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REVIEW – Upper Crust Bakery: Double Chocolate Chip Cake from Fry’s

June 1, 2014 | Post a Comment











We were looking for a chocolate cake at Fry's (Kroger) and the Upper Crust Bakery's double chocolate chip cake sounded good and looked like a nice, small chocolate cake.

Unfortunately, the cake didn't taste as good as it looked.  It had a weird, excessive vinegar taste that swamped out all the chocolate. I'm not sure if something was wrong with the cake or if it was actually supposed to taste that way. I also don't know why the cake is called chocolate chip because there were no chocolate chips on top or inside the cake.

It tasted so disgusting that both my boyfriend and I were unable to eat more than two bites of the cake (we each took second bites because we couldn't believe the first bite tasted so bad).

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Food: Upper Crust Bakery Double Chocolate Chip Chocolate Cake

Source: Fry's Food & Drug Store (Kroger), Tucson, AZ

Rating: Disgusting

REVIEW – Dreyer’s (Edy’s) Slow Churned French Silk Ice Cream

Category: Target

May 13, 2014 | 1 Comment











 

I bought some of Dreyer's French Silk ice cream since I like both chocolate and vanilla flavors.

Upon researching this ice cream before I tried it, most people seemed to think it is pretty good, and I learned that Dreyer's French Silk is also Adam Lambert's favorite ice cream... I don't really know much about him, but I at least hoped that he had a good taste in ice cream.

The description on the container states that the ice cream is chocolate mocha mousse with chocolate chips and is swirled with vanilla mousse, which also sounded pretty good.

I'm not sure what makes a mousse... but the ice cream did taste like a mousse-y chocolate ice cream with some vanilla ice cream and chocolate chunks folded in. It didn't taste too sweet, and it was super delicious! The chocolate chunks in the ice cream were my favorite part!

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Food: Dreyer's/Edy's Slow Churned French Silk Ice Cream

Source: Target, Tucson, AZ

Price: $3.50 (sale price)

Rating: Super Delicious

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REVIEW – Belgian Boys: All Natural Crepes from Costco

Category: Costco

April 2, 2014 | 4 Comments











Last time I went to Costco I saw that Costco had these new Belgian Boys crepes so I bought some to try. Both the box and the crepes look very similar to the La Creperie crepes Costco has had in the past. The crepes come in a box of 16 crepes, which is divided into two packages of 8 crepes.

When I first tried one of the Belgian Boys crepes, I wasn't sure how long to microwave it. The instructions state to take "product" out of its packaging and microwave it on a plate for 1 minute. I didn't know if that meant 8 crepes or 1 or 2 crepes. So I microwaved my one crepe for 15 seconds, and it was dry and very underdone. Then I microwaved it for 30 more seconds, and the texture was much better. So, 40-45 seconds seemed to work for one crepe in my microwave. The next time I had the crepes they were frozen so I had to microwave one crepe for about 65 seconds. 

Just like the La Creperie crepes, the Belgian Boy crepes have a nice, slightly sweet crepe taste. The one thing I didn't like was that the crepes have a somewhat chewy texture. Adding something on top of the crepe might counteract the chewiness, but I prefer my crepes plain.

Overall, the Belgian Boys crepes were fine for me, except for their chewy texture. I am also happy that I can find crepes at Costco again to satisfy my crepe cravings  .

Update (2015): Unfortunately, my local Costco in AZ seems to have stopped carrying crepes yet again... 

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Food: Belgian Boys All Natural Crepes (microwaved)

Source: Costco, Tucson, AZ

Rating: Good