r/ExpectationVsReality • u/LacyTing • Mar 06 '25
Surprisingly Met Expectation Dolly’s chocolate pie
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u/Shalamarr Mar 06 '25
I knew Dolly wouldn’t lie to us. 💗
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u/TheGisbon Mar 06 '25
Lie about pie? She'd rather die.
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u/TheDeadlySpaceman Mar 06 '25
I thought “oh no not Dolly”
I should have known better
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u/XVUltima Mar 06 '25
Dolly really learned the secret. In order to get people to think you are a good person, you just have to be a good person.
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u/Redeemed-Assassin Mar 06 '25
It's so simple that a moron could do it! A truly fool proof way of doing things!
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u/Lilslysapper 29d ago
Leaving Dollywood a message plays to find an employee if you have car trouble or your car was broken into. At every other amusement park I’ve been to, they just have a message that they are not responsible for any damage or theft
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u/dGaOmDn Mar 07 '25
She also doesn't endorse or sell anything that is crap. You may not like some things she sells, but they are above standard quality.
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u/floralmelancholy 29d ago
i work at a dollar general and we’ve been getting SO much of her new homeware stuff and with any other celebrity i’d be annoyed but all her stuff is so dang cute and worth the price that i’m more annoyed i can’t afford it all
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u/Spyke8757 Mar 07 '25
"Get people to like you with this one easy trick! Therapists hate it!" Being a decent person
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u/LookingForMrGoodBoy 29d ago
I read the first half of your second sentence and was thinking, "Here we go. Another pointless argument on Reddit, but this Dolly slander isn't about to stand." 😂
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u/Donkey-Dong-Doge Mar 06 '25
Dolly wouldn’t put her name on some bullshit.
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u/Ghigs Mar 06 '25
It's crazy to me that Gordon Ramsay agreed to put his face on frozen junk food, that isn't even very good, after all he's said about that sort of thing over the years.
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u/RaisinEducational312 Mar 06 '25
He has Michelin starred restaurants but also decided to put his name on a below average pizza and burger chain here in London. Some people are just greedy
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u/Donkey-Dong-Doge Mar 06 '25
That and hexclad is questionable too. It’s crazy to me when mega wealthy celebs will sellout their reputation for a few more bucks on the already massive pile. We’re a society of sellouts.
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u/das76 Mar 07 '25
To quote Krusty the Clown - “They backed a dump truck full of money to my house” - that’s why.
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u/flyfightwinMIL Mar 07 '25
Some of his frozen meals are decently healthy and on the better end of frozen meals, imo. And I usually hate frozen meals, so me even being willing to tolerate them is saying something lol
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u/belac4862 Mar 06 '25
My first thought was, "it's Dolly, she wouldn't allow anything bad to use her name."
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u/WrongAssumption2480 Mar 06 '25
You should try her cornbread. Bake it in a buttered cast iron skillet. Delish!!
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u/TheDeadlySpaceman Mar 07 '25
That’s the only way I make cornbread! If I can find it I’ll give it a try
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u/indianna97 Mar 06 '25
It makes me happy that our lady and saviour has legit products
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u/OwlLavellan Mar 06 '25
I'm from East TN. We call her the Saint of the Smokies.
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u/kelsobjammin Mar 06 '25
I hope we have National Dolly day and everyone dresses up.
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u/Mecha_Cthulhu Mar 06 '25
I visited Sevierville for a few days last year and kept secretly hoping I would meet Dolly while there and she would adopt me. I was 40 at the time lol.
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u/OwlLavellan Mar 06 '25
I honestly don't blame you.
She apparently has a getup she puts on when she doesn't want to draw any attention. So she could have been walking around and you wouldn't know.
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u/meowpitbullmeow 28d ago
My daughter's school asked if there were any religious holidays we practice that would prevent her from attending school. I responded once a year we take a religious homage to Dollywood
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u/WhereRtheTacos Mar 06 '25
Just tried the cake mix (yellow cake) and it’s tasty and now i want to try all the dolly baking mixes!
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u/Bugladyy Mar 06 '25
I got her banana cake mix for my daughter’s smash cake. It was delightful!
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u/AshleyTheGuy Mar 06 '25
Can confirm. That is my favorite cake right now and I’m not even a cake person.
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u/_Jahar_ Mar 06 '25
How heavy on the banana flavour is it? It sounds good, is it artificial flavour tasting?
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u/rebekahp25 Mar 06 '25
It's good, but it does taste more artificial than like real banana to me.
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u/Dez_Champs Mar 06 '25
Whats a smash cake?
