There are a lot of Lindt Lindor Truffle flavors (we recently tasted and ranked 32 Lindor Truffle flavors, if you need proof). And now there’s even more! This year, Lindt released a new Lindor Truffle flavor for Valentine’s Day: Cherry Vanilla, which joins Dark Strawberry and Strawberries & Cream as a seasonal, V-Day offering.
Exclusive to Target, Cherry Vanilla truffles contain a creamy white chocolate center surrounded by a red-speckled cherry-white chocolate shell. It sure looks pretty. It sure sounds good—if just because it’s not strawberry flavored, which everything seems to be these days. But is this new Lindor Truffle flavor sweet enough for your sweetie? I popped a few of these balls in my mouth to find out.
Pros: As noted above, this new truffle looks great. I love a speckled chocolate truffle—it’s artistic. And it’s fun to eat art. The texture is classic Lindor—you bite through a creamy shell and get to an even creamier interior. And the vanilla flavor has a good vanilla bean essence. End of compliments. Cons: I tried a few of these truffles and the flavor varied. Some tasted like vanilla and vanilla alone, which was boring but not too bad. Others did taste like cherry, but very medicinal cherry that finished on a chemical note. This new Lindor Truffle flavor is simply not up to snuff with the other Lindor Truffle flavors. It’s clunky at best. Maybe you can get these for a frenemy as a passive aggressive Galentine’s Day gift.
Justine Sterling is the editor-in-chief of Sporked. She has been writing about food and beverages for well over a decade and is an avid at-home cook and snacker. Don’t worry, she’s not a food snob. Sure, she loves a fresh-shucked oyster. But she also will leap at whatever new product Reese’s releases and loves a Tostitos Hint of Lime, even if there is no actual lime in the ingredients.
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From Lindor I’m surprised. But given you agree most flavours are great, I’ll take your word. They should have used a real cherry centre or bits through; cherry flavour rarely tastes perfectly cherry, a touch too much and you’ve got a cough drop every time! I seen they have a new cheesecake flavour as well, hoping it’s good, though raspberry wouldn’t have been my first choice.
I must have got lucky and got a good batch. All were delicious with a great balance of cherry and vanilla flavors, with the cherry reminding one of cordials common at Christmas. The core also had a nice cooling sensation.
I also tried the raspberry cheesecake and wow was it awesome.
If I only had one complaint it would be that these flavors are Target exclusives. But fortunately their shipping was a fairly painless procedure.
Sorry you got some bad ones Justine. Hopefully you can try them again sometime and get a better batch! 😀
From Lindor I’m surprised. But given you agree most flavours are great, I’ll take your word. They should have used a real cherry centre or bits through; cherry flavour rarely tastes perfectly cherry, a touch too much and you’ve got a cough drop every time! I seen they have a new cheesecake flavour as well, hoping it’s good, though raspberry wouldn’t have been my first choice.
I must have got lucky and got a good batch. All were delicious with a great balance of cherry and vanilla flavors, with the cherry reminding one of cordials common at Christmas. The core also had a nice cooling sensation.
I also tried the raspberry cheesecake and wow was it awesome.
If I only had one complaint it would be that these flavors are Target exclusives. But fortunately their shipping was a fairly painless procedure.
Sorry you got some bad ones Justine. Hopefully you can try them again sometime and get a better batch! 😀
What about the raspberry cheesecake