Chocolate-Topped Cinnamon Swirls Different But Tasty

It can be difficult to break people of what they hold to be absolute truths. For examples, cinnamon rolls are tasty pastries with a vanilla-based frosting. Right?

So what happens when you smear chocolate frosting on top of a cinnamon roll instead of the traditional white frosting?

You confuse people. At least that’s what happened when we served Rhodes Anytime! Chocolate Cinnamon Swirls to The Spokesman-Review Reader Food Panel. Several members had a hard time comprehending the combination of cinnamon rolls and chocolate.

And while they commented on the strange combination and lamented what some perceived as messing around with the original, the freezerto-oven cinnamon rolls scored just a fraction below four stars with the panel.

The bottom line: Who can pass up cinnamon rolls no matter what kind of frosting it has?

Rhodes AnyTime! Chocolate Cinnamon Swirls

Price: $3.49 19 ounces (6 rolls)

Nutrition information per roll (with frosting): 230 calories, 9.5 grams fat (37 percent fat calories), 500 milligrams sodium and 22 grams sugar.

Taste: ****

Value: **

Comments: “Great pick-me-up any time of the day. Great chocolate taste.” - Dorey Fairchild.

“Great chocolate flavor - warm and gooey.” - Mike Connelly.

“It’s a sin to mess with a true cinnamon rolls. It’s better with white frosting.” - Rich Clemson.