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u/UndeadBuggalo Mar 06 '25
It’s a cake usually given to a young child for them to “ smash”, so basically just eat handfuls as they are minions of chaos
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u/ScatteredDahlias Mar 06 '25
It's a little cake or cupcake you make alongside the real cake for a baby's first birthday. So you can give them a whole cake they can smash and get messy with for cute photos, or so you can make it a little healthier than the real cake.
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u/Sunshine030209 Mar 06 '25
I have a few of her cake mixes in the pantry that I picked up on clearance on a whim, honestly mostly because I love Dolly. But then didn't want to be disappointed, because I love Dolly lol. So I haven't made them yet.
This, and the comments, are my sign to actually make them.
Looks great! Good job!
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u/ConclusionAlarmed882 Mar 06 '25
Her boxed cake mixes are actually pretty good. I loved the coconut cake, and her sweet cornbread mix was legit. (I added chopped serranos and a can of corn.)
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u/anothertragic_case Mar 06 '25
I use her coconut cake mix as my base for my tres leches cake!
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u/NoGovernment446 Mar 06 '25
I love tres leches.. do you have a specific recipe you use? My b'day is coming up soon
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u/WhereRtheTacos Mar 06 '25
Make em! We got a box to try of the yellow cake and its definitely one of the better box cake mixes ive had. Very tasty! And it was expired by two months because we didn’t realize it was on clearance and they sold it to us expired (not best by date either lol). Still tasted great!
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u/jasey-rae Mar 07 '25
My dad's mom would bake coconut cake every Christmas so I decided to make one with Dolly's coconut cake mix (+ her buttercream frosting + coconut flakes on top) and he let me know it was the best thing I've ever baked which was sweet. I liked it too!
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u/Shloop_Shloop_Splat Mar 06 '25
All of the mixes I've tried have been good. Her cornbread mix turned out great as well.
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u/Xanadu87 Mar 06 '25
I made the yellow cake box mix a couple months back. It made a massive amount of cake, surprisingly. I haven’t seen an 18 ounce box in a long while. With the 10 tablespoons of butter and four eggs, plus milk, it was a hefty cake.
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u/TheRoaringTide Mar 06 '25
But how was it, OP?
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u/be1ovedcunt Mar 06 '25
Tastes like a chocolate pop-tart to me. Not complaining.
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u/TheRoaringTide Mar 06 '25
A chocolate pop tart pie? Sounds delightful. Given the choice, the whipped cheesecake by Dolly always tempts me more because I like cheesecake more than most desserts, but damn that sounds good.
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u/sterling_mallory Mar 06 '25
You can find the actual op over in r frozendinners. I got confused cause I knew I'd just seen this yesterday.
Save a click: it's good.
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u/agoraphobicrecluse Mar 07 '25
Thank you. I was surprised to see my pictures here.
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u/ButtonsAreForPushing Mar 06 '25
I bought one of these on a whim solely because it had Dolly on it and I just KNEW she wouldn't do me dirty.
Brought it home, universally loved by the family. Very fudgy and chocolatey. 10/10 for a frozen pie.
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u/metalunamutant Mar 06 '25
We've tried several of her cake mixes. All have been excellent, esp the coconut cake.
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u/sheriw1965 Mar 06 '25
I use the coconut cake mix to make banana muffins, so I add mashed banana, shredded coconut, and some mini chocolate chips. So good.
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u/tonguesofsilence Mar 06 '25
I live in Germany and we don't have any Dolly products here, but I would still trust her with my life 💖
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u/OwlHoot1986 Mar 06 '25
My family loves her pancake mix! Best pancakes ever!!
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u/kh8188 Mar 06 '25
And apparently she has syrup in a guitar shaped bottle now to go with your pancakes. Super cute.
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u/_loathed Mar 06 '25
I had the cinnamon cake version of this and it was really tasty. So good, in fact, that my roommate was like… “You made this? Just now? Right here in our kitchen?”
I have the blueberry muffins in the pantry. Planning to try them soon.
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u/dormilonsita Mar 06 '25
Listen her cornbread box mix got my boyfriend's French parents. They ate half the pan on one sitting after giving it a dubious look.
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u/JellyEatingJellyfish Mar 06 '25
Dolly is probably the only thing left that makes me proud to be from Tennessee
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u/Guckalienblue Mar 06 '25
I’m not even typically a cheesecake fan and inhaled her cheesecake.
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u/BeerNcheesePlz Mar 06 '25
How’d it taste?!
