{"id":30019,"date":"2018-07-06T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=30019"},"modified":"2021-01-22T21:20:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T07:20:37","slug":"quick-review-dairy-queen-star-spangled-blizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/06\/quick-review-dairy-queen-star-spangled-blizzard\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK REVIEW: Dairy Queen Star Spangled Blizzard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dairy<\/p>\n

What is it?<\/h3>\n

One of two 4th of July themed treats, the limited release Star Spangled Blizzard mixes blue candy with cherry flavored soft serve topped with a signature DQ ball and curl; red, white, and blue DQ Stars; and a Stripes StarKiss frozen treat. <\/p>\n

How is it?<\/h3>\n

The saying beauty is only skin deep applies to ice cream too apparently. The StarKiss bar is a clever marketing gimmick that adds nothing to the taste experience while making it more difficult to actually eat the Blizzard.<\/p>\n

\"Dairy<\/p>\n

Its rapidly melting form forces you to consume it immediately. Ironically not the star of the show, I\u2019ll briefly say that beyond the cherry stripe there is only a nondescript artificial and substandard sweetness. <\/p>\n

\"Dairy<\/p>\n

After extracting the not so bomb pop, the cherry syrup flavored soft serve is buried beneath the vanilla curl where I wish I had left it. While visually striking, the cherry substrate\u2019s flavor is, in a word, bad. In more words, it is as authentic to cherry as Robitussin watered down with corn syrup.<\/p>\n

\"Dairy<\/p>\n

While the plain, but classic, vanilla helps, at no point did the cherry component enhance the Blizzard. Meanwhile, the blue candy provides a fun crunch but no discernable flavor of its own. Probably a good thing if the rest of the Blizzard is any indication.<\/p>\n

Is there anything else I need to know?<\/h3>\n

I was asked what size I wanted despite the website and menu listing mini as the only option. It could have been asked out of habit, but I also paid $3.99 whereas the menu listed $4.29. Still a premium, but clearly there was a discrepancy.<\/p>\n

Conclusion:<\/h3>\n

\"Dairy<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a bad sign when I find myself wishing upon a StarKiss bar that this Blizzard was only plain vanilla and blue candy. As I learned with fireworks as a kid, some things are better seen than eaten.<\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/b> $3.99
\nSize:<\/b> Mini
\nRating:<\/b> 3 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/b> Unavailable on DQ’s website as of July 4, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is it? One of two 4th of July themed treats, the limited release Star Spangled Blizzard mixes blue candy with cherry flavored soft serve topped with a signature DQ ball and curl; red, white, and blue DQ Stars; and a Stripes StarKiss frozen treat. How is it? 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