I Tried All The Crumbl Cookie Specials So You Don’t Have To

Currently, the menu at Crumbl Cookie special flavors that are widely available include a nice mix of classics and outrageous creative blends. Fresh out of their signature pink box, I recently had the opportunity to try each one of these cookie masterpieces. Here, I will grade and asses each one of them.

"Our menu rotates to give you six deliciously gourmet flavors to experience," Crumbl Cookie explains. Of course, you will find some basics regarding the cookie base, with the sugar cookies, chocolate, or chocolate chip. However, what's atop the cookie is colorful and super-sweet.

Let's just bite right into it, one at a time in the order that I tried each flavor.

To lay the groundwork, I cut off a piece of each cookie that was equivalent to the size of one large bite. There was one of each flavor in my box. There was only one cookie that I went back to for a second taste. Each rating is on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best score possible.

French Toast

Crumbl did a great job baking this special to look exactly like a slice of French toast. Everything from the bread shaped cookie base to the frosting in the butter design. I wanted this to be the winner of the bunch, but unfortunately, it looked better than it tasted. There just wasn't much taste. I rate the French toast cookie a 5.6

Peanut Butter Cookies and Cream

The chocolate and peanut butter mixed well and balanced each other out. The cookie and cream crunch are certainly there, but you have to look for it. As is the case with many chocolate cookies, the chocolate flavor really dominates this show. The Peanut Butter Cookies and Cream gets a 6.2.

Pistachio Gelato

I wonder how long it takes to properly make this cookie. It is so well designed that each one must be handcrafted. The mini waffle cone looked too nice to eat. Unfortunately for this cookie, I don't like pistachio-flavored anything, so the filling was not to my liking. I rate the Pistachio Gelato a 5.9.

Wedding Cake

This was the most distinct taste of the half-dozen. The raspberry cream filling has a zing to it that resulted in a "Wow, I didn't see that coming" reaction. The challenge here is that that vanilla bean sugar cookie is the best taste of this special. That also is what carries this score. The Wedding Cake rating is a 7.9.

Sea Salt Toffee

With toffee, milk chocolate chips, and sea salt, this was the sweetest of all. You can almost see the sugar melt into the box underneath this cookie. Toffee seems to be an area that Crumbl has mastered. It's just a good fit that makes sense in many of their specialties. I am a fan of each of these flavors in a dessert. Especially sea salt. This was just a lot to handle, and I felt satisfied after one bite. I will rate this a decent 6.5.

Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunk

Sometimes, keeping it simple is the best way to go. There are few things better than a delicious chocolate chip cookie. This is always soft and filled with chocolate chunks. With all the extravagant designs, colors, and sugary desserts that are stuffed into the shape of a cookie, the simple chocolate chip is the gold medal piece. It's a solid 8.8.

Ben and Jerry's new flavors couldn't be more different from each other. The popular New England based ice cream brand has added three options to their creative family so far this year, and here I will rank them all.

Coincidentally, I tried each of these in one sitting. This was an unplanned taste test. With a house full of young kids, a visiting friend recently stopped by and knew the way to quickly win over the youngsters. Pints of ice cream.

Before I get into explaining which was best, I should note I am not an ice cream (or dessert) enthusiast by any means. Dare I say, I hardly seek out ice cream, even in the summer months. However, if it is put in front of me, I will eat it if it's one of my favorite varieties.

If I'm going for ice cream, though, Ben and Jerry's is easily my brand of choice. Being a New Englander, I have toured their Vermont location a handful of times. Their half-baked in a cone is my go-to choice.

If you are not familiar, these are the Ben and Jerry's new flavors that have rolled out in 2024. Impretzively Fudged, PB S'More, and Marshmallow Sky. Now, it's important to note that Marshmallow Sky is new just to pints. Meaning, it was available in their scoop shops only.

Another flavor entitled Strawberry Cheezecake was also unveiled earlier this year. This did not qualify here as a new flavor ranking because it had been an ice cream flavor (branded "cheesecake). The new "cheeze" version is a vegan dairy-free dessert.

Upon seeing these at my house, I realized they were new. So, instead of selecting one pint to scoop, I took one for the team and realized I needed one proper scoop of each.

My process was to try one at a time and not have all three in the same bowl. Blending flavors might compromise the intended taste.

As a result, there was a flavor where one bite was enough. Another where I couldn't get enough, and the third was somewhere in between.

Here is my official ice cream ranking of Ben and Jerry's new flavors.

It's chocolate ice cream with fudge covered pretzel pieces and pretzel swirl. The problem here is that I do not like chocolate covered pretzels. Oddly enough, I love pretzels alone. Dip them in sugar and ice cream and it either compromises the flavor or classifies as "too much." So, this was my least favorite.

Here we have toasted marshmallow ice cream with peanut butter cups, graham cracker pieces, and marshmallow swirl. The graham crackers are the star of this show. They pair better with the ice cream and chocolate than the typical marshmallow of a S'More. This was certainly a tasty delight, but I feel if the marshmallow swirl did not need to be invited to the party.

Admittedly, I was a little cautious about the blue ice cream color thinking it could suffer from cotton candy syndrome (where too much equals upset stomach city). That is not the case here. It's marshmallow ice cream with swirls, and then chocolate chip cookie dough and chocolate chocolate chip cookie dough. The latter of the cookie dough bites just brings this to another level. Some sweets get forced together and some just belong together and make each other better. That's the case here. It's no wonder Ben and Jerry's decided to promote this flavor. It tastes as cheerful as it looks.