{"id":7599,"date":"2017-04-20T00:25:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T00:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suziethefoodie.com\/?p=7599"},"modified":"2017-04-21T21:45:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T21:45:30","slug":"starbucks-unicorn-frappuccino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.suziethefoodie.com\/starbucks-unicorn-frappuccino\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Review: The Truth About Starbucks&#8217; Unicorn Frappuccino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/34017893101\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2824\/34017893101_f569f64072_z.jpg\" alt=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unless you have been hiding under a social media rock lately you have probably heard that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starbucks.com\/menu\/drinks\/frappuccino-blended-beverages\/unicorn-frappuccino-blended-cr\u00e8me\">Starbucks has made a Unicorn Frappuccino Blended Cr\u00e8me<\/a> beverage that is only available for five days starting today.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Out<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/33991114242\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2807\/33991114242_605ca1dd12_z.jpg\" alt=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It has been a typical rainy but stunning pink petal-filled day here in Vancouver with the cherry blossoms letting go of their <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cherry_blossom\">Sakura<\/a>-ness.<\/p>\n<h2>The Location<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/33763492010\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2858\/33763492010_f09a894442_z.jpg\" alt=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What a perfect day it would make for a Unicorn Frapp\u00e9 photoshoot. I walked over to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starbucks.ca\">Starbucks<\/a>\u00a0which was packed with teenage girls all leaving with their pretty pink and blue frapp\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<h2>Ordering<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/33991112732\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2871\/33991112732_621c5818a3_z.jpg\" alt=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It appears I was the only adult in the place ordering a tall one but the cashier assured me they had been selling like magical hotcakes.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/33337284983\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2840\/33337284983_2478e6958e_z.jpg\" alt=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I watched as the magical drink was prepared and the weird blue syrup was swirled around the edge of the container before the pink goo followed.<\/p>\n<h2>The Appearance<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/33763489170\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2820\/33763489170_9c3d2e643f_z.jpg\" alt=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" width=\"444\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Oh I believed in unicorns and I received my frapp\u00e9 for just under $5! It really did look quite spectacular and fantastical.<\/p>\n<h2>The Taste<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/33763488960\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2829\/33763488960_8d54a1287d_z.jpg\" alt=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starbucks.com\/menu\/drinks\/frappuccino-blended-beverages\/unicorn-frappuccino-blended-cr\u00e8me\"><em>&#8220;Magical flavors start off sweet and fruity transforming to pleasantly sour. Swirl it to reveal a color-changing spectacle of purple and pink. It&#8217;s finished with whipped cream-sprinkled pink and blue fairy powders.&#8221;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That is a lot to live up to! Still, so many people online have been drinking this beverage and talking about how fantastic it is and for me? All I tasted was&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Fake. So fake! I guess in that way it was a perfectly &#8220;unreal&#8221; experience because it kind of just tasted like unicorn perfume in my mouth, followed by a sourness. Imagine if confetti cake mix merged with Sweet Tarts. In a drink.<\/p>\n<h2>No Thanks But Thanks All The Same!<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/33763486520\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2879\/33763486520_b56d4411d1_z.jpg\" alt=\"Product Review: Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So many people mentioned mango and pixie sticks but for me, it was a totally weird and blech experience. That said, I think it was one of the coolest foodie ideas I have heard in a while, I have never tasted anything quite like it and say Bravo to Starbucks for trying something new and magical.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Farewell Sakura Season in Vancouver\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/33373981853\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2874\/33373981853_6264438ba1_z.jpg\" alt=\"Farewell Sakura Season in Vancouver\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sadly I did not even get through half of mine. What a shame. A fun idea with crappy fake flavour and that perfuminess was downright unpleasant. Maybe I did not believe in unicorns hard enough?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unless you have been hiding under a social media rock lately you have probably heard that Starbucks has made a Unicorn Frappuccino Blended Cr\u00e8me beverage that is only available for five days starting today. 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