I just had one and was incredibly disappointed it just tasted like a kiwi without any flavor.

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    It’s ok. My son is a big fan but he has a sweet tooth and dragonfruit is nothing if not super sweet. To me it’s kind of bland otherwise.

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    1 year ago

    Ive never had one ive enjoyed. Basically slightly sweet water with texture. Incredibly disappointing fruit, and yes, I’ve had ripe ones, in Asia and in the US. They are just disappointing.

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    I’ve had a couple of bland ones, and I’ve had a couple of really sweet ones. It’s kind of a toss-up. Kind of like strawberries, some of them are really sweet, others can be tart.

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    Their taste is subtle/bland for me, but not similar to kiwi. Only the texture is vaguely similar.

    (I have a few dragonfruit plants at home, grown from the seed, but… just because I like cactuses. They need to get huge before producing fruits.)

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    1 year ago

    I had no idea that they look like Oreo cookie ice cream on the inside! Now I really want to try one.

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      1 year ago

      Dragon Fruit is disappointing. Everything about it visually makes it look like it has this strong amazing taste, but it’s pretty bland in flavour for a fruit.

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        1 year ago

        They should call it deception fruit then.

        Edit: or firepants fruit, since it looks like flames and is a liar liar.

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          1 year ago

          It’s a great addition to smoothies tho, get the nutrients without it affecting the taste too much.

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    At least the ones Ive tried, they dont taste like much. I guess thats the problem with delicate, fruit thats imported from another country. They can never pick them at peak ripeness, they gotta pick em earlier so they dont rot on the trip.

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    They are supposed to be a little sweet and not completely bland. It could be possible that yours wasn’t fully ripe, maybe.

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    They only ripen while attached to the cactus. Best is when the scales/tentacles turn slightly brown. Once you pick it the flavor can only degrade. Grocery stores always have them picked too soon because the outside looks better but it will guaranteed taste like dirt.

    But even optimally ripe, at best it’s just a big kiwi with different colour and not even very different texture. Some ever so slight difference between colours but I doubt most people could tell. I had red with white inside, red with red inside, and yellow with white inside. The yellow exterior is a different shape too.

    Source: jumped through MAD hoops to grow them in a tent indoors. They all died after the second harvest but the ones that never fruited in the bay window are still going.

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    You’re too used to super sugar desserts. There is a taste, it’s just not a knock you over taste.

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    I’ve only had it in juice form and it’s okay… It tastes the same to me as melted red Jell-O. I won’t go out of my way for it or nothin’, but I’m not gonna turn it down if offered, either.

    The inside of the fruit looks like it should taste like cookies and cream, tho.

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    You need the red ones with the purple flesh, not the pink with white flesh. The red have much more flavor