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I was recently asked by Blogher to review Dreyer’s Shakes and Smoothies. Some of you may know the brand under the Edy’s name. The new product is suppose to give you parlor style shakes and refreshing smoothies in 30 seconds. They are individual servings in cups with a foil lid. No blender or scooper required for these, you just add milk and stir.
They are available in 8 flavors. The shake flavors include cookies and cream, strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate. The smoothies come in Strawberry Banana, Mixed Berry, Sunrise Blend and Tropical. I decided to pick up a chocolate shake and a tropical smoothie. Then this ice cream lovin’ family was ready to dig in!
This is what the Dreyer’s Shakes and Smoothies look like inside the cup, kind of like frosting piped in a cup. It does say on the container contents may shift or settle. As you can see from the photos the smoothie contents had settled more than the shake contents.
To make both the shake and the smoothie all you have to do is add 1/3 cup milk and stir. I used fat free milk to make both of mine. They were a little hard to stir and keep everything inside the cup. I did fine with the smoothie one, but did spill a little with chocolate shake.
I had all of my family taste test the Dreyer’s Shakes and Smoothies – my two boys who are 14 and 11, my daughter who is 7, along with me and my hubby. My hubby, youngest son, and daughter are picky eaters so I was really interested in what they thought. Here is what we thought:
Texture
At our house we like our shakes and smoothies on the thick side. The general consensus from my family was the shake was too runny. YOU can drink it from a straw and we prefer to eat our shake with a spoon. We would definitely use less milk than the package called for. The smoothie wasn’t as runny as the shake but next time we would begin with less milk.
Taste
My hubby and the boys didn’t care for the chocolate shake. They found it too bitter. I thought it was ok in flavor. I like dark chocolate so I didn’t mind the bitterness of the chocolate. However, it did have a powdery quality to it. My daughter liked the chocolate. However, everyone with the exception of my daughter LOVED the smoothie flavor. My daughter didn’t, but I think that was because there are little bits of fruit in the smoothie and she doesn’t like yogurt that has pieces of fruit in it. So I think the bits of fruit turned it off.
Ease of Use
I did find this very easy to use. The kids could fix it themselves. These require careful stirring to avoid spilling. We had a hard time keeping the mix contained in the cup, so I’d recommend using a separate container for mixing or so you may need to assist younger kids.
For more info visit Dreyer’s Facebook page.
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212 comments
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i’d love to try cookies n cream
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I really want to try the Chocolate Shake!
would love to try the chocolate shake…..sounds delish!
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I’d love to try the chocolate.
I can’t believe you don’t need a blender! Now I want a fruity smoothie!
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Mixed Berry!
I love smoothies — I’d definitely try the mixed berry one.
I’ve already tried the chocolate and LOVED it, so I’d try the mixed berry smoothie next.
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I’d love to try the cookies & cream one…will have to look for these!
I would love to try the Sunrise Blend! YUM!
I would love to try the vanilla! YUM!
I would love to try the chocolate!
I’d like to try the tropical smoothie just for something different. I usually stick to things I have handy so a tropical flavor wouldn’t ordinarily be in my kitchen.
I would love to try cookies and cream or vanilla! Yum!
I love dark chocolate also so I think I’d like the chocolate. Would also love to try the mixed berry!
Cookies and cream definitely..yumm!
I wanna try the cookies and cream, that’s my favorite ice cream flavor!
Good ol Chocolate for me.
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I’d love to try the Mixed Berry!
Thanks for the giveaway.
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I’d like to try the mixed berry smoothie
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I’d love to try the Mixed Berry
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i would try the strawberry shake
I tweeted here:
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I would like the tropical smoothie. great way to start the day
chocolate for sure. You can always sweeten up the bitter with a dash of kahlua
I love strawberry so that would be my first choice.
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I have not heard of these before now! In my neck of the woods, Dryers is Edy’s and I went to thier website to check these out and would love to try the Sunrise blend smoothie! mmm! was happy to see it was vegetarian too!!!!
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I want to try the Tropical.
Thanks for the contest.
I have yet to try these yet but they look awesome! Cookies and Cream sounds great!
