We talk about a lot of serious stuff on this blog. Today, not so serious.
Last night, OTTERBLOG Jr. and I took a spin to check out the new Krispy Kreme doughnut sundae, the subject of a story in today’s paper and online.
It’s hard to argue with the basic idea: soft-serve ice cream on a doughnut with some toppings. That said, the concept needs some work:
1) I found the portion a little on the puny side for $3.19
2) The doughnut and ice cream taste all right together, but the cold of the ice cream seemed to harm the airy consistency of the doughnut. A brownie on the other hand is good cold or warm.
3) The nut toppings we got with one sundae came in a little—and I mean little—bag that we had to sprinkle on ourselves. Maybe it’s for sanitation reasons, but the packaging diminished the experience. Felt like the little bags of pretzels on an airline.
Most critical, you can’t drive and eat. OTTERBLOG Jr.’s idea—and you heard it here first—take all that stuff and put it in a blender and make a doughnut sundae milkshake. Might rival the fine banana pudding shakes at Cookout and Mayberry’s.
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This is just a guess but I’ll bet the reason the nuts for your doughnut sundae came in a little bag is because so many people out there are allergic to nuts and some people just don’t like nuts (they’re nuts!!) on their sundaes.
Also, you aren’t supposed to be eating and driving!!! Are you one of those people who don’t understand that when you’re behind the steering wheel your job is to drive? Not eat, not talk on the cell phone, not shave, not read a book, not yell at the kids, not let Fido sit on your lap, and not look through your CD collection for Crosby Stills Nash & Young to listen to so you can chill out after driving beside, at or anywhere in the vincinity of people doing all those things!!
Oh yea, if it was a brownie instead of a doughnut it wouldn’t make much sense coming from Kripy Kreme, now would it? I haven’t tried one yet but since reading about it in the Journal I’m pretty sure I will. And I promise I won’t drive while I’m sprinkling my little bag of nuts on it!!
Thanks!!!
That’s the point. There’s a whole group of consumers who won’t do the doughnut sundae thing because it takes two hands to eat one and they need at least one hand to drive. I don’t want to eat and drive. But I think I can manage a milkshake/coffee/bottled water and drive. You have a holder. It doesn’t tip over, etc. I am not one of those people who tries to do too much in the truck other than get from Pt. A to Pt. B safely and on time.
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