Have you ever taken the last bite of your DOLE Whip at Disney World while secretly wishing that you could just bottle up the treat and all the magic and take it home with you?
Pineapple Dole Whip
Well, now you can! DOLE has launched a store-bought DOLE Whip line in grocery stores featuring pineapple, mango, and strawberry flavors. If that sounds like a dream come true to you, it’s about to get even better.
When we heard that the DOLE Whips might pop up in the Orlando area, we made a grocery run to the Walmart in Kissimmee, Florida, and we found Mango DOLE Whip in the freezer aisle for $7.24! The box contains four 3.6-ounce cups. It goes without saying that this bad boy ended up in our cart. Forget dinner plans — it’s DOLE Whip time.
DOLE Whip time!
The box contains four individually-packaged DOLE Whip cups. The box recommends letting the cups thaw for 5-10 minutes so that the DOLE Whip will be extra creamy.
Back of the DOLE Whip Box
When we took the cups out of the box, we couldn’t help but notice how small and cute they are! Each cup is 110 calories and is dairy-free, so plant-based eaters can enjoy this treat (just like they can with most DOLE Whip flavors in the parks). The ingredients in this grocery store version also seem to be more “real” than the ones used in the parks’ version of DOLE Whip. If you check out the wholesale DOLE Whip mix that Disney uses, you’ll find that the first two ingredients are Sugar and Dextrose. By contrast, the first two ingredients in the kind we found at Walmart are Mango Puree and Organic Coconut Cream (although the Walmart version still contains some sugar).
So…what does it taste like? Does it live up to the DOLE Whips in the parks? Let’s find out.
DOLE Whip time!
WOW. This snack is DELICIOUS. It is so creamy — much creamier than we expected. We’d even say that it’s creamier than the DOLE Whips in the parks. The consistency is similar to coconut cream. Coconut is the second ingredient, so this makes sense! However, it doesn’t have a coconut flavor at all. It tastes like fresh, creamy, blended mango.
This snack is DFB-approved!
We also can’t ignore how great of a deal this is. At the price of $7.24 for four containers, this version seems to be cheaper than the snack in Disney World. (That price for the box puts each cup at $1.81.) Although you get more in each serving in the park, a single serving of DOLE Whip at Aloha Isle in Magic Kingdom costs $5.99.
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This was a great review! It sounds delicious!!!!!
I can’t wait to try it too
On my way to Walmart!
My favorite continues to be Orange. It only comes from A) Sunshine Tree Terrace in MK and B) my house when I mix orange sherbet with a splash of milk.
I hope this pilot is successful so Dole will add Orange to the collection.
Purchased the pineapple flavor. My 11 year old grandson didn’t like them. I tried one and hated it too. Reason— tastes like coconut. Look at ingredients. Organic coconut cream. Didn’t taste like pineapple at all. Other two went in trash. What a letdown!
I just got these from Costco and was quite excited to try and didn’t read the ingredients. They are absolutely disgusting. I do not like coconut flavored things and this tasted mostly of coconut with a faint taste of pineapple. While the taste was gross the texture was nice.
I was so excited to purchase these cups. I feel in love with it in Hawaii. I found a local frozen yogurt place that had it. Exact replicate of what I had in Hawaii. I thought it would be perfect to buy the individual cups. The taste was horrible, it truly taste like coconut oil. Not even close to what you get in Hawaii. The rest are going to the trash. Truly disappointing. Back to the yogurt shop
Just finished my first, and probably last supermarket pineapple dole whip. Seems they forgot the part where it tastes like pineapple not coconut. Not even close in flavor. Planning my next trip to Disney World to get some of the real stuff.
Sorry I didn’t read the comments before I bought is ****. It really is horrible. Dole should be ashamed of putting their name on this horrible product! Very disappointed!!!
The grocery version is NOT vegan because they have added honey to the recipe. Those who are strict vegans will not be able to eat this. Good news, though, as the other comments mentioned, the taste is disgusting (strong fake coconut flavor) so you aren’t missing anything.
These are god awful. I’m so stunned that you liked them 😂
I believe anything would be better than the Dole Whip served at Disney. No offense to anyone that likes it, but this summer I finally tried it after seeing it at the Parks for 10+ years. It’s exactly what I thought it would be: underwhelming and not very good! Of course it would have to do with the ingredients. Last I checked dextrose, gums, coconut oil, artificial flavor and mono/diglycerides are not top notch ingredients in anyone’s kitchen! Yuck. The ingredients of the grocery store one and the one at the Parks is so different they almost shouldn’t be called the same thing, but there is marketing for you. Thanks for this! Signed a subscriber of DFB
Kind of surprised anyone thinks the organic coconut cream tastes fake – I believe them, it’s just that it’s the one at the Parks with the artificial ingredient, not the one in the store.
I was SO EXCITED when I saw these in the grocery store last week, that I bought a box of each of the 3 available flavors…Pineapple, Strawberry and Mango. They cost nearly $8/box, but I did not care because I WILL NEVER FORGET how good the Pineapple Dole Whip was at DisneyWorld, and I have not been there in 30+ YEARS! It was as magical of a memory to me, as the park itself!
BUT THESE…I AM SO SORRY TO SAY THIS…THEY ARE BEYOND DISGUSTING! They are INEDIBLE, in my opinion. I was/am so disappointed. I feel duped by a trusted brand name. They are NOT JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT (than those sold in the parks)…they have literally NOTHING in common…except the Dole brand name on the label. I am shocked that a company as historically good as Dole wants to be associated with a product that is this awful. I VERY RARELY throw food away that is not spoiled, but being that these are perishable I cannot donate them, and so sadly they are indeed dumpster bound. :
Not a Whip at All. Don’t waste your money. These are terrible. I paid $7.99 a box. I really would like my money back!!!! I tried the pineapple and mango.
I have to say – this is a completely different product: 20 ingredients in the product in the park and then there is this. The one in the park has chemicals as flavorings and the one in the store has real fruit. Coconut oil in one in park, coconut milk in the one in the store. They had to change the product for the store in part because if there were to list the ingredients of the one in the park, I honestly think their sales would go down.
This is a completely different product: 20 ingredients in the product in the park and then there is this. They had to change the product for the store in part because if there were to list the ingredients of the one in the park, I honestly think their sales would go down.