{"id":33708,"date":"2024-04-24T15:28:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T22:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/?p=33708"},"modified":"2024-04-26T12:56:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T19:56:52","slug":"dr-pepper-creamy-coconut-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/article\/dr-pepper-creamy-coconut-review\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re Pretty Nuts About New Dr Pepper Creamy Coconut (Zero Sugar, Too)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We cover a lot of new soda releases here at Sporked<\/em>. A lot of them are updated takes on beloved brands, like Coca-Cola, Mtn Dew, and Dr Pepper\u2014and, frankly, a lot of them make us wonder why brands try so hard to improve upon sodas that were pretty flawless to begin with. We\u2019re Coca-Cola<\/a> purists. We\u2019re Mtn Dew<\/a> purists. But a new summertime soda is putting our Dr Pepper-purist status to the test. Dr Pepper Creamy Coconut and its no-cal counterpart, Dr Pepper Creamy Coconut Zero Sugar, are hitting stores as we speak. And at risk of spoiling our full review, I gotta say, this stuff is pretty nuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Pepper Creamy Coconut<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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Dr Pepper is, famously, a concoction of 23 flavor components<\/a>\u2014will one more spoil the bunch? Well, if the flavor is strawberry, yes<\/a>, but if it\u2019s creamy coconut\u2026definitely not. Everyone on the Sporked<\/em> team really freaked for this soda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pros: <\/strong>My colleague Jordan Myrick is of the opinion that this new soda tastes like Dr Pepper poured over a hunk of fresh coconut. But there\u2019s definitely a creamy component, too. To me, this tastes like Dr Pepper spiked with sweet, delicious coconut snow cone syrup. Basically, whether you like fresh coconut or you like saccharine faux-coconut, you\u2019re gonna like this soda. The coconut flavor is bold but it doesn\u2019t taste like suntan lotion, which is a real feat for a coconut-flavored product. Dr Pepper Creamy Coconut is, and I can\u2019t stress this enough, delicious. And it still tastes like Dr Pepper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cons:<\/strong> Okay, I know I just said this still tastes like Dr Pepper (and it does), but the coconut flavor is the most prominent component. As I wrote in my notes, \u201cIt\u2019s not 23 flavors plus coconut, it\u2019s coconut plus 23 flavors.\u201d And this probably goes without saying, but if you hate coconut, you\u2019re not going to like this soda.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

9.5\/10<\/p>

Sporks<\/p><\/div>

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Dr Pepper Creamy Coconut Zero Sugar<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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Dr Pepper Creamy Coconut Zero Sugar tastes very much like the corn syrup-sweetened version, although I think the intensity of the artificial sweetener (aspartame) does counteract the intensity of the coconut flavor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pros: <\/strong>If you\u2019re a diehard diet soda drinker, you probably aren\u2019t going to be tasting this Zero Sugar Dr Pepper Creamy Coconut alongside the original version\u2014which means you won\u2019t notice the discrepancy. In fact, forget you even read this! Just go drink and enjoy your soda! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cons:<\/strong> If you\u2019re not a diehard diet soda drinker, you will certainly notice the aspartame aftertaste in this can. But it\u2019s not a deal breaker. Promise.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

9\/10<\/p>

Sporks<\/p><\/div>

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Just what the Dr ordered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":33711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,357],"tags":[],"articletype":[45],"coauthors":[385],"class_list":["post-33708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beverages","category-soda-beverages","articletype-new-product-reviews"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NPR_DR-PEPPER-CREAMY-COCONUT_HEADER.jpg","posts_featured":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33708"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33840,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33708\/revisions\/33840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33708"},{"taxonomy":"articletype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articletype?post=33708"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=33708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}