I haven’t tried them yet! They look delicious! Hmmm, choc with p-nut butter!
I’ve tried the Mixed Berry Smoothie and love it. Easy to make.
:)) Strawberry, I only buy Dryers….
I would love the Chocolate shake!!!
i’d like the strawberry banana smoothie
I would like to try the strawberry banana.
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I’d start with vanilla, all flavors look good. Thanks for the giveaway!
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I’d like to try the Mixed Berry smoothie.
I tweeted
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I would like to try the chocolate shake
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I want to try chocolate first. yummy
i tweeted here:
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i’d like to try the strawberry banana smoothie
Definitely the Tropical flavor.
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Cookies and cream for sure!
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plain ol’ vanilla 4 me
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chocolate chocolate chocolate
tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/micaela6955/status/107862855193337856
definitely the tropical fruit smoothie in my house!
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I would love to try the tropical smoothie.
I’d like to try the chocolate shake.
Anything chocolate has to be good.
Chocolate sounds delish!
What a fun treat – I think they sound great!
These look amazing and I definitely want to try the Chocolate shake. I’m crazy about chocolate! Thanks for a chance to win to I can stock up some of these shakes and smoothies!
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Mixed berry smoothie sounds yummy!
Sunrise blend smoothie!
Tropical smoothie sounds great. Might cool down our heat wave?
Smoothie please
Chocolate, please
Chocolate!
Gotta go with the chocolate!!! Yummmm!
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I love Vanilla anything so I got to try it!
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I would like to try the Strawberry Banana Smoothie! 🙂
My favorite flavor of ice cream is strawberry so that is what I’d like to try!
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vanilla
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Strawberry Shake and Mixed berry smoothie.
I’m a chocolate fanatic, so that’s the one for me!
i want to try cookies n cream
https://twitter.com/#!/channynn/status/106042846238351360
Chocolate! Easy choice!
Chocolate. Hands down.
Mixed berry smoothie!
I’d try the Tropical Smoothie
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I’d like to try the Vanilla shake
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These look super delicious and I would love to try the Chocolate flavor!
I would definitely try the strawberry shake! How refreshingly fruity on a hot summer day!
cookies & cream!! 😀
Strawberry banana please 🙂 Thanks!
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Chocolate!
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YUM! I would love to try the Tropical Smoothie! I love anything with mango in it. 🙂
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Yum! Chocolate looks so good, but so does the Tropical, think I’d need to try both 😉
Chocolate!
I would love to try the vanilla … I sort of like runny shakes. 😉
https://twitter.com/#!/susan1215/status/105021024411729920
I’d like to try the Cookies & Cream
Chocolate shake, yummm!
https://twitter.com/#!/HappyTina0115/status/104768809092657152
I want to try the cookies n cream
I would love to try the Sunrise Blend. These look mouthwatering!
the cookies n cream would be my first choice
The strawberry banana smoothie sounds the best to me.
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The cookies n cream or chocolate! What a fun idea these are…
I would try the Cookies & Cream, for sure! (Now you’ve gone and made me hungry!)
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I would try the cookies & cream for sure! (Now you’ve made me hungry!)
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I would try a strawberry shake.
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I’d love to try the Tropical Smoothie first..sounds really yummy.
I would try the Strawberry shake
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I would try the Tropical Smoothie first.
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I would love to try the cookies n cream
I would try the mixed berry!
I’d like to try the mixed berry smoothie!
Hmm… they sound interesting. I would try the cookies ‘n cream or the mixed berry.
I’d love to try the Tropical Smoothie. It sounds good!
The sunrise blend smoothie sounds really good!
Cookie n Creme milkshake
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I really want to try the chocolate!!
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I’d like to try mixed berry flavor
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I was thinking chocolate, but I don’t know if I’d like the powdery quality you mentioned. Now I’m thinking one of the smoothies would be nice. Sigh. Like I need more treats… 😉
definitely chocolate shake…. 🙂
mmmmm….. sunrise blend smoothie…. yum!
I would love to try the Tropical Smoothie. These are so unique!
