new Wendy’s Frosty flavor – Go Retire Psychiatrist

We finally got over to Wendy’s and tried the salted caramel Frosty. It was available in mid-November but it was so cold then, we didn’t feel like heading out in the weather for it. Today it was in the mid-50s so it was a good day for it.

There are very long web articles written about it by those who can somehow find a lot to say about the flavor and say things like, “It tastes more like butterscotch than salted caramel.” I had to look up what the difference is between butterscotch and salted caramel. It boils down to cooking caramel to 340 degrees with white granulated sugar vs cooking butterscotch with brown sugar to 289 degrees.

That doesn’t tell me how they would taste different.

That reminds me of the controversy about Miracle Whip, which many people say just doesn’t taste right anymore, which tends to give mayonnaise the edge. They claim Kraft Foods changed the recipe. Maybe. But if they’re comparing how Miracle Whip tastes now compared to what it tasted like in their childhood, the main explanation might be that if you’re past the age of 50, your taste buds have probably fizzled a little.

We think the salted caramel Frosty tasted enough like how it’s billed than not. So maybe our taste buds are burnt, but we’ve been around the block with the Frosty flavors enough to say this one comes pretty close to tasting like what Wendy’s advertises.

Whatever, Sena says the salted caramel replaces the pumpkin as her favorite Frosty flavor. I still prefer vanilla.

So, today we tried the new Wendy’s Pineapple Mango Frosty. Right off the top, I’ll tell you I couldn’t taste the pineapple mango flavor. It’s an OK vanilla. There are no bits of pineapple, mango, or Sponge Bob SquarePants in it.

That’s right, I said Sponge Bob SquarePants as in the cartoon guy who lives in a pineapple-shaped house—I guess.

I’ve never watched Sponge Bob and I don’t know anything about his pineapple house under the sea. I can tell you that the brown swirl in the bottom of the cup of the Frosty doesn’t taste like pineapple or mango. It’s vanilla with a brown swirl.

That doesn’t mean it’s bad. It just means I like vanilla. It’s how I feel about other ice cream flavors. If Sena doesn’t get vanilla for me, she gets Kemp’s Caribou Coffee flavored vanilla. Occasionally, I go crazy and eat French Vanilla.

There’s a meal you can get that follows the same Sponge Bob theme. It’s the Krabby Patty Kollab Burger, which comes with fries and a Pineapple Mango Frosty. I think the sandwich is a cheeseburger with Kollab, a top-secret sauce—likely thousand island. We skipped that. I’m still not sure why it’s called Kollab sauce, but the main ingredients are mayo and ketchup. If anybody knows what Kollab means, shout it out. All I can find is that it’s a store which makes picnic paraphernalia, like mats and maybe ants.

If Wendy’s ever makes a Kollab Frosty, look closely at it for anything that looks like little ants.

I like the Vanilla Frosty. I’m OK with Wendy’s Chocolate Frosty. But I’m going to hang on for the upcoming Salted Caramel Frosty in November.