Just in time for the Holidays, Skinny Syrups has brought us a huge selection of flavorings for our coffees and drinks! Theresa was shopping at TJ Maxx and found all these different flavors! Sounds like a taste test is in order to see which one is best and if there are any standout favorites!
Theresa made a couple large lattes and I split it into five different cups.
Thanks for the help getting everything opened up!
To keep things even, I measured 10 milliliters of syrup for each cup.
Theresa thinks we should use a little less syrup, but we want this syrup to be the standout flavor over the coffee.
I poured everyone a small cup of each one.
First up, Gingerbread Latte! Out of all the different flavors, this is the one I was looking forward to the most! I love Gingerbread! Can they capture it in a cookie? The label is very festive with a whipped drink, surrounded by cookies and evergreen branches.
Here we go!
Donald - I like it.
Joe - I don't think it's that strong of a flavor.
Alli - It tastes like yummy yummy coffee.
Theresa - I don't taste gingerbread. It tastes sweet and it has the bite of something, but I don't know what.
Donald - It's not a strong ginger.
Joe - It's sweet. But not flavorful.
In fact, let's just try this syrup straight, without any coffee or milk mixed in.
I did get a small taste of it and again, the gingerbread flavor is lacking.
Next in the lineup is a Christmas Cookie syrup!
Donald - I think Christmas cookie might be like a sugar cookie.
Joe - It has a different kind of smell.
Ian - Like Piña Colada.
Joe - I get fruity notes. It's almost like a Crunch Berries.
Joe - It does have more flavor.
Donald - Christmas in a cup.
Theresa - Hawaii Christmas cookie in a cup.
Joe - I don't so much taste cookie.
Theresa - Maybe like a speculoos cookie.
Alli - That is definitely deliciousness.
Theresa - Eh. I'm not really liking that one. It doesn't have the best mouth feel. It reminds me of convenience store coffee.
Joe - Maybe 10 mL is too much.
Theresa - I can taste the mint in this one.
Joe - But that artificial chocolate flavor. I can't do it. I don't like this one.
Ian - Eww. It tastes like the thing I had when I went to the dentist.
He recently had his dental cleaning and chose "caramel" for his tooth polish flavor. He was not a fan of it. Guess this one is pretty close to that Dental Polish Caramel. Don't think they'll use that in their advertising.
Donald - Whoa! That's not a good flavor!
Joe - I'm tasting the caramel. But it's so artificial. It's not good.
Theresa - Yuck.
Donald - I hope there's a good cinnamon flavor.
Ian - This one is GOOD!
Donald - This is my favorite.
So if you had to put them in order, what's the best to the worst?
Alli - Christmas Cookie, Brown Sugar Cinnamon, Peppermint Bark, Gingerbread Latte, and Salted Caramel Mocha is last.
Ian - First is Brown Sugar Cinnamon, Christmas Cookie, Gingerbread Latte, Peppermint Bark, and the not so good Salted Caramel Mocha.
Donald - Brown Sugar Cinnamon, Gingerbread Latte, Christmas Cookie, Peppermint Bark, and Salted Caramel Mocha.
Theresa - Gingerbread Latte, I guess then Peppermint Bark. The other three I don't want to put in my mouth again. Brown Sugar Cinnamon, Christmas Cookie, and Salted Caramel Mocha.
Joe - Brown Sugar Cinnamon, Christmas Cookie, Gingerbread Latte, Peppermint Bark, and Salted Caramel Mocha.
Wow, Salted Caramel Mocha was last on everyone's list.
Theresa - Truthfully though, I wouldn't buy any of these again. I'm a little bit grossed out right now.
Alli - The Salted Caramel Mocha can be thrown in the trash.
Theresa - We need to go back and taste these all again with just 5 mL of syrup. Everything is tasting too artificial to me.
I remade everything and just used 5 mL in each cup.
Theresa - That's better. I can taste the coffee more.
Joe - Peppermint Bark is better with less syrup. I still don't like the Salted Caramel.
With the leftover remnants of all 5 coffee flavors, I poured them all together to make the ultimate holiday drink. The result was... Christmassy. Sweet with a lot of different flavors.
But in general, these Skinny Syrups were not our favorite. I get that they're zero calories, but that artificial taste, plus the lingering aftertaste of many of these made this a one and done taste test.
"One-and-done" sums it up! :-) But the 5 flavors did give you a chance to "be the mad scientist" at the end by mixing up a blended concoction! Those "zero calories" creations are hard to swallow (no pun intended) because of its very artificial nature...however, once in a while, one may stumble on something that's "good" using that zero calorie stuff. Nevertheless, an interesting taste test with some funny/interesting comments...my favorite was "tastes like the thing I had when I went to the dentist" :-) EOM
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