Crumbl Cookies review #20 - Snickerdoodle Cupcake, Orange Creamsicle and Buttermilk Pancake

Crumbl Cookies review #20 - Snickerdoodle Cupcake, Orange Creamsicle and Pancake, June 6 and 10, 2022

I'm almost caught up on my Crumbl reviews, depending on when I can publish this post. The week of June 6 was an eventful one for me as, a few days earlier, I had finished packing up my house and moved more than 400 miles, unpacked (sort of), went right back to work without missing a beat (except for my unfortunate new internet deciding to throw me off my zoom meetings multiple times a day). Oh and did I mention I was also recovering from Covid at the time?

So, yeah, the first two pictures above weren't taken until almost the end of the week, more than 5 days after I tested negative and could be around people again. 

Snickerdoodle Cupcake

But when I first arrived in the new digs, although I wasn't contagious anymore according to the CDC, I was still feeling a bit lousy and wasn't leaving the house for a few more days, just to be on the safe side. I'm vaccinated and boostered and Covid still kicked my ass so it definitely isn't something I would want anyone to catch, particularly from me.

Enter my niece's boyfriend. I had texted my niece the week's lineup of flavors and asked what she wanted "in case" I went out later in the week and got a 4-pack (you know I was planning on it). To my surprise, she texted back and said her boyfriend was going to bring me Crumbl and asked which flavor I wanted.

Whut?? What a nice gesture! The old, healthy, raised-Asian me would've said "oh you don't have to, I'll get you guys some when I go out later." The new, sickie me still trying to settle in texted back "snickerdoodle cupcake please, thanks!" 

Later that day, her boyfriend dropped off not one but TWO snickerdoodle cupcake cookies. Would it have been presumptuous if, along with my heartfelt thank you, I would've texted her, "hang onto this one, mmkay?" Probably, so I didn't. Instead I thanked them both and settled for telling her he's my favorite of all her boyfriends so far, lol. Yeah, I'm not that subtle and only a little presumptuous. 

To my sickie self, the cookies hit the spot. I can't eat a whole one in one sitting (usually) so I did my usual cutting into 4 pieces, wrapping each piece and putting what I wasn't eating that day into the freezer. Two pieces a day got me through the rest of the work week. The snickerdoodle cupcake was amazing. I loved the cookie base, maybe even more than the plain snickerdoodle from a few months back. Somehow it was more snickerdoodle-y, if that makes sense. There was still too much frosting for me though but once I scraped off some of it, the cookie was perfect. A little frosting goes a long way but the cookie was delicious. Still not quite as good as the churro but fecking amazing nonetheless.

Orange Creamsicle

Fortunately I did feel well enough a few days later to make my own Crumbl run. My new house is even closer to a Crumbl than my last house (yay, oh no, eek = all my emotions about that) and in the same strip mall as a grocery store so on my grocery run to pick up a few necessities, I had to make a Crumbl stop.

Since I'd already had the snickerdoodle thanks to my niece's boyfriend, I got the remaining two flavors this week that I wanted to try: the Orange Creamsicle and the Buttermilk Pancake.

I liked the Orange Creamsicle. It wasn't as "fluffy" in texture as the snickerdoodle but still a solid cookie base. The frosting wasn't as thick (thank you, Crumbl) which also worked well. Some people thought the orange was artificial tasting and I can see where they're coming from. It's likely from orange extract which can impart that artificial taste. But as someone who grew up on Tang, I didn't mind it and I still liked the cookie. I didn't eat it chilled as I don't like chilled cookies but I thought it was good at room temperature.

Buttermilk Pancake

Last but not least is the Buttermilk Pancake cookie. I had missed out on the Waffle Cookie they had previously as (once again), I was out of town and out of reach of a Crumbl during that week. I don't know how the waffle cookie compares to the pancake cookie but I thought the pancake was pretty good. I don't see it as a substitute for an actual pancake or even as a cutesy attempt to capture a pancake in cookie form (sorry but if I want a pancake, I'll make a pancake). However, this was a good sugar-cookie-based "buttermilk" cookie. The nod to the pancake theme was in the maple glaze along with a scoop of butter buttercream made to look like a round dollop of butter.

This was supposed to be eaten warm but I wasn't hungry enough to down 200ish calories in 1/4 of a cookie so I ate it later at room temp. Loved the texture, as always, on a Crumbl cookie. The glaze plus buttercream dollop was a little overwhelming for my non-frosting taste buds but the flavor was still good. I'd get this again if there was no other flavor on the menu that I wanted but needed a Crumbl fix.

All in all, another good week with 3 of the flavors I wanted to try. They also had the Iced Oatmeal but since I'd already had it before, I skipped it. Plus I really like the copycat version from Lifestyle of a Foodie so I know I can always make it for myself if I really wanted it again.