{"id":2683,"date":"2022-10-11T11:25:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2022-10-11T11:25:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:25:56","slug":"chick-fil-a-welcomes-the-autumn-spice-shake-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/chick-fil-a-welcomes-the-autumn-spice-shake-a-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Chick-fil-A Welcomes the Autumn Spice Shake: A Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Maire Crooks, The Current Co-Editor-in Chief<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pumpkin spice\u2014we all know and love it. The warm aroma of cinnamon and nutmeg, chilly mornings, and the crunch of colored leaves under our feet. Other big food chains, such as Starbucks, Panera and Dairy Queen, have introduced their fall menus full of pumpkin spice lattes, squash soup, and pecan pies, but what many have not heard of is Chick-fil-A\u2019s autumn addition: their Autumn Spice Milkshake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduced in stores on September 12th, the milkshake is full of \u201crich flavors like cinnamon with crunchy bits of brown sugar cookies.\u201d The shake can be ordered until November 12th, according to their website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Chick-fil-A milkshake fan myself, I knew I had to get my hands on the new seasonal flavor. It is priced at $4.59–not too bad, but slightly more than regular flavors priced at $4.29. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shake was handed to me with the standard cheerful \u201cmy pleasure\u201d response, and I could not wait to try. My first sip, however, was a bit of a let-down. As I eagerly pulled the wrapper off their trademark red straw and tried to taste the Icedream\u00ae concoction, Chick-fil-A\u2019s signature soft serve mix, I unfortunately did not receive any milkshake; the brown sugar cookies had clogged up the straw. After much effort, I was eventually able to clear the tube and a sip of icey, cold cinnamon sugar hit my tongue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would say that the flavor was reminiscent of a snickerdoodle cookie; the milkshake was \u201cautumn spice\u201d and not the typical pumpkin flavor. It does not have the warm-spice flavor of a typical pumpkin spice item. The brown sugar cookie chunks were small and melted in my mouth, and the Icedream\u00ae base itself was extremely thick and creamy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shake was definitely more brown sugar flavor than cinnamon, so if you have a strong sweet tooth then this is for you. I was reminded of Chick-fil-A\u2019s winter seasonal flavor, peppermint chip, in regards to the sweetness level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I asked around for others\u2019 opinions about the new menu item, I was surprised to find out that not many st\/udents were familiar with the addition. <\/em>Junior Becca Lavner remarks, \u201cI didn’t know it existed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophomore Cora Cheer, however, was aware of the milkshake, although she has not tried it yet and does not intend to. \u201cI think we should leave the autumn spice [flavor] up to Starbucks. I just don’t think [Chick-fil-A] can nail it,\u201d she explains. Becca is also not keen on the flavor: \u201cI would maybe try [the shake], but autumn spice things usually are not my favorite.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now for the big question: should you try the new autumn spice shake? In my opinion, if you can handle sweetness, go for it. It is the perfect introduction to colder weather and a great start to fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, I would rate this drink a 7.3\/10; it was good, but not great. I would order it again, however I do not think the Autumn Spice Milkshake will become my Chick-fil-A drink of choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Maire Crooks, The Current Co-Editor-in Chief Pumpkin spice\u2014we all know and love it. The warm aroma of cinnamon and nutmeg, chilly mornings, and the crunch of colored leaves under our feet. Other big food chains, such as Starbucks, Panera and Dairy Queen, have introduced their fall menus full of pumpkin spice lattes, squash soup,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-11-112538.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2688,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions\/2688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}