee is known worldwide as one of the best varieties of coffee. 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