Crumbl Cookies review #97 - North Carolina Lemon Pie

Crumbl Cookies review #97: North Carolina Lemon Pie - visited July 23, 2025

I should've published this review last week when the lemon pie was available but I didn't get around to it, partly because I wasn't in the mood to do a write up and partly because I was actively working on all my coping mechanisms: I did 4 shifts at the food bank, I went out with friends a couple of times and I baked for those friends for each outing. Plus my double workouts a day take time. Yeah, lots of stress coping going on.

In any case, the Lemon Pie was a new-to-me offering that I hadn't tried before. To cut to the chase, if you like custardy desserts and lemon, this is a good choice. It was tart but not too tart and not too sweet. Bonus if you like whipped cream and the pretty decorations on top.

For myself, I got it to try it but I knew going in that I'm not a big fan of custard desserts or whipped cream. I do like lemon though, if not the decorative slice on top, so flavor-wise, this was fine. But I didn't eat very much of this as the calories weren't worth it. That's not to say this was bad because it wasn't. It's a matter of preference. I really need to stop buying the desserts I know ahead of time I'm probably not going to like. I tell myself I'm keeping an open mind and something might surprise me, like the original Tres Leches Cake did. But this wasn't it.

This had a $1.49 surcharge at my store so it was $5.98 + tax for a total of $6.47.

I'm not sure if I'll get to Crumbl this week although they do have a couple of cookies in this week's lineup that I like, namely the Lemon Bar and Cake Batter Cookie. Plus I want to try the Snickerdoodle Skillet Cookie even though I think they've overplayed the skillet cookie concept. So we'll see. I just want a bite of each and don't really want a freezerful of cookie pieces again when I've just cleared out my freezer during my 3-month Crumbl abstinence.