# Walmart makes the best tiramisu **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 9, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322 "2024-05-09T16:42:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/1 "2024-05-09T16:42:21Z")
Tiramisu is one of those pleasures I discovered late in life so I haven’t tried it at too many places. But none of them beat the Walmart version. It is made with a firm cake rather than lady fingers so they call it Marketplace Tiramisu Cake. Just had some for breakfast. It is simply amazing. It could stand a touch more coffee dusting but that’s it. Born in Arkansas, baked in Canada, sold by ol’ Sam Walton, recommended by Mixdenny. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/2 "2024-05-09T16:48:30Z")
Wrong. The tiramisú I make every two weeks and then freeze is better. I am sure. My wife takes one portion out every morning and if I get to wake up at the right moment, when it is still half frozen but already creamy, it is unbeatable. Want my recipe? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/3 "2024-05-09T16:51:39Z")
Wmart pizza is really good, too. You may need to arrange the pepperoni to suit you, but it’s a decent eat. The crust is excellent. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/4 "2024-05-09T16:53:12Z")
@mixdenny & @burpo_the_wonder_mutt, you two are just posting this to get a rise out of the Italian-Americans on the board, aren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/5 "2024-05-09T17:02:35Z")
I wish I could still eat tiramisu. I would try Walmart’s, even though they’re a 45 minute drive away. The best we ever found was at a certain Safeway store. @le sigh@ ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/6 "2024-05-09T17:14:40Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > you two are just posting this to get a rise out of the Italian-Americans on the board, aren’t you? Oops, not really, sorry. Now if I claim the Walmart Carbonara is the best that would be going too far. But seriously, it’s 3 bucks. Try the tiramisu and report back. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/7 "2024-05-09T17:19:15Z")
Having eaten tiramisu all over Italy, I must emphatically quibble with the premise of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/8 "2024-05-09T17:20:54Z")
I think Walmart sells several tiramisus. They have a large bar cake version and probably a frozen one. I’m talking about the single serving tiramisu in the fresh cake area. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/9 "2024-05-09T17:33:56Z")
From _Sleepless in Seattle_: **Rob Reine** r: Tiramisu. **Tom Hanks** : What is “tiramisu”? **Rob Reiner** : You’ll find out. **Tom Hanks** : Well, what is it? **Rob Reiner** : You’ll see. **Tom Hanks** : Some woman is gonna want me to do it to her and I’m not gonna know what it is! **Rob Reiner** : You’ll love it. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/10 "2024-05-09T17:36:13Z")
A lot of Walmart brand stuff is surprisingly good. I almost never balk at “Great Value” products. That said, I think I’d try tiramisu made by a pastry chef or in a real bakery before you proclaim Walmart’s version the “best”. It’s one of those desserts where ingredients and technique really stand out, unlike some others. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/11 "2024-05-09T17:49:08Z")
[Kroger’s tiramisu](https://www.kroger.com/p/private-selection-tiramisu-cake-square/0001111062570) doesn’t look like something I’d be eager to try, but their Private Selection products have turned out to be good in a number of cases. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/12 "2024-05-09T18:29:32Z")
For chains, I think Macaroni Grill had the best Tiramisu. I ate at a place in Manhattan that was better though. It was near or in the Chelsea area. But thus far, my daughter makes the best Tiramisu I’ve had. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/13 "2024-05-09T18:43:44Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Having eaten tiramisu all over Italy, I must emphatically quibble with the premise of this thread. Ditto. Good on the OP for finding a tiramisu he likes, but there’s no chance any mass-produced baked good is the “best.” ---
**Author:** ![mjmartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mjmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmartin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/14 "2024-05-09T18:47:17Z")
Has anyone had a bad tiramisu? I’ve eaten it at cheap places and expensive places, and it all tastes pretty damn good to me. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/15 "2024-05-09T18:49:02Z")
I’ve had disappointing Tiramisu. They skimped on the coffee liquor/coffee flavoring and it had been frozen and then thawed before presented. But it was still fairly good despite that. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/16 "2024-05-09T19:03:25Z")
That movie was the first I heard of tiramisu, so I was looking forward to trying it. Except that I dislike coffee, so it’s not something I choose. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/17 "2024-05-09T19:15:37Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Wmart pizza is really good, too. It really is. I remember the first time we bought it, it’s take-and-bake stuff (not frozen). We got it because, whatever, it’s cheap and we’re already here. We tried it and it’s so much better than we expected. Especially the pepperoni one. I would have never guessed that Walmart’s cheap take and bake pizza was that good but it is really good. The crust has a lot to do with it, but the toppings are really good too. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Except that I dislike coffee, so it’s not something I choose. I hate coffee but like tiramisu. Then again, I like plenty of sweet things with coffee in them, including frappuccinos, though half the time it’s despite the coffee. I think of it as the way I love beer-battered things and beer cheese but can’t stand to drink beer. Heck, I would not like drinking mustard as a beverage either, but it’s great on many foods. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/18 "2024-05-09T19:31:21Z")
Like I say, I haven’t had it at too many places. But take the one that Olive Garden sells. How would you rate it? The Walmart version is much better in my opinion. Walmart also has a freakin $260 tiramisu cake (two whole cakes). It doesn’t even list how big it is. The one I buy looks just the same: [https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Original-Cakerie-Tiramisu-Layer-Dessert-Cake-2-per-case/5324881511?from=/search](https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Original-Cakerie-Tiramisu-Layer-Dessert-Cake-2-per-case/5324881511?from=/search) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/19 "2024-05-09T19:32:16Z")
Olive Garden is more on par with Pizza Hut than a place that is good. Not serious Italian Food. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322/20 "2024-05-09T19:48:43Z")
The premise of this thread is just begging for a [Jordan Schlansky take](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx1B0Fkc51U&t=106s) on Wal-Mart “Marketplace Tiramisu Cake”. Stranger [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-makes-the-best-tiramisu/1001322.md?page=2)