{"id":4151,"date":"2009-06-30T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4151"},"modified":"2023-08-25T20:36:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T06:36:25","slug":"review-wendys-coffee-toffee-twisted-frosty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/30\/review-wendys-coffee-toffee-twisted-frosty\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Wendy’s Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Out of the Big (or Fat Ass) Three in fast food burger joints, Wendy’s has always gone against the grain. Sure, Mickey D’s invented the Happy Meal (aka Here’s some food kid, mommy has a headache Meal\u009d) which has been aiding in childhood obesity for thirty years; Burger King prides itself in its flame broiled burgers that you can smell within a ten mile radius even if you are driving in a heavily armored tank; but Wendy’s went a different route. <\/p>\n

Instead of marketing to children (or parents who just want to shut their kids up), or pumping their aromas out of their restaurant holes, The Red Headed She-Devil puts random items on their menus like baked potatoes, a discontinued line of deli sandwiches that in Greek translates to “freshit,” and the not quite a shake, but not quite a soft serve ice cream-type concoction know as the Frosty. <\/p>\n

For years, Wendy’s only had one type of Frosty — chocolate.<\/p>\n

No, not Death By Chocolate or Triple PMS Give Me Some Fucking Chocolate or Madagascar Organic Chocolate, it was simply chocolate. Now, fast food companies (yes, Wendy’s claims it’s “better” than fast food, but let’s be honest here, if you can consume an entire meal while still in the driver’s seat of your shitty, banana yellow 1992 Geo Metro convertible, it’s fast food) realize that people want choices with eye catching names, or ones with pronunciations worse than she sells seashells by the seashore. <\/p>\n

The Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty is the latter.<\/p>\n

Twisted is one of those words that could be used as a slang term. For example, “I was so twisted last night that I think I had relations with that cardboard cutout of Zac Efron.”<\/p>\n

Wendy’s went with the traditional use of the word “twisted” in describing their Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty, however they weren’t successful. As you can see in the picture above, there is no twisting going on. It was a minor disappointment since I knew I was going to be engaging my two favorite flavors: coffee and pieces of a Heath or Skor bar. <\/p>\n

After popping a Lactaid, I gave it a whirl (or twist). The coffee flavoring was good, but not strong enough and I wish the Heath or Skor pieces were slightly larger, but I guess they want them small enough so you can suck them through a straw. <\/p>\n

Just like borrowing the idea of square patties from White Castle, Wendy’s did the same thing with the Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty by borrowing the concept from the queen (pun intended) of blended soft serve treats — the Blizzard.<\/p>\n

If there was a Pay-Per-View boxing match between the Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty and the Heath Blizzard, you should put your money on the Blizzard. Sure, it’s getting up there in age, but it still delivers. It’s larger, has more flavor and it knows it. The Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty was good at first, but then it just got sickening and I couldn’t finish it. <\/p>\n

But that could also be my gastrointestinal problems.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 12 ounce – 540 calories, 20 grams of fat, 15 grams of saturated fat, 0.5 grams of trans fat, 45 milligrams of cholesterol, 270 milligrams of sodium, 83 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 69 grams of sugar, 9 grams of protein, 15% vitamin A, 30% calcium and 6% iron.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Wendy’s Coffee Toffee Twisted Frosty
\nPrice:<\/b> $2.79
\nSize:<\/b> 12 ounces
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Wendy’s
\nRating:<\/b> 5 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Coffee and Toffee is a good blend. Smelling Burger King from 10 miles away. Seeing a balding man in a banana yellow Geo Metro convertible eating fast food in a parking lot. Heath or Skor. The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Do You Want to Get Frosty With Me\u00e2\u20ac\u009d song.
\nCons:<\/b> Way too much saturated fat. 0.5g of the evil trans fat. Needing to carry Lactaid with me at all times. Hooking up with a cardboard cut out of Zac Efron. Small toffee pieces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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