Kotas Reviews Chobani Chipotle Pineapple Yogurt

Greek Yogurt is the yogurt of choice for foodie hipsters these days, even though it is super trendy now. Chobani is my brand of choice, mostly on the strength of their blended Key Lime flavor. They are also aiming for that lucrative "mix-in pack-in" market with a variety of unusual flavor pairings. I looked at one last week, and today we have another one. Let's dive into Chipotle Pineapple!

And by dive, I mean carefully open and consume.

Pineapple is one of those fruits that I think tastes divine by itself, but tends to not mix well with other flavors. It's so sweet that it overpowers other fruit flavorings, and while it tends to meld better with savory fare, the texture isn't always the best thing for a given meal. Chipotle is...certainly a flavor that I do not hate, though I find it is usually (in manufactured foods) simply a code word that means "vaguely spicy, but not too spicy". Actual chipotle flavors seem to have a smokiness that most things labeled "chipotle" do not. All that in mind, how does a pre-packaged yogurt hold up?

At least it looks like granola this time.

Well, it is closer to what I was expecting this time. The pineapple yogurt is pretty decent pineapple yogurt. The Greek style offsets the all consuming sweetness well and make for a good solid blend. The mix-ins this go around and much more granola in style, and the flavor is...well, it is more smokey than spicy, so it's okay. I would not eat them plain. 

BOO YEAH! 

Mixed in, the flavors actually work together somewhat, but still not very good. The chipotle flavor comes through faintly, and the pineapple's sweetness is muted slightly. This is not a bad thing, but mostly what I'm eating is "slightly less sweet pineapple yogurt with some granola", rather than "chipotle and pineapple together at last". Is it bad? No. Is it good? Well, no. It's okay, and never rises above that.

On the FACE Rating System, this gets an unsurprising zero faces. It is neither particularly good nor particularly bad, it just is. Try it, I guess, if it isn't too expensive, but really, just buy some pineapple Greek yogurt and throw in some plain granola. You'll get about the same experience.