"Limited Time Only" "Caution HOT!" "Scan for nutrition and allergen information."
"A red short crust pastry pie with a raspberry and white chocolate filling." "Served hot."
Not my words, but those of the McDonald's Corporation.
Do you like McDonald's hot apple pies? Well, there's a new kid on the block (Limited Time Only) with all the potential for molten fruitish-filling shenanigans as its more sensible, workaday brother. But wait, this guy's packing white chocolate too?
What is white chocolate? Seems to be chocolate without the colour you normally associate with chocolate i.e. chocolate. Let's agree it's probably cooked sugar diluted with milk. Best not to delve too deeply, imo. The raspberry bit? I'm guessing that's jam minus time. I'm no expert, but am expecting sweet.
To give the crunch-enveloped, fruit-based dessert its best chance I went for controlled conditions. Nothing else was eaten beforehand, and I tried to act as quickly as possible for the hottest of results.
*consumes pie*
The Verdict: If you don't like McDonald's hot apple pies, this babe isn't going to change your mind about big Ron's dessert offerings. I've got a sweet tooth (and some right bastard ones too lol) but was fearing this would be off the charts. Not so. About the same as the apple one. Because of gravity (perhaps a complete control experiment would involve eating one in a vacuum or space - if anyone wants to set that up I'm game) there was an uneven spread of filling (therefore flavour) throughout the six inches or so (careful) of food. As a result there was a definite hit of raspberry halfway down. Further experiments may ascertain whether this was due to "white chocolate" diluting the raspberry flavour elsewhere, or just a big old dollop of the red stuff lurking halfway down.
Overall, three stars out of five: not for everyone, but in its field a potentially compelling effort (much like Underworld's 'Beaucoup Fish' album of 1999).
I'm not made of money, so limited myself to one experimental pie this time. I think I'd prefer a raspberry one without the so-called white chocolate interference. It seemed to only muddy the waters, ironically. I had a latte afterwards, which was leng.