THE REVIEW
I'll just discuss the flavouring, because my love for Select as a powder is already well known.
Had about 3 or 4 shakes now to judge this on. Very interesting flavour. Not what I thought it would be, at all, in both a good and a bad way. Good in that it doesn't taste like a Candy Cane or toothpaste, but bad in that it doesn't exactly taste like White Chocolate with just a hint of mint either.
What it does tastes like, is an After Eight thin mint, to the point where the two taste almost identical to my tastebuds, differing only in perhaps the chocolate flavouring. It actually brought back childhood memories of eating After Eights upon my first few sips, so that was a pleasant surprise.
Apparently Andes Mints are the American version of After Eights, and I've seen this flavour compared to Andes, so I guess the two products are interchangeable as a frame of reference. I can't say WCM has a Dark Chocolate flavour, like the AE mints, but I don't know if it's all the way White Chocolate either.
The mint is VERY pronounced, with the chocolate as an undertone. Overall, the flavour is done well enough, so that as a non-mint fan, I still very much enjoy WCM. The aftertaste is where it shines though, as that is when the chocolate really starts to come through, and it leaves a really pleasant/refreshing taste in the mouth for a while afterwards, without the aspartame milky-mouth that some flavours of Select tend to give me.
Hard for me to rank this among existing Select flavours, because it's so unique and situational, so I won't. I just consider it a one-off, fun little change of pace flavour. At first, I thought I would have WCM once every few weeks or so, so I thought this tub would last a long while, but I've slowly been getting addicted to it, and having WCM instead of my usual UMP CnC. I definitely should have bought a second tub, but anything more and I think I would get tired of the flavour. I definitely do not regret taking the leap of faith with the one tub.
Overall, WCM is perfect as a seasonal item, so that you won't get tired of its unique flavour. It definitely evokes memories of the holidays with its taste to me, and I'm down to purchase it again next holiday season if it's re-released.
