Crumbl Cookies review #99 - Chocolate Peppermint Cake (test cake)

Crumbl Cookies review #99 - Chocolate Peppermint Cake (test cake), visited October 4, 2025 

I'm behind on my Crumbl reviews. Not that I've been going a lot but this is from over a month ago and I'm just now getting to it. I was back in my permanent home (as opposed to the temporary one I'm living in for the next few months) for a few days to take care of some things and, to my surprise, my local store was testing a product. I was surprised because I haven't seen them test anything for awhile.

But I was glad enough to see it this time that, despite my dislike of mint and chocolate together as a flavor, I decided to try this one. Hope always springs eternal when it comes to a test cookie or cake, despite knowing with near 100% certainty that I won't like it.

I think I'm still trying to convince my taste buds they're open-minded. But, alas, it turns out they're not. I knew that ahead of time so it was no surprise to me that I didn't care for this particular cake. I like peppermint and I like chocolate. I just don't like them together.

The frosting wasn't too overwhelmingly minty but it was minty enough to jar my taste buds when combined with chocolate. The combination is just not my thing. The chocolate cake itself was okay but I did my usual scraping off of the entire top layer of frosting and ate as little of the middle sandwich layer of frosting as possible.

The cake was light and fluffy but not particularly rich-chocolatey. In fact, I'm not sure whether, in a blind taste test, I could tell the difference between Crumbl's chocolate cake and one from a cake mix. And y'all know the chip on my shoulder about cake mixes. Sorry, Crumbl, not a fan of this one.

This was $4.98 plus a $0.49 surcharge at my local store. Wise of them not to have a bigger surcharge like some of their more tasty desserts.