All of these taste and feel reasonably premium, especially compared to other rice cakes. Unlike their hard-feeling, crunchy cousins, these are lighter, almost having an airy-crunchy texture. Further, each has a thin drizzle that adds a slight, soft addition to the composition and another step up in the sweetness category. Lastly, they’re surprisingly flavorful and relatively sweet given their nature.
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In terms of release dates, they can vary. I’m unsure of an exact release date for most of these, in fact. The Birthday Cake, S’mores, and Cinnamon Swirl flavors were reviewed as early as January 2019. French Toast and Very Berry flavors were later released in late June 2024. Pumpkin Spice and Cookies & Cream debuted in 2024 or earlier. And lastly, peppermint and Gingerbread flavors have mentions dating back to late fall 2024.
Gingerbread
Score: 6.5 / 10
Initially smelling these, it was a sweet gingerbread, then biting in, I love how it almost feels like I’m eating a gingerbread house! Well, not quite as sweet! It has the exact flavor profile: creamy and milky with a sweet, not at all bitter gingerbread taste, and a hint of cinnamon. The rice part tones it down, though, you don’t get any rice flavoring from this–really, I swear, part of the taste was even lightly buttery graham too.
Lastly, the texture was pretty typical, though it seemed to have a smidge more drizzle than others on this list for some reason, which provided a nice soft, moist mouthfeel (and sweetness) addition to the already pleasantly light crunch.
Peppermint
Score: 5.75 / 10
First, don’t worry, the peppermint here isn’t at all sharp, tamed by the light drizzle, which provides some mild sweetness. Honestly, the flavors could have been stronger, but for the most part, it’s inoffensive and pleasant for a pepperminty treat. I also like how it differs from many other peppermint-based foods because they usually have chocolate, but this instead was more of a combination of mild rice and creaminess, which was different!
Pumpkin Spice
Score: 6.25 / 10
Pumpkin spice is a hit, literally. It has an authentic pumpkin spice taste, toned down by the rice cake part itself, yet it still hits you with an occasional sharp pumpkin spice. Out of the many drizzlious flavors, these feel more unique for their boldness, for better or worse. Don’t get me wrong, though, they’re absolutely still not as hard-hitting as regular pumpkin spice treats; they instead come across as more of a pleasant pumpkin spice flavor.
Cookies & Cream
Score: 6 / 10
Cookies and cream? Definitely not, as this is mostly just the cookies part. They’re mildly sweet, with a light dark chocolate with no real discernible “cream” taste despite the drizzle. In fact, the drizzle really doesn’t do anything. It still all comes out as basically a generic chocolate cookie flavor with a light rice undertone. They’re not bad, I just think they’re mislabeled.
Very Berry
Score: 6.5 / 10
With an underlying crisp rice taste in addition to a semi-sweet berry, it reminds me of the Berry Pebbles cereal, though of course, less sweet. They aren’t super sugary by any means, but they are sweeter than most of the others on this list. It’s more or less a generic berry taste, not artificial, though notably, with an occasional strong hit of some type of strong-flavored authentic berry, as if it had a few bits of concentrated berries inside it. If you want one of the sweeter Drizzilicious flavors, this is one to try!
Birthday Cake
Score: 6.25 / 10
Not many snacks get birthday cake flavoring right, but this does. It’s authentically birthday cake, like a mix of vanilla and cake frosting. It comes in moderately sweet, and the drizzled swirl adds a touch more to the sweetness and texture when biting in. However, despite being pretty sweet for a rice cake, I do wish it were just a little sweeter to really fulfill the birthday cake flavor fantasy. So, overall, it’s good and especially sweet for a rice cake; I just want something more—perhaps I’m nitpicking!
S’mores
Score: 6 / 10
I immediately smell milk chocolate, and biting in, I get just that (and, of course, some rice cake flavoring). It’s decently sweet, and the chocolate is slightly on the darker side without being at all bitter. This treat, however, is supposed to be s’mores, not just chocolate, and unfortunately, I’m not sure if I taste much, if any, marshmallow. Also, where is the graham cracker? Overall, they are chocolate-drizzled mini rice cakes, not much else!
For the most part, it’s a semi-dark chocolate-drizzled, moderately sweet rice cake. That’s it, really.
Cinnamon Swirl
Score: 6.5 / 10
Opening this up, I get a whiff of sugary sweet cinnamon. And biting in, it’s just that. For a rice cake, this packs a noticeable, bold, sugary cinnamon taste that comes across as moderately sweet and leans towards its cinnamony side. It kind of reminds me of Cinnamon Toast Crunch with more of a focus on cinnamon and a smidge less sweet. The swirls of drizzle add a nice touch to the sweetness. Definitely one of the better, more flavorful Drizzilicious flavors!
French Toast
Score: 6 / 10
Likely the strongest-smelling one and the least flavorful. Opening this bag up, a very strong scent of French toast is expelled. However, the flavor is light, especially compared to the other flavors on this list.
It contains a light cinnamon and buttery-doughy-like taste, and while it isn’t as sweet to my liking, if you think about it, French toast isn’t too sweet either. So, in a way, I guess it’s true to its advertised flavor, and with that, I’d simply prefer something a little sweeter.