Woman compares Walmart cinnamon butter, rolls to Texas Roadhouse version. Is it worth it?

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If you have a craving for Texas Roadhouse bread rolls, you don’t necessarily have to go to your nearest Texas Roadhouse to placate it. Your nearest Walmart may do.

You read that right. On June 29, Walmart began selling Texas Roadhouse-branded frozen mini honey cinnamon glaze bread rolls that are ready to bake in your own kitchen.

How does the Walmart Texas Roadhouse version stack up against the restaurant version price-wise?

For $5.26, the container comes with a dozen mini rolls. And, more recently, Walmart started carrying the brand’s cinnamon butter. The tub holds 7.35 ounces of butter for $3.48. For comparison, if you were to purchase half a dozen rolls (let’s say half, as Walmart’s version are miniature) and a tub of honey cinnamon butter at the restaurant to-go, that would come out to $4.80 before tip. And that total would be $7.49 for the 12 dozen rolls before any tip. So, it is actually more expensive to purchase the rolls and butter in-store. However, at Walmart, you are paying for convenience and unbaked rolls.

What about a taste test?

Popular TikToker Natalie Ludwig conducted a taste test in a video that has garnered 494,000 views.

“This is a public service announcement because Texas Roadhouse finally came out with what we’ve all been dreaming about for a very long time,” TikTok user Natalie Ludwig says, holding a container of cinnamon butter in one hand and a bag of mini rolls in the other. “I made it and bought it. So, let’s see if they’re just as good as the ones you get at Texas Roadhouse.”

Ludwig, with 347,000 followers, begins by unlocking a jar of butter from Walmart. She sniffs it.

“It smells identical to the one you get at Texas Roadhouse!” she raves of the butter.

She then dips a Walmart-bought roll into the butter.

“It’s just as fluffy!” she says excitedly, biting into the roll. “This is about to go crazy at the holidays. I could see this at every Thanksgiving table.”

Now, Ludwig reveals her evaluation.

“I think the butter taste is spot on. It tastes exactly like the one you get at Texas Roadhouse,” she shares. “Of course, the bread itself isn’t as fluffy, but it has the same iconic Texas Roadhouse bread flavor. Love this. A 10 out of 10. 100%. You gotta get this,” she concludes.

Viewers felt the rolls were a game-changer, and one even preferred them to the real deal.

“I never thought that I’d be living the dream of getting [Texas] Road House rolls and honey cinnamon butter every night,” one user wrote.

“Yesss [they are] so good my mom got them for our dinner tonight and it tasted exactly like it!” another praised.

“The minis are better than the ones at Texas Roadhouse in my opinion,” a third stated.

Ludwig told the NewsBreak that she first spotted the Texas Roadhouse butter and rolls while at a Walmart in the San Diego area.

“I would 100% buy it again. The butter was incredible, definitely would use it for other food like French toast, etc,” she told the Daily Dot via Instagram direct message. “The rolls were great as well, but I think I would prefer Kings Hawaiian rolls to the frozen Texas roadhouse ones.”

The content creator says she highly recommends this option, however, for customers with no Texas Roadhouse locations near them.

“I LOVE the Texas Roadhouse rolls, of course they are the best when fresh from the restaurant,” she said. “But these are a solid option if you don’t have one near you.”

“I think a lot of people are going to love this item, I think it would be perfect for holidays and I’m surprised Texas Roadhouse didn’t come out with this sooner, genius!” she added.