{"id":62568,"date":"2024-05-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=62568"},"modified":"2024-05-27T15:26:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T01:26:55","slug":"burger-king-birthday-pie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2024\/05\/28\/burger-king-birthday-pie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Burger King Birthday Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What do Keith Richards and Burger King have in common?<\/p>\n

Other than both being famously flame broiled, you\u2019re probably absolutely shocked they\u2019ve made it to their 70th birthdays.<\/p>\n

I always expect my local BK to be a shelled-out husk on my next visit, only to be seen again in a YouTube compilation called \u201cAbsolute Dumpsters You Used to Eat at as a Kid.\u201d<\/p>\n

With that said, I\u2019m a loyal BK defender, and I\u2019m happy they still exist. Despite becoming one of the punching bags of the fast food industry, the King is celebrating his 70th birthday, so let us raise our Coca-Cola Freestyle concoctions in the air and toast \u2013 Long live the King. I doff my paper crown to thee.<\/p>\n

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How does one celebrate their royal seventennial? Well, with a Birthday Pie, of course. Ya know, birthday pies, the traditional capper for any great birthday celebration. A Birthday Pie sounds less real than the word \u201cseventennial,\u201d yet here we are.<\/p>\n

BK hasn\u2019t really hit us with many pie options over the years, but its mainstay, Hershey\u2019s Pie, is great, so I was very much looking forward to this one.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been served Hershey\u2019s Pie. I know Hershey\u2019s Pie. Hershey\u2019s Pie is a favorite of mine. Birthday Pie, you are no Hershey\u2019s Pie. The concept is flawed from jump \u2013 it\u2019s a pie filling that tastes like cake? Just give us cake. Let us eat cake.<\/p>\n

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The Birthday Pie tastes like three slightly contrasting versions of artificial vanilla in a cookie crust. On the surface, that seems appetizing enough, but it\u2019s just very\u2026 vanilla. The pie consists of a birthday cake-flavored pie filling, which tastes like blended cake in a weird viscous form, so it kinda leaves you yearning for cake, which you only get in the form of little tease cake bites glued on top of the off-pudding, which is quite off-putting. (Thanks)<\/p>\n

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The cookie crust is vaguely \u201cgraham\u201d flavored, but the filling is so wet it makes the crust limp. It, like me, had no integrity. There\u2019s also whipped topping and sprinkles, so it\u2019s just weighed down with more \u201csweet\u201d nothings.<\/p>\n

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This slice just ends up having a vague combination of flavors I can really only describe as \u201cgenerically sweet.\u201d That\u2019s what \u201cbirthday\u201d flavor has become. It\u2019s just sugar. Sometimes it\u2019s confetti cake, sometimes it\u2019s vanilla, but mostly it\u2019s just \u201csugar flavored!\u201d I think I\u2019m officially over \u201cbirthday\u201d as a flavor. Good thing McDonald\u2019s is ushering in the world\u2019s new favorite abstract flavor \u2013 \u201cGrandma<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in a mashup of low-quality vanilla pudding, soft Nilla Wafers, and whipped cream, go for it. Maybe you can make a wish for something better next year.<\/p>\n

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I should also note this thing has an encyclopedia of ingredients. If a European saw the label, they wouldn\u2019t live to see another birthday.<\/p>\n

I actually think this pie is a good metaphor for life because it got old in the blink of an eye. As Keith Richards\u2019 friend, Whatshisface, once said, \u201cWhat a drag it is getting old.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Anyway, if you insist on trying the Birthday Pie, get the $6 Birthday meal, or get it free in the app on June 1st.<\/p>\n

Now sing it with me, \u201cat B-K, Happy Birth-day. You rule!*\u201d<\/p>\n

*Sometimes. Not this time.<\/em><\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/strong> $2.99
\nRating:<\/strong> 4 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> 260 calories, 14 grams of fat, 9 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 190 milligrams of sodium, 31 grams of total carbohydrates, 21 grams of total sugars, less than 1 gram of fiber, and 3 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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