{"id":52849,"date":"2022-09-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=52849"},"modified":"2022-09-09T20:13:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T06:13:10","slug":"van-leeuwen-sweet-potato-marshmallow-casserole-pumpkin-cinnamon-roll-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2022\/09\/08\/van-leeuwen-sweet-potato-marshmallow-casserole-pumpkin-cinnamon-roll-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Van Leeuwen Walmart Fall 2022 Ice Cream Flavors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Van<\/p>\n

Update 9\/9\/22: We also tried the Tapatio Mexican Hot Chocolate one! Click here to read our review<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t look now, but the madmen and madladies in the Van Leeuwen Ice Cream flavor factory are at it again. From the demented dessert doctors who previously brought you Mac & Cheese, Pizza, and mustard-inspired ice creams comes their new limited edition Fall offerings at Walmart that are positively\u2026 pedestrian<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Well, mostly<\/em> pedestrian. <\/p>\n

See, there\u2019s a Mexican Hot Chocolate version featuring Tapatio Hot Sauce (which wasn’t available during my first Walmart visit, but psssst<\/em>, check back here in a day or two.) The fact is, other than the Sweet Potato and Marshmallow Casserole variety, these are all kind of straightforward. They even snuck in a Strawberry release (which I couldn\u2019t find, so it\u2019s not reviewed here) and the only weird thing about it is that<\/em> \u201cstrawberry\u201d is one of the least fall flavors imaginable.<\/p>\n

Before I tried each flavor myself, and for no real reason other than \u201cthis might be funny,\u201d I did a blind taste test with three children \u2014 my daughter (Stella, 8) and two of her friends (Emrie, 7, and her sister Norah, 5). \u201cFrom the mouths of babies,\u201d or whatever that saying is.<\/p>\n

Wildberry Layer Cake<\/h3>\n

\"Van<\/p>\n

While I couldn\u2019t distinguish individual berry flavors, this was overtly berryish. There weren\u2019t really any large chunks, but almost every bite was fruitful. The yellow cake was there, but it didn\u2019t do much, flavor-wise. Texturally, it added an odd chew; it frankly seemed like an unnecessary inclusion. Norah shouted, \u201cRASPBERRY BREAD!\u201d And one of the other two made a puking noise. I actually enjoyed it a bit more than \u201cpuking noise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> 7 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (2\/3 cup) 270 calories, 16 grams of fat, 10 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 95 milligrams of cholesterol, 140 milligrams of sodium, 26 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 24 grams of sugar (18 grams of added sugar), and 4 grams of protein.<\/p>\n

Hazelnut Fudge Cookie<\/h3>\n

\"Van<\/p>\n

Okay, so the kids\u2019 reviews on this one ranged from \u201cit tastes red\u201d (?) to \u201ccinnamon? Or chocolate-vanilla-banana!\u201d Kids are bad at this. Anyway, the fudge here is overwhelming, but in a delightful way. (But is there any other way for fudge to be overwhelming?) That said, I couldn\u2019t detect much in the way of hazelnut. The \u201ccookies,\u201d according to the label, are \u201cSpeculoos,\u201d which I had to Google. They are a \u201cBelgian shortbread biscuit\u201d with a gingerbread-like flavor. Mostly, they just tasted like crumbled-up cookie bits. Still a winner, though.<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> 8 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (2\/3 cup) 310 calories, 17 grams of fat, 10 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 85 milligrams of cholesterol, 180 milligrams of sodium, 37 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 27 grams of sugar (22 grams of added sugar), and 5 grams of protein.<\/p>\n

Sweet Potato Marshmallow Casserole<\/h3>\n

\"Van<\/p>\n

The one I expected to like the least turned out to be my favorite. With whole mini marshmallows (taking me back to their Campfire S\u2019mores variety, which I passionately love) and mild notes of cinnamon and caramel that carry throughout, SPMC is creamy and sweet and sinfully delicious, a surprise given that I generally don\u2019t care for the actual Thanksgiving side dish. All of the girls picked up on the caramel and marshmallows (obvious flavors), and they all loved it until I told them what it was. Then it was \u201cdisgusting\u201d and \u201care you kidding me?!\u201d Kids are the worst.<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> 9 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (2\/3 cup) 290 calories, 15 grams of fat, 10 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 85 milligrams of cholesterol, 140 milligrams of sodium, 36 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 33 grams of sugar (20 grams of added sugar), and 4 grams of protein.<\/p>\n

Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll<\/h3>\n

\"Van<\/p>\n

And now, the one that I was expecting to like the most, but\u2026 okay, well, I didn\u2019t like it the least, but I will say that I was pretty disappointed. See, I\u2019m a Pumpkin Guy. I\u2019m a Cinnamon Roll Guy. Ergo\u2026 I mean, come on! But here\u2019s the deal\u2014 there was a TON of caramel. And that\u2019s fine, but what WASN\u2019T fine was the complete lack of pumpkin. And while there were cinnamon roll bits, they were small and muted in taste, leaving me once again pining for my beloved Ben & Jerry\u2019s Cinnamon Buns (aka the worst discontinuation they\u2019ve ever made). On paper, this had the chance to be amazing. In reality, it was only meh. One of the girls said it tasted like \u201ccaramel corn,\u201d and my daughter, weirdly, said this one sounded gross. Like\u2026 the actual sound in the bowl. Yeah, I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> 7 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (2\/3 cup) 300 calories, 17 grams of fat, 11 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 85 milligrams of cholesterol, 160 milligrams of sodium, 35 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 29 grams of sugar (24 grams of added sugar), and 4 grams of protein.<\/p>\n

Purchased Price: <\/strong> $4.98 each
\nSize:<\/strong> 1 pint
\nPurchased at:<\/strong> Walmart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update 9\/9\/22: We also tried the Tapatio Mexican Hot Chocolate one! Click here to read our review. Don\u2019t look now, but the madmen and madladies in the Van Leeuwen Ice Cream flavor factory are at it again. From the demented dessert doctors who previously brought you Mac & Cheese, Pizza, and mustard-inspired ice creams comes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[1468,1938],"class_list":["post-52849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-ice-cream","tag-van-leeuwen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52856,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2022\/09\/09\/van-leeuwen-tapatio-mexican-hot-chocolate-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":52849,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Van Leeuwen Tapatio Mexican Hot Chocolate Ice Cream","author":"Brandon","date":"September 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"After toiling away on reviews of Van Leeuwen\u2019s seasonal offerings (this past Summer\u2019s releases and the very recent Fall releases), I finally got my hands on one of the \u201cweird\u201d ones. 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