{"id":20067,"date":"2016-05-17T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20067"},"modified":"2021-01-07T21:00:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T07:00:50","slug":"review-cold-stone-creamery-blueberry-donut-shake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/17\/review-cold-stone-creamery-blueberry-donut-shake\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Cold Stone Creamery Blueberry Donut Shake"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cold<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been living under the assumption there are approximately four Dairy Queens, two Carvels, two Baskin-Robbins, and a H\u00e4agen-Dazs between my house and the closest Cold Stone Creamery, so I never saw it necessary to trek out to one.<\/p>\n

Well guess what, folks? You know that Blimpie a town over from me? C\u2019mon, you know the one. No, that\u2019s a Subway. Right. That place! Apparently, that\u2019s a half-Blimpie, half-Cold Stone Creamery! <\/p>\n

All this time I could\u2019ve had my ice cream slapped and folded at a fancy \u201cCreamery\u201d by someone I presume is called a \u201cCreamer.\u201d Instead, I\u2019ve just been opting for boring scoops elsewhere. Ridiculous.<\/p>\n

With this newfound knowledge I immediately perused Cold Stone\u2019s menu to see if anything struck my fancy. Something did. In fact, I can\u2019t recall the last time my fancy was struck as hard as it was when I noticed they now serve a Blueberry Donut Shake.<\/p>\n

A blueberry donut shake?! It\u2019s like they made that specifically for me. I love ice cream shakes, and my go-to donut is the blueberry cake variety. <\/p>\n

I set a course for Blimp Stone Creamery. Cold Stone Blimpery?<\/p>\n

The \u201cCreamer\u201d mixed two scoops of sweet cream ice cream, a few blueberries, about 1\/3 of a blueberry cake donut, and a little milk into a perfectly blended lavender shake.<\/p>\n

\"Cold<\/a><\/p>\n

Not only did the shake feature those quality ingredients, he topped it off with a dollop of whipped cream, and perhaps the greatest garnish of all time \u2013 a frozen blueberry cake donut.<\/p>\n

*I pause this review to decree that from this point forward, all desserts must be garnished with a donut We now return to your regularly scheduled review.*<\/p>\n

Speaking of donuts, the shake instantly reminded me of the blueberry cake donut from Dunkin’. If you\u2019re not familiar, it\u2019s not too far off from a blueberry muffin.<\/p>\n

Is \u201cBlueberry Muffin a la Mode\u201d a thing? Try to picture that, in shake form.<\/p>\n

The ingredients worked perfectly together. The ice cream (which honestly tasted just like vanilla) gave it a sweet base, while the donut gave it a perfect hint of cake flavor. The blueberries provided an acidic fruit kick that also emanated a pleasant blueberry scent.<\/p>\n

It was the smoothest ice cream shake I\u2019ve had in a while. There were no floating bits of donut or blueberry clogging the straw. I finished it off without even a hint of brain freeze, so that\u2019s worth a point in itself.<\/p>\n

I saved the frozen donut for last. It was still pretty firm when the shake was gone, but tasted good enough. I don\u2019t think it would have been too far off from Dunkin\u2019s if it were fresh from the fryer. <\/p>\n

As great as this shake was, I had a few minor gripes. <\/p>\n

The whipped cream was pretty bad. It reminded of Cool Whip, which I\u2019ve always found disgusting. Whipped cream in a Starbucks drink tends to liquefy towards the bottom. In this shake it remained a firm clump the entire time. Couple that with the still frozen donut, and it ended with a bit of a whimper.<\/p>\n

The $6.75 price tag was outrageous, but this replaced my lunch, so I guess that\u2019s a competitive price in that sense. It\u2019s all about perspective. I couldn\u2019t find the nutritional \u201cvalue\u201d of the shake on Cold Stone\u2019s website. It\u2019s probably best not to know. But hey, I know the blueberries provide some valuable antioxidants. The milk undoubtedly had some protein too. Perspective!<\/p>\n

I really hope Cold Stone drops more donut-based shakes, especially now that I know there\u2019s one nearby.<\/p>\n

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

Purchased Price:<\/b> $6.75
\nSize:<\/b> Love It (Medium)
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Cold Stone Creamery
\nRating:<\/b> 9 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Delicious blend of blueberries, donuts, and ice cream. A blueberry cake donut garnish. No brain freeze. Finding out there was a Cold Stone nearby.
\nCons:<\/b> Frozen donut. Lardy whipped cream. Crazy price. Unknown nutritional facts. Cool Whip. \u201cCreamers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been living under the assumption there are approximately four Dairy Queens, two Carvels, two Baskin-Robbins, and a H\u00e4agen-Dazs between my house and the closest Cold Stone Creamery, so I never saw it necessary to trek out to one. Well guess what, folks? You know that Blimpie a town over from me? C\u2019mon, you know […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"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":[1801,1477,1468],"class_list":["post-20067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-cold-stone-creamery","tag-fast-food","tag-ice-cream"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12277,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/16\/news-cold-stone-creamery-offers-retro-treats-from-a-time-when-cold-stone-creamery-didnt-exist\/","url_meta":{"origin":20067,"position":0},"title":"NEWS: Cold Stone Creamery Offers Retro Treats From A Time When Cold Stone Creamery Didn’t Exist","author":"Marvo","date":"May 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey, people who were born in the 1990s and make me feel old! 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