A Crumbl visit two weeks in a row after a 3-month hiatus sounds like I'm going back to my old habits. But not really. I waffled on getting the Aloha Pie as I knew I wouldn't like the whipped cream on top. Plus the only cookie part was the Oreo cookie crust. Still, I was out of frozen pieces of Crumbl and Crave cookies in my freezer since I hadn't been to either in awhile and my sweet tooth was giving me the stink eye.
On the regular menu this week, only the
Molten Lava and
Sugar Shark would've interested me as a repeat purchase but I passed on those to try the Aloha Pie for the first time.
It says to serve chilled but since I normally don't like chilled desserts, I let it come to room temperature before trying it. That turned out to be a bad idea.
Since it's really mostly mousse and cream, both which should be served chilled, all you get at room temperature is mushy cream which doesn't have a lot of flavor.
So I put it back in the refrigerator to chill and tried it again later. That turned out to be a much better choice. I did scrape off most of the whipped cream though. It looked pretty but I still don't like whipped cream, chilled or not.
Which left me free to taste and enjoy the vanilla bean mousse paired with the fudge topping. Of the whole thing, I liked the fudge topping and macadamia bits the best. The description of the Aloha Pie says there's a "hint" of coconut. I have to say, there should've been a stronger hint as I didn't taste the coconut at all. As a coconut lover, that was disappointing. The Oreo cookie crust was okay but was a bit too crumbly.
If I was going to tinker with this to make it more suited to my taste, I would add more butter to the cookie crust to bind it together better, spread a thin layer of the fudge directly over the cookie shell before putting on the vanilla bean mousse, layer more fudge on top of it then, if you really want this to be more "aloha", sprinkle toasted coconut and macadamia bits over the top. And be generous with those sprinklings. The whipped cream decorations made it pretty but I'd cut back on those decorative swirls. So, ultimately, this was okay and at least I tried it but I probably wouldn't get it again. Cream pie desserts are just not my thing and this didn't have that much flavor.
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