It’s been a minute since I’ve had a McDonald’s Frappe. My usual heavily masked with sugar and dairy coffee drink from the fast food chain is its iced coffee. Tasting this new McDonald’s Dulce de Leche Frappe reminded my sweet tooth of what it’s been missing, and it’s sugary enough that it won’t ever forget it.
The limited time coffee drink features a caramel coffee frappe base, dulce de leche flavored syrup, and ice blended together. It’s then topped with whipped light cream and crunchy caramel pieces. I thought McDonald’s might’ve used the crunchy pieces from its Grandma McFlurry for streamlining purposes, but what tops this is different.
The caramel coffee base and the dulce de leche syrup combined created a drink that tastes like a McDonald’s Caramel Iced Coffee that’s been pumped with caramel syrup with reckless abandon. Did it have a coffee flavor? You’d have to ask my taste buds after they wake up from being carpet-bombed with caramel and sugar. I should mention that this was even before I mixed in the caramel pieces and whipped topping. The base has a nice texture; it is not entirely Slurpee slushy, but it is also not completely melted. There were ice crystals to satisfy my molars’ desire to crush them. Yes, my dentist hates me.
I also enjoyed chomping on the crunchy caramel-flavored pieces, which kind of crunched like ice crystals, so if yours ends up melting too much, the sugary pieces can still give you an ice-like texture. The candy pieces with the Frappe base gave my mouth a double drubbing of dulce de leche. Not a hint of coffee could be detected. As I quickly drank through this to make sure those ice crystals didn’t completely melt, I felt my mouth coming close to the point where it would think it was too sweet. But it never crossed that line. However, I imagine some people will think this tastes too sugary.
McDonald’s Dulce de Leche Frappe was a delicious, nice change of pace from my usual iced coffee. I thoroughly enjoyed its sweetness and texture from beginning to end, although some of that delight was interrupted by a bout or two of brain freeze from consuming it swiftly. Because of its sweetness, it’s definitely a sometimes drink, so it’ll be another minute before I have another.
Purchased Price: $5.29*
Size: Medium
Rating: 8 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: 630 calories, 20 grams of fat, 13 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 60 milligrams of cholesterol, 420 milligrams of sodium, 106 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 97 grams of sugar (including 85 grams of added sugar), and 9 grams of protein.
*Because I live on a rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, things are a bit pricier here. You’ll probably pay less than I did.