Finished the first review. Going to do 1 per day, if that’s too long I’ll double up a couple days. Today I tried the gingerbread cookie flavor.
I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect from this flavor. But out of the 5, it intrigued me the most, which is why I did that one first. I’m sure they’re out there, but I’ve never seen a gingerbread flavored protein. So obviously I never tried one before.
I kind of went in thinking this taste would be one of two ways. First it would be a sharp ginger flavor with a bit of cinnamon like in the snaps or In the houses that you’ll find around Christmas time. Second something totally different.
First thing I noticed was the size of the scoop. I guess it’s normal in grams but In the baggie and the glass it seemed like a big scoop to me.
Next I added roughly 8-10 oz of water.
Mixed very easily. There were floating bits though but there were so many I assumed they were intended to be there. So mixed well.
Consistency, even with water was thicker than I expected and texture was smooth and creamy interlaced with the crunchy nature of the crisps/cookie bits.
Taste. Well this falls into scenario 2 more so than scenario 1 which I was thinking would be the route. The ginger flavor is there but I instantly got the taste of cinnamon and molasses as the primary influencer of this shakes taste. Ginger would flash but was for me anyhow more a supporting role to the cinnamon and molasses. Then another thing I sensed was a sweetness kind of like a glazing that would coat a cookie. Combined the cinnamon, molasses, sweet glazing sense and the connective nature of ginger and the crisps merged extremely well together.
I see this flavor as more of a novelty flavor rather than a staple flavor. I would definitely pick up a tub and recommend this flavor as an excellent change of pace protein option. I have several change of pace options sitting around that I’ll reach for every now and then, bc let’s be real. Chocolate and vanilla, even birthday cake now get old from time to time and our taste buds need a reprieve. That’s the category I put gingerbread cookie into. A sweet and creamy alternative.
[video=youtube;g34SIwDRD3o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g34SIwDRD3o&t=36s[/video]
I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect from this flavor. But out of the 5, it intrigued me the most, which is why I did that one first. I’m sure they’re out there, but I’ve never seen a gingerbread flavored protein. So obviously I never tried one before.
I kind of went in thinking this taste would be one of two ways. First it would be a sharp ginger flavor with a bit of cinnamon like in the snaps or In the houses that you’ll find around Christmas time. Second something totally different.
First thing I noticed was the size of the scoop. I guess it’s normal in grams but In the baggie and the glass it seemed like a big scoop to me.
Next I added roughly 8-10 oz of water.
Mixed very easily. There were floating bits though but there were so many I assumed they were intended to be there. So mixed well.
Consistency, even with water was thicker than I expected and texture was smooth and creamy interlaced with the crunchy nature of the crisps/cookie bits.
Taste. Well this falls into scenario 2 more so than scenario 1 which I was thinking would be the route. The ginger flavor is there but I instantly got the taste of cinnamon and molasses as the primary influencer of this shakes taste. Ginger would flash but was for me anyhow more a supporting role to the cinnamon and molasses. Then another thing I sensed was a sweetness kind of like a glazing that would coat a cookie. Combined the cinnamon, molasses, sweet glazing sense and the connective nature of ginger and the crisps merged extremely well together.
I see this flavor as more of a novelty flavor rather than a staple flavor. I would definitely pick up a tub and recommend this flavor as an excellent change of pace protein option. I have several change of pace options sitting around that I’ll reach for every now and then, bc let’s be real. Chocolate and vanilla, even birthday cake now get old from time to time and our taste buds need a reprieve. That’s the category I put gingerbread cookie into. A sweet and creamy alternative.
[video=youtube;g34SIwDRD3o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g34SIwDRD3o&t=36s[/video]