Boston Cream Pie

We picked up Shake Shack's Saturday custard - Boston cream pie - at the Upper West Side Shake Shack since we found ourselves at the museum today.  We were excited to see how the Shake Shack rendition would taste (since we couldn't remember if we tried this before or just always meant to).

No circle sign for flavor of the day. They do have them on the UWS but they are next to the regular food line and therefore hard to photograph.

M's thoughts:

I don't really have much experience with Boston cream pie (or Boston cream donuts) since I was never really that into cream/custard filling. Not surprising that I had no expectations for this custard.  I thought maybe it would just taste like chocolate but, while chocolate was a dominant flavor, it did seem like something else was mixed in.  In the end, I decided it tasted to me like a glazed donut with chocolate icing (but not quite as sweet as a donut).  Maybe it didn't exactly fit the Boston cream pie description but I did enjoy the custard.

A's thoughts:

Boston cream pie donuts are one of my favorites, and this was one that I was a little worried about. I have a very high standard when something comes with the name Boston cream pie attached to it. In the end I was not impressed. Sure it had chocolate flavoring, and it had a pretty good cake/donut hint to it, but it missed the thing that I really love the most: the pudding-like custard filling. Yes, I understand that it's a frozen custard treat, but I just needed that creamy, sweet custard. It was a decent Shake Shack flavor overall, but it just wasn't a Boston cream pie.

Boston cream pie

A's rating: 6/10

M's rating: 8/10