What is it?
While orange creamsicle seems to be all the rage with candy and energy drink companies, 90s nostalgia titans General Mills chose a different spin for its take on a citrusy sweet treat. The new (ish) summertime limited edition Dunkaroos combine vanilla cookies with orange sherbet frosting.
How is it?
The re-release of Dunkaroos has been contentious. On the one hand, we got our ‘Roos back. On the other hand, the cookie’s shape and taste are different, so naturally, people got in their feelings about it. I, however, like to approach things glass (or frosting cup?) half-full style and really like the new thin and crispy circular “D” cookie. It’s admittedly a lot less fun than the kangaroo shape, but no less delicious. The cookie carries a wonderful butteriness akin to shortbread that’s slim and crumbly but not so much that it breaks when getting dunked —- functional, tasty, and not too sweet.
The orange sherbet frosting is perfection. It is quite sweet and full of zesty orange essence without going overboard. Its creamy consistency and sugary citrus-forward flavor do well to channel the experience of orange sherbet, which complements the buttery vanilla cookie well.
Anything else you need to know?
What makes this release even more exciting is that, as far as I can tell, this variety has never been done with Dunkaroos. The initial flavor of vanilla with rainbow sprinkle frosting is an all-time classic, followed up with chocolate frosting, which was predictable and good. While all of us 90s kids wish they’d bring back the cinnamon graham cookie, I love that the brand skipped over previous entries like chocolate chip and strawberry and went straight for something never done before, which bodes well for future creativity and new releases to come.
Conclusion:
I will admit I’ve had an orange phase in the last year, so this is a profile that currently really appeals to me. But I wholeheartedly believe General Mills knocked it out of the park with its first seasonal release since the relaunch of the ‘Roos in 2020, and I’m excited to see what it might have up its sleeve for the Halloween and holiday seasons.
Purchased Price: $1.99
Size: 2 3/4 oz
Purchased at: 7-Eleven
Rating: 9 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1 tray with frosting, 42g) 180 calories, 7 grams of fat, 3 gram of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 100 milligrams of sodium, 30 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 18 grams of sugar, and 1 gram of protein.
It kinda looks like cheese dip.
I’m surprised that they haven’t jumped in pumpkin spice bandwagon yet. Pumpkin spice cookie with pumpkin spice frosting.
For the holidays how about chocolate cookies with a peppermint chip frosting dip?
I like the way you think. Although, I would prefer a cinnamon cookie with a pumpkin spice frosting.
Also, ixnay on the chips in the peppermint frosting. That would be way too annoying texture wise, IMHO, and might make the dip harder to get on the cookie.
It doesn’t sound appealing to me. I love the original, but fake orange sounds awful.
“It is quite sweet and full of zesty orange essence without going overboard. Its creamy consistency and sugary citrus-forward flavor do well to channel the experience of orange sherbet” I don’t get “fake orange” taste from that description. And any artificial ingredients they use to achieve the orange flavour here would be just like the artificial ingredients for their “vanilla” flavour.
I love it when you call people out on their food snobbery.
I’m not being snobby. Her response was rude. I just said it wasn’t my kind of thing. It’s really not that deep. I love the original Dunkaroos, but I don’t like artificial orange. It’s not like they used a real orange to make this.
This does sound really good. I’ll be keeping an eye out for it. I’ve refused to buy Dunkaroos up until now because those jerks didn’t bring back my favorite flavor.
Hehe. What was your favourite?
The graham cracker cookie with chocolate frosting. That one was boss.
I could definitely get on board with that!
Not gonna lie, it looks like nacho cheese dip.
lol, 1.99 for 1.5oz