DQ Orange Cream Shake

[New for 2025] Orange is not a go to flavor for me, but I did need something to go with my French Fries, so I tried....

Dairy Queen Orange Cream Flavored Shake

"a refreshing tart orange shake"

Chick-fil-A Frozen Sunrise ...and why is it snowing?

When Chick-fil-A announced their frozen sunrise was going nationwide a month ago, I quickly put it on my to-do list. Now technically I'm not a huge creamsicle fan, but it seemed like a fun excuse to make one of my rogue trips to Chick-fil-a.

Chick-fil-A Frozen Sunrise

A combo of vanilla Icedream and Simply Orange Juice

Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Tangerine Shortbread Ice Cream

[New for 2016, dropped destination branding in 2017]
So I've mentioned that the Haagen-Dazs Artisan collection is gone and has been replaced by seven new "destination series" flavors. I've already had the excellent coffee flavor, I'm dying to try the brownie flavor, but the funnest looking flavor of the bunch has to be...

Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Tangerine Shortbread Ice Cream

vanilla ice cream swirled sweet-tart tangerine curd and shortbread cookies
(collaboration with Rare Bird Preserves)

Orange Starburst Sorbet Bar

[New for 2015, Discontinued]  It seemed only natural that in time, 2014's strawberry Starburst sorbet bar would get some differently flavored company on the shelf.

Orange Starburst Sorbet Bar

(Notice how the box now runs the bars 2x2 instead of 1x4)

Quick Review: Burger King Orange Freeze

[New for 2014] It was day #2 without leftovers so that meant finding lunch again. I walked to Dunkin yesterday, and it's a gorgeous day again today so I should walk again, but I need to spice my lunch up today.

Small BK Orange Freeze 

and the Extra Long BBQ Cheeseburger

New Orleans Satsuma Dreamsicle Ice Cream

Yet again New Orleans Ice Cream company has delivered another free pint of ice cream excellence. You know me, I don't just say something is good because it was free. I mean it here. Just you just wait and see, they'll be spreading across the country before you know it. I see big things in New Orleans future.

New Orleans ICC Satsuma Dreamsicle Ice Cream

All Natural Ultra Premium Ice Cream

Science Experiment Sunday It's the Limited Orange Cream Shake from Arby's

Hope everyone had a good weekend. 

I know I certainly had a little too much fun with a certain "shake" this weekend.

Maybe the Curiosity Rover has my science juices flowing...
...maybe I'm just crazy... either way, I blame Wil Wheaton.

 Friday 6:17 PM - Now What do we have here?
It's the (new for summer 2012) orange cream shake from Arby's

Well it should look like this

But looks like this

But I'm not complaining. I ordered a fast food orange cream shake, I'm not expecting the world in a cup here. I expected an orange creamsicle flavor and a typical fast food shake thickness and texture and that's exactly what I got. Sure, I would have preferred a bit more vanilla to mellow out my treat, or say maybe a 15-20% reduction in orange flavoring, but overall it's a decent flavor that pairs surprisingly well with my roast beef sandwich and curly fries.

And now time for a little nauseating fun....

Now, who wants to never drink another fast food shake?

You see, I didn't finish the shake, so after a few hours in the fridge, I dropped the cup in the sink.

I figured it would melt and then I could pour it down the drain.

Friday 11:10 PM - I popped the lid and removed my straw... and this happened.

This is not what I would call "melting"

Confused, I started scooping... and made this crater.

I think I might be a little nauseous.

And now I am officially frightened.

Day 2

Saturday 8:29 AM - I wake up and check on my creation

Ummmmm..... this use to be a shake

I scoop down and discover an orange liquid has separated from the solids

At some point during the day, I poured out the orange liquid and dumped the solids onto a plate

Day 3

C is for cookie, that's good enough for me

9:05 AM - It is now the second morning and all is well.

The treat is now tough enough to hold up tooth picks

6:42 PM - We are now officially at 48 hours since I purchased the shake....

It still smells of orange cremesicle. There is no foul odor or signs of mold.

I don't know about you, but I think I realize why it's called a SHAKE and not a MILKSHAKE. Let's check out the ingredients and see what we see.

Orange Cream Shake: Vanilla Shake Mix (whole milk, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, nonfat milk, grade A sweet whey, cream, artificial vanilla flavor, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, guar gum, carrageenan, dipotassium phosphate, sodium citrate, sodium chloride, sodium carbonate, annatto, caramel color), Orange Cream Syrup (high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, natural flavor [water, gum acacia, natural flavoring, sucrose acetate isobutyrate, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate {preservatives}], citric acid, sodium benzoate [preservative], Yellow 6). CONTAINS: MILK

Wow, that's surprisingly tame and contains a fair amount of dairy.... so why in the world hasn't it spoiled? Keep in mind that it's been humid and around 78 in the house all weekend. If this was a plate or a cup of milk, the whole house would reek by now. I'm frightened... so so so frightened. Do you think a B&J or Cold Stone shake would live on like this? I think not!

Verdict?  Taste is as expected.... ability to survive the apocalypse is not
Buy Again?  Uhhhhh, that would be a no

Day 8 Begins....

The first 168 hours of life have come to an end.... yet the shake survives! At this point, my science experiment is boring me and taking up way too much counter space. The good news is that I seem to have figured out how they make cheetos....  The substance is airy, somewhat crumbly, yet somewhat spongy and sticky. I'll never look at Arby's shakes the same way again.

April 2014 Update: The orange cream shake has returned... and I am not buying one.

April 2016 Update: It's back again for a limited time!

Edy's Orange & Cream Fruitbar

[Discontinued] A couple weeks ago I picked up the Edy's ( Dreyer's ) Orange & Cream fruit bar since it's one of the last flavors I haven't tried yet. It's not bad, but I don't think I'll be picking them up again. We are definitely dealing with a more mellow orange flavor here, and not the tangerine tang that was reminding me of their lemonade pops.

The orange / cream mixture is alright, but don't bite into this thinking your gonna taste an orange creamsicle (or an Orange Coolatta for that matter). I'd say it's more orange than creamy. Overall, it's not bad and the cream does a fairly good job of mellowing the whole thing out.

My biggest complaint on these it going to be the mistake of exposing the cream down at the bottom of the popsicle. Guess what? Cream melts faster than an icy popsicle. Even though I eat pretty quick, this pop was trying real hard to repeatedly drip on my hands.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 bar (66g) Servings Per Container 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories 80	from Fat 10
	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1g	2%
- Sat Fat 0.5g	3%
- Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 5mg	1%
Sodium 20mg	1%
Total Carbohydrate 16g	5%
- Dietary Fiber 0g	0%
- Sugars 14g
Protein 1g
Vitamin A 0%	Vit. C 20%
Calcium 4%	Iron 0%