You’ll see a theme in the coming weeks: strawberry is the flavor of the moment.
The new Dove Milk Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake Crisp Promises are for Valentine’s Day. I picked mine up at Target (and they may be a Target-Exclusive item).
The shortcake part is a little odd, conceptually. For a real strawberry shortcake, berries (often in a sweetened syrup) are ladled over a biscuit type baked good. Some folks prefer a spongecake or poundcake but the key here is that they’re all soft and cakey. The cookie pieces in this case are made from tapioca starch, rice flour, sugar, palm oil, baking soda and some salt.
The other odd part of this is that there’s milk chocolate ... so if anything, this is an imitation of a chocolate covered strawberry with a few gluten free cookie bits (this is not, however, a gluten free product as it’s made in a facility that also uses wheat and peanuts and tree nuts).
The pieces are not a swirl of milk & white chocolate, like some other recent versions. Instead this is a solid milk chocolate piece, flavored with some strawberry and dotted with little cookie inclusions.
The strawberry flavor is very strong, but the milk chocolate holds its own with a creamy dairy note and a little toasty cocoa flavor. The strawberry is floral sweetness, no dried berry bits in this version. The cookie bits are odd, since they’re made with starch and not actual wheat flour, they are actually rather starchy, though they don’t get sticky-pasty like some gluten free cookies I’ve had. The overall effect of the crunchy cookie bit is really nice, it aerates the experience because you kind of have to chew it instead of just letting the chocolate melt away, which I think boosts the strawberry notes.
They’re pleasant. The strawberry isn’t too artificial or plastic (it does say natural flavor on the package, though it’s kind of vague). I don’t know if I would buy these again, but I appreciated the effort and novelty.
Related Candies
- Dove Holiday Mint Cookie Promises
- Dove Milk Chocolate & Red Velvet Swirl Promises
- Dove Hazelnut Crisp Dark Chocolate Promises
- Mike and Ike Strawberry Reunion
- Meiji Corot - Strawberry Chocolate Drops
- Peeps Strawberry Creme dipped in Dark Chocolate
- Ritter Sport Milk Chocolate with Strawberry Creme
I just tried these because a friend gave them to me. I thought they smelled like strawberry pocky. I liked them, but I’m not sure I would buy a whole bag for myself. I think I would love like them more if they had a dark chocolate version.
**I just noticed my typos
I just tried these because a friend gave them to me. I thought they smelled like strawberry pocky. I liked them, but I’m not sure if I would buy a whole bag for myself. I think I would like them more if they had a dark chocolate version.
Just tried these, smelled odd, taste odder. I Love Dove but I think they missed the mark with this.
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