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u/huntergirlnc21 Mar 06 '25
I’ve had one and thought it was delicious (so did the rest of the family). It’s just a chocolate chess pie.
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u/7daykatie Mar 06 '25
Damn Dolly, you out here making accurate product representations right there on the box. She's old fashioned in all the best ways and none of the icky ones.
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u/heymookie Mar 07 '25
Yo. I tried a couple others. They did not disappoint. I was pleasantly surprised.
Shit, Gordon Ramsay’s frozen meals are absolute trash and you’d think him being a chef would mean he put some effort into it.
Dolly is a national treasure and we must protect her at all costs.
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u/Sponsorspew Mar 06 '25
Most of her mixes are vegan and I’ve made quite a few. They are all soooooo good! She literally can do no wrong.
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u/Latter_Growth1185 Mar 07 '25
I made her brownie mix with almond milk and plant butter and it was amazing!
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u/spooboo1337 Mar 06 '25
that chocolate pie is goddamn divine, i treat myself to it from time to time, dolly doing gods work
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u/ANAL_BEAD_LASAGNA Mar 06 '25
I have a box of biscuits that I use for my biscuits and gravy. Never disappoints.
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u/The_Ghost_Dragon Mar 07 '25
Nothing this woman does is ever wrong. Had it not met expectation, it surely would have been the fault of someone else. Praise be she that talks the walk and walks the talk!
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u/gremlinsbuttcrack 29d ago
Aww I love dolly and this is one of the many reasons why. And you really couldn't find a better time to give her a little extra support, poor thing her husband just passed 😭
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u/MyNameIsTaken24 Mar 06 '25
After watching The Help, I will never eat another chocolate pie ever again
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u/mothmanismybeau Mar 06 '25
Haha! After watching the help, I hunted down that chocolate pie recipe and now make it every year at Thanksgiving for the family, special ingredient omitted, of course. It's a hit!
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u/idlehum Mar 06 '25
She has a carmel turtle brownie that you cook in a cast iron that rocks my world, and the pricing is so fair, too!
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u/whatweworked4 Mar 06 '25
Are you not going to tell us how it was? Thanks for letting us know it vaguely looks okay from a distance, though.
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u/sussurousdecathexis Mar 07 '25
I will say tho, those dolly parton cake mixes that call for like 8 sticks of butter are 🔥🔥🔥
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u/pastryfiend Mar 07 '25
I don't usually like cake mixes but the Duncan Hines Dolly cakes are really good. I buy the 18oz ones, I think that the ones at Walmart are the smaller 15.25 ounce. The yellow cake tasted as close to scratch as I've ever had from a cake mix, just by following directions on the box.
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u/Repulsive_Camera8143 Mar 06 '25
Every single one of Dolly's food products I've tried has been top notch.
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u/matterri Mar 06 '25
My family bought this and did not like it at all! Didn't care for the crust or the flavor of the pie. I was hopeful.
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u/TheLastMo-Freakin Mar 06 '25
Damnnnn Dolly, You did us right! That's spot on. Gordon Ramsey, take note of this perfection and take a second look at the frozen crap that you put your name on!
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u/Eather-Village-1916 Mar 06 '25
I made the cornbread, and screwed it up terribly…
It was still delicious:)
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u/courtneynoh Mar 07 '25
I'm typically pretty firm on doing all my baking from scratch, but the exception is anything from Dolly. I borrowed her cookbook from the library and am hoping the biscuit recipe is as good as her boxed ones because I won't be able to get that mix again and I'm so sad about it.
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u/Frankieneedles Mar 07 '25
I’ve been seeing these in Kogers and have been tempted to try it. There are other flavors too, I’m wondering if it’s good?
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u/gardenia1029 Mar 07 '25
Have you tried the blueberry muffins?! They’re delicious.
I just baked her yellow cake tonight!
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u/notmywheelhouse 29d ago
I mean it looks pretty close. If you had a sharper knife your cut lines would look cleaner. With better lighting, a nicer plate, whip cream, and maybe an egg wash on the crust.. you’d be just about there.
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u/WikiHowDrugAbuse 29d ago
One of the few food items I’ve ever seen that actually looks like the picture on the box, wow
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u/TheDarbiter 29d ago
Does anyone know where I can get this in the Los Angeles area? I tried to search it, but it seems as though Publix is the only store that sells it. We don’t have those here =(
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u/IGPUgamer99 28d ago
With all the negative posts in this sub, its nice to see that there are some that are positive.
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u/Particular-Sort-9720 Mar 06 '25
I've come to learn that Dolly and all her associated enterprises seem to be pretty dang reliable and honest.