We Tried Kraft Pickle Mayo…and It’s a Big Dill

I’ll be honest, I was skeptical about Kraft Pickle Mayo. The logical part of my brain kept reminding me that pickle mayo is essentially just burger sauce or Thousand Island dressing without the ketchup, but the animal part of my brain just kept saying, “Ewwww…eggy pickles,” over and over. That was all before I tried it, though. Boy, am I glad I pushed through that mental block, because this stuff rules.

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Kraft Pickle Mayonnaise Dressing

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Pros: My expectations were pretty low, but Kraft once again proved that they are, in fact, a big dill and that they do, in fact, know what they’re doing. This pickle mayonnaise tastes like a perfect blend of burger sauce and tzatziki in the best possible way. It is tangy, salty, garlicky, and dilly, and has a hint of fresh cucumber flavor. It is sweet but not too sweet. It’s punctuated with actual chunks of dill pickle. Texture-wise, it’s fluffy, light, and (I can’t believe I am saying this about a mayo product) almost refreshing. This Kraft Pickle Mayonnaise would be great on a burger, a gyro, fish and chips, carrots, a melt, fries, an egg salad or tuna salad sandwich, with a fox, in a box—the list could go on. This stuff is so tasty I would even go as far as calling it a cucumber dill aioli. It has graduated from being a mayo in my book. If you are a fan of cucumbers, pickles, or mayo-based dips and burger sauces, I highly recommend giving this one a go.

Cons: If you don’t like dill or cucumbers, you won’t like this. But then again, if you don’t like dill or cucumbers, I would imagine you aren’t buying a pickle mayo. My one gripe is that it says “Kraft Pickle Mayonnaise Dressing” on the front, and I would certainly classify this as more of a mayo, sauce, or aioli than I would a “dressing.” I would want to thin this out a bit before putting it on a salad (not that I think that would be bad; in fact, it would probably be delicious). But who knows? Maybe the amount of stuff in this mayo (pickles, dill, etc.) forced Kraft to call it a “dressing” instead. Food laws are weird like that sometimes. Bottom line, though: This is a really great product and does pretty much exactly what it claims to do—and does it well.

Rating:

9/10

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