Reviewing Bettergoods Carrot Cake Pancake & Waffle Mix, and More

I’m so disappointed. I love carrot cake, but this just ain’t it whatsoever. It clearly has a carrot-like flavor along with some cinnamon and even flour (uh, ew), but there’s also a bitter, artificial, almost perfumey taste that detracts from all of it. Overall, it’s not horrible; in fact, it’s at least tolerable, but I definitely prefer regular pancakes (or any other flavor, really) over these by a long shot.

While I can’t find an exact release date, I first spotted these in mid-February 2025 at Walmart.

Bucket: The bucket feels like one of those cheap, flimsy Easter buckets you get at Walmart or the dollar store. Granted, it is cute, but it just feels cheap, and the design feels boring. For example, compare this to the 2024 Halloween bucket, where the design incorporates some of Dunkin’s Munchkins instead of just generic seasonal representations.

Blueberry Sprinkle Munchkins: The sprinkled blueberry munchkins were just that: blueberry munchkins with some soft, non-flavored sprinkles on them. Don’t get me wrong; I enjoy Dunkin’s blueberry munchkins for how firm, soft, and flavorful they are; I guess I just expected more. Honestly, I thought the sprinkles were supposed to be blueberry flavored too, but they weren’t! Of course, sprinkles are always a nice touch, and I’d definitely prefer these over regular blueberry Munchkins.

Released on April 2, 2025, and included a variety of Easter and spring-related items.

Instead of butter, I used applesauce and baked them in an 8×8-inch cake pan. I also had to double the baking time. They came out like a fluffy cookie cake. Flavor-wise, they more or less taste like your regular chocolate chip cookies. Really, nothing exceptional or different here.

I’m unsure of a release date for these. Found on Amazon.

Tutti Fruti: If you were expecting a Fruity Pebbles clone, expect to be disappointed, or maybe not, especially if you hate sweets. Indeed, this is substantially less sweet than the Fruity Pebbles bar and has nowhere near the bold flavors. In fact, this bar’s sweetness is surprisingly low for an Easter candy. Both the white chocolate and fruity flavors are barely there. It kind of just tastes like a sugar bar with a hint of indiscernible artificial fruit. Texture-wise, it’s crunchy, and the fruity bits don’t do anything. Basically, this is a poor man’s Fruity Pebbles bar and really tastes like cheap dollar-store candy.

Chocolate Candies: I guess the milk chocolate flavor is sort of there, but it feels really faded and cheap. At least the candies add a tiny bit of crunch to the already crunchy candy bar texture. That’s really it: plain, underachieving chocolate made into a bar. Someone, get me anything else, even a Hershey bar!

Released February 2025 for the Easter season. Found at Dollar Tree.

I absolutely love Cookie Dough Bites, but these… What happened? They’re not nearly as flavorful as their chocolate-covered counterparts. Instead, these are somewhat less sweet, have a plain milk chocolate taste, and a light caramel background. There is also a hint of artificialness, both in terms of taste and texture, which turns me off slightly. Still, they’re decently tasty. Texture-wise, it missed the complexity of having a chocolate shell and is simply a soft-hard, almost dry, artificial piece of cookie dough.

Released December 5, 2024. Found at Dollar Tree.

Fruity Pebbles? These are too plain to take on such a title. In fact, even regular Jelly Beans are generally sweeter. At best, these have a small, fruity-like flavor that not only doesn’t resemble the cereal, but it’s extremely light and semi-sweet at best. Basically, these are boring, and not to mention, the texture is a bit more tough and hard than other beans. Notably, all of these beans taste the same, no matter the color.

Released January 2024 for the Easter season. Found at Dollar Tree.

Everything about this is so thick! The shell is thick, the filling is thick, and the flavor is… thick! A milk chocolate shell houses a near-completely filled, semi-dark, sweetish ganache substance. It’s definitely somewhat artificial-tasting, but for whatever reason, it’s still so tasty and doesn’t detract from the experience. Also, it isn’t as sweet as the regular Cadbury Creme or Caramel Eggs or even like other Easter candies such as Russell Stover’s, but don’t get me wrong, the sugar still hits. Lastly, these are still equally good chilled: the inside still remains mostly soft, but it’s more dense, and the chocolate shell has more of a crunch.

I’m not sure of an exact release date. Found at Walmart.

It’s like your typical cheese puffs, but a little less cheesy and with a background of pizza-like spices. It isn’t full-blown pizza, but the spices are there to some degree. Overall, these crunchy, airy puffs aren’t bad; I just expected more and deeper pizza flavor.

Released January 2025. Found at Walgreens.

This review is of the Dunkaroos Cookie Mix and Frosting and compares it to the original Dunkaroos. I was especially very curious if the original Dunkaroos frosting was similar to the canned frosting. I ended up making a Dunkaroos cake instead of cookies by replacing the butter with an equal part of apple sauce, which makes it fluffier and cakier, and putting all of the mix in an 8×8-inch pan.

Mix: When dry, it smells like a sweet vanilla birthday. There are large, multicolored chips in the mix as well. Out of the oven, it’s fluffy and still reasonably dense and moist. Taste-wise, it’s a pleasantly sweet vanilla-birthday-like flavor. Basically, a pretty good cake, especially compared to other regular cake mixes–it’s one of the better ones.

Frosting: Amazing. Simply amazing, and maybe one of the best frostings I’ve ever had. This is Dunkaroos frosting, but just a wee bit thicker compared to what comes with the Dunkaroos crackers (honestly, you could argue it’s actually identical). Fairly large, soft-crunchy multicolored bits litter the frosting, which add nicely to the marshmallow fluff-like texture. However, what is most crazy is how sweet it is! It’s like a super duper sweet vanilla birthday cake–the exact same flavor as what comes with regular Dunkaroos, but even better as it seems slightly thicker and there’s a whole can more of it!

Overall, the frosting paired with the Dunkaroos cake (yeah, it’s a cookie mix, I know) is amazing. The frosting makes the cake stupidly sweet, which I absolutely love, and the flavors work perfectly. However, if you hate sweets and sugar, stay away.

I can’t find an exact release date, but the reviews date back to early 2022. Found on Amazon.