{"id":73734,"date":"2025-11-07T16:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T02:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=73734"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T02:01:40","slug":"coca-cola-holiday-creamy-vanilla-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2025\/11\/07\/coca-cola-holiday-creamy-vanilla-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Coca-Cola Holiday Creamy Vanilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cocacolaholcrmvan1.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Coca-Cola Holiday Creamy Vanilla Cans\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-73732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cocacolaholcrmvan1.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cocacolaholcrmvan1.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cocacolaholcrmvan1.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cocacolaholcrmvan1.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m very familiar with regifting. <\/p>\n<p>My son\u2019s Paw Patrol coloring book, which he received from a relative for his birthday, eventually became a birthday gift for his classmate. You might ask, &#8220;How dare I take a gift away from my five-year-old child?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, how dare you assume my child actually likes Paw Patrol? He calls it Pawful Patrol because it\u2019s too silly, predictable, there are too many different shows, and the pups are on everything when we go shopping.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, as someone who regifts, I can see what Coca-Cola is doing with its &#8220;new&#8221; Holiday Creamy Vanilla flavor. It tastes like Coke is regifting us Vanilla Coke in a fancy holiday wrapper, which is why the quotes are around the word &#8220;new&#8221; in the previous sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The festive gold and red can states that the cola is &#8220;creamy vanilla flavored&#8221; and features a swirl that looks like sepia-toned whipped cream, soft serve, or shaving cream. The pretty can also says &#8220;Contains No Dairy.&#8221; No kidding. It also doesn\u2019t have anything I\u2019d call creamy or holiday-ish.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cocacolaholcrmvan2.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Coca-Cola Holiday Creamy Vanilla in measuring cup\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-73733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cocacolaholcrmvan2.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cocacolaholcrmvan2.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cocacolaholcrmvan2.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cocacolaholcrmvan2.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I thought &#8220;creamy&#8221; meant it would have a stronger vanilla flavor than Vanilla Coke, but I actually think it has about the same vanilla level as I remember the original Vanilla Coke having, or maybe slightly less. Also, I believed &#8220;holiday&#8221; meant it would have some different spices or be a slight reformulation of the original Coca-Cola recipe to highlight certain ingredients. But, nope, it tastes pretty much like regular Coca-Cola Vanilla to me.<\/p>\n<p>Now, tasting like Vanilla Coke isn\u2019t a dealbreaker. It\u2019s slightly behind Cherry Coke as my favorite flavored Coca-Cola variation, so I won\u2019t complain about having to drink 12 cans of this regifted Coke flavor that tastes like it. Oh, it\u2019s also available in 20-ounce bottles, and there\u2019s a zero sugar version.<\/p>\n<p>But if I don\u2019t drink all of them, I guess I could give them as gifts and turn them into stocking stuffers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purchased Price:<\/strong> $13.99*<br \/>\n<strong>Size:<\/strong> 12-pack\/12 fl oz cans<br \/>\n<strong>Rating:<\/strong> 6 out of 10<br \/>\n<strong>Nutrition Facts:<\/strong> (1 can) 150 calories, 0 grams of fat, 30 milligrams of cholesterol, 42 grams of carbohydrates, 42 grams of sugar (including 42 grams of added sugar), 0 grams of protein, and 34 milligrams of caffeine.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Because I live on a rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, things are a bit pricier here. You&#8217;ll probably pay less than I did.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m very familiar with regifting. My son\u2019s Paw Patrol coloring book, which he received from a relative for his birthday, eventually became a birthday gift for his classmate. You might ask, &#8220;How dare I take a gift away from my five-year-old child?&#8221; Well, how dare you assume my child actually likes Paw Patrol? He calls [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"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":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","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":[1493,1488],"class_list":["post-73734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-coca-cola","tag-soda"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":73501,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2025\/10\/31\/spotted-coca-cola-holiday-creamy-vanilla\/","url_meta":{"origin":73734,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED: Coca-Cola Holiday Creamy Vanilla","author":"Marvo","date":"October 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Ho ho ho! 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