McDonalds has shipped a new McFlurry with the taste “Strawberry Surprise”. I had a recent opportunity to try one out and the results… well, it could be better, and it could be worse.
Firstly, on the plus side: The McFlurry Strawberry Surprise is a McFlurry. This means that it derives a lot of its fame from the preceding line of excellent tastes. It is a blend of strawberries, chocolate and ice-cream in a small, comfortable package, and that is never wrong.
However, the overall impression of it is not immediately appealing: It is messy. Unbelievably messy. The chocolate and the strawberries are blended together, not lightly, but so to the extent that it is downright sloppy. The strawberries are frozen and once in the mix start to melt, and that makes it even sloppier. Furthermore, the chocolate and strawberries compete with each other, not complementing each other as you would expect. The result is less surprising and more bewildering.
After some consideration, I’m not sure whether to give it 2 or 3 points out of 5 possible. It sort of leans on a 2+ or 3-, trying to be good but not quite reaching there.
In the end, the name McFlurry saves it. It gets 3 out of 5 points, but I’ll be watching it for improvement.