The sunrise blend sounds tasty!
Can i pick both?? If not, chocolate 🙂
I am a chocolate lover so I would love to try the chocolate shake!
I would like to try a shake, since I’ve tried all of the smoothies, of which tropical was the only good one!
I would like to try the mixed berry smoothie! 😀
I’d love to try the Sunrise Blend Smoothie. They all sound great!
Any flavor looks yummy, but I am always a fan of chocolate first 🙂
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id like to try vanilla!
I would LOVE to try the Tropical Smoothie!! YUM!!
Cookies and Cream all the way! They look really delicious!
Strawberry is my favorite flavor!
Definitely the strawberry banana smoothie. 🙂
The mixed berry smoothie sounds yummy!!!
I would love to try the mixed berry smoothie, yummy!
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I would love to try the Mixed Berry smoothie.
I would love to try the mixed berry smoothie. Though a chocolate shake right now sounds great.
I would love to try the mixed berry. Thanks for the chance to enter.
I would go for the Strawberry shake, or Sunrise Blend smoothie. Yumm!
tropical smoothie!
I would like to try the mixed berry smoothie 🙂
I’ve seen these in the stores and wondered how they taste. Sounds good. Would love Cookies ‘n Cream. Didn’t know about the smoothies- would like any flavor!
I would love to try these! Anything fruity.
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I’d like to try the vanilla.
I would try chocolate. There is no such thing as bad chocolate 🙂 All chocolate is wonderful!
I like the fruit idea. There’s nothing better than a frozen, fruity treat in summer for me!
I’d go for the chocolate because I love the flavor of dark chocolate.
Any of the fruit ones sound yummy
Tropical Smoothie!
The tropical smoothie sounds so refreshing.
I love chocolate anything! Yum!!
I want to try the smoothie – it looks yummy!
I’d have to try the chocolate!
I would like to try the Sunrise Blend smoothie.
Linda E.
I would like to try the tropical smoothies or any other fruity kinds.
Vanilla or Mixed Berry please:)
cool. what a fun idea!
i’d love to try the tropical smoothie
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Since you liked the smoothies better, I’d love to try the Sunrise Blend. Yum!!
I really can’t decide between the strawberry banana smoothie and the cookies and cream shake!
Yum! I’d love a cookies and cream shake 🙂
Oh my I love Edy’s ice cream. I have not even seen these on my grocery store shelf yet. Can’t wait to try the Cookies ad Cream shake!
My husband and I have a split decision…I think the tropical, he says the chocolate.
I would love to try the cookies and cream version. That sounds delicious.
I’ve tried the tropical smoothie, and I thought it was SO good. Better than I’d expected it to be! I’d really like to try the cookies and cream shake. Oh, geez, who am I kidding; I want to try them all. I have to forcibly resist these every time I walk through the frozen foods aisle.
I would try the Sunrise Blend smoothie. These look yummy.
I would love to try the Mixed Berry! Sounds delish!
Cookies and cream, but if they ever had a peanut butter/chocolate one, I’d go for that!
Would love to try the Cookies and Cream 🙂
I would love to try any of the smoothies! I have tried the chocolate shake before and didn’t love it, but the cookies and cream was pretty good.
I’d like to try the Wild Berry smoothie, and the Cookies and Cream shake.
I would probably have to give the Chocolate shake a try, although the Cookies and Cream shake sounds yummy too!
Chocolate shake for me. I like mine thick too. Thank you!
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I’m a chocolate shake kind of girl and that looks heavenly
I would try the Sunrise Blend smoothie.
The Wild Berry Smoothie and the Tropical Smoothie both sound good!
Cookies and cream – yum!
I would LOVE to try the Strawberry Banana!
I typically like thick shakes as well but since being pregnant I have been craving a simple runny chocolate shake. These sound perfect.
I’ve tried the smoothies but not the shakes. I love dark chocolate, so I’ll have to give the Edy’s chocolate shake a try.
The Tropical looks amazing!
Cookies and Cream shakes and the Wild Berry smoothie! Yum! 🙂
Chocolate for sure… especially if it’s bitter like dark chocolate!