The second of the three recent "Limited Edition" Kit Kats is the last one I plan on reviewing because, let's face it, between Apple Pie, Birthday Cake and Mint Chocolate, one of those flavors isn't very interesting. And since I pride myself on daring to try things that most of you are (wisely) probably not going to bother with...such Swedish Fish Oreos and Thanksgiving Dinner Candy Corn...why waste space talking about a flavor we already know and love?
So...birthday cake. For me, that's a flavor close behind pumpkin spice when it comes to irritating food trends of the past several years. At least most people can get an idea of what pumpkin spice tastes like from the name alone, even though there is no such thing as pumpkin spice. But before they started using "birthday cake" to describe a very sugary vanilla taste, it could have meant anything! In fact, I'd guess that a lot of people's birthday cakes were chocolate. Or marble. Or strawberry.
Nowadays birthday cake just means vanilla. A very sweet vanilla. A very sweet, sugary vanilla with rainbow-colored sprinkles. And there's nothing wrong with that flavor, even if I think the name is misplaced.
If you are used to the chocolate covered crisp wafers of a standard Kit Kat, this flavor (as with Applie Pie) will come as a big shock to the system. But whereas Apple Pie tasted more like a scented candle, Birthday Cake Kit Kats taste much like another famous snack. Does anyone remember circus cookies? They were coated with a too-sweet pink and white frosting, with rainbow sprinkles, but still had a satisfying crunch underneath. Now, the Kit Kat doesn't exactly have as much of a crunch as the circus cookies did, but the taste is remarkably similar.
In the end, I'm going with an average score for this one. It is far to sweet to enjoy, but a piece here or there (frozen, especially) might do the trick if you are a fan of vanilla...I mean, birthday cake...and/or circus cookies that won't turn your teeth and tongue pink.
RATING: 3 / 5
