TeeVee Snacks, Krispy Kreme Lemon Glaze

Fun fact: Krispy Kreme doesn’t even sell the Lemon Glaze donuts in Australia, and yet they have a biscuit imitation of it on supermarket shelves.

I thought I was done with the Krispy Kreme mini-saga in October when I wrapped up the first batch of five flavours. So, imagine my surprise when I’m doing my weekly shop and see not one, but two new packages on the shelf: Lemon Glaze and Mocha.

So, this month we’re diving back into donut-biscuit territory, and you know what? It’s not a lemon, in the car sense at least – it’s pretty good!

Arnott’s teeVee Snacks Biscuits Caramel Delight was inspired by Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.

• Arnott’s (Not on their website, annoyingly)

I wrote in the last-place Lemon Crisp review that I like lemon deserts, but that bickie’s Achilles' heel was the bizarre and controversial choice to include salt. The TeeVee Snacks, instead, do not suffer the same foolhardy conviction, and keep things sweet and delicious. I enjoy the sprinkles common across most of these Krispy Kreme tie-ins, and the lemon flavour is delightful, not overbearing or under-utilised. This is a good biscuit.

I do wonder, though, if this marks a change in new product releases by Arnott’s. For a long time, the Tim-Tam has been used as a testing bed for ridiculous flavour combinations, but recently there have been strange TeeVee Snack experiments, like these Krispy Kreme donuts and the Tic-Tac-Toe-looking set I’m yet to try. It’s a curious development, if it’s true.