Ice Cream Review: Salt & Straw Strawberry Honey Balsamic with Black Pepper (8.5/10)
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by Christine Coulson
8M ago
Brand Salt & Straw Flavor Strawberry Honey Balsamic with Black Pepper Rating 8.5 of 10 Review Pint Description from S&S Website: A strawberry triple threat. We steal a trick from the Italians, using balsamic and citrusy cubeb black pepper to help coax out the fruit’s acidity and brightness. We experimented with several ways to keep rich dairy from obscuring the bright quality of fresh strawberries. Our favorite was to reclaim their acidity with a splash of honey balsamic, then blend in earthy, spicy cubeb pepper to play off the fruitiness. We also weave in generous swaths of strawberry ..read more
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Ice Cream Review – Van Leeuwen Key Lime Pie (8/10)
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by Christine Coulson
9M ago
Ice Cream Brand Van Leeuwen Flavor Key Lime Pie Rating 8 of 10 Review Description from Walmart Website: …nothing makes us happier than this Key Lime Pie Ice Cream. Because it reminds us of vacation and vacation is good. Good like key lime ice cream made even gooder with pieces of graham cracker crust. Please excuse us while we put up our OOO message. Sunnies on. This was a seasonal flavor available from Walmart in Summer 2023. Key Lime Ice Cream: A somewhat bold lime flavor. Not too sweet. Lighter texture, not quite as thick and creamy as the typical VL pint. Somewhat icy, which can be a probl ..read more
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Ice Cream Review – Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food
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by Christine Coulson
10M ago
Brand Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Phish Food Rating 8 of 10 Review Description From Ben & Jerry’s Website: “Chocolate Ice Cream with Gooey Marshmallow Swirls, Caramel Swirls & Fudge Fish” Chocolate Ice Cream: Rich, creamy, and smooth, with a strong milk chocolate flavor. Gooey Marshmallow Swirls: So often we get something that’s not really marshmallow. But this is true marshmallow fluff swirl. It’s soft and pliable, not frozen. One big glob of it—see the cross section picture—and several thin swirls throughout. The swirls are too thin to add much flavor other than sweetness. Caramel Swirl ..read more
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Ice Cream Review -Molly Moon’s Calamansi Creme Cake (8/10)
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by Christine Coulson
11M ago
Brand Molly Moon’s Flavor Calamansi Cream Cake Rating 8 of 10 Review Description from Molly Moon’s website: “We’re proud to partner with our friends at Hood Famous Bakeshop again and to bring back Calamansi Cream Cake, one of our most popular collaboration flavors. We use Hood Famous’ homemade calamansi curd, made from the calamansi citrus—a hybrid flavor of kumquat and mandarin. We fold in big swirls of the curd into our sweet cream ice cream along with bite-sized chunks of homemade vanilla pound cake. Every bite is luscious, fresh, and irresistible!” This was a May 2023 seasonal flavor. Swee ..read more
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Ice Cream Review – Van Leeuwen Chocolate Covered Strawberry (7/10)
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by Christine Coulson
11M ago
Brand Van Leeuwen Flavor Chocolate Covered Strawberry Rating 7 of 10 Review Van Leeuwen’s Pint Description: “…nothing makes us happier than this Chocolate Covered Strawberry Ice Cream. Chocolate ice cream with strawberry pieces throughout. A combo typically reserved for special occasions but if you’re holding this pint, it is a special occasion. Time to break out the good silver and dancing shoes.” This was a limited edition flavor available at Walmart in early 2023. Chocolate Ice Cream: This ice cream base is dense, thick, and chocolatey—a milk chocolate with some tang to it, almost malty, pe ..read more
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Ice Cream Review – Van Leeuwen Honey Graham Cracker (7/10)
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by Christine Coulson
11M ago
Brand Van Leeuwen Flavor Honey Graham Cracker Rating 7 of 10 Review Description from Pint: “…nothing makes us happier than this Honey Graham Cracker Ice Cream. Because what’s the best part about a pie? Definitely the crust. That’s the only right answer. Especially when the crust is graham cracker. So that’s why this makes us happy – brown sugar ice cream with pieces of graham cracker pie crust and swirls of honey.” This was a Walmart exclusive limited edition flavor available in Spring 2023. Brown Sugar Ice Cream: Sweet. Smooth and creamy. A subtle brown sugar flavor, and some cinnamon as well ..read more
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Ice Cream Review – Van Leeuwen Blood Orange Chocolate Chip (7.5/10)
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by Christine Coulson
11M ago
Brand Van Leeuwen Flavor Blood Orange Chocolate Chip Rating 7.5 of 10 Review Description from Walmart Website: “…nothing makes us happier than this Blood Orange Chocolate Chip Ice Cream. Because this sweet cream ice cream doesn’t feature swirls of regular orange, it features swirls of blood orange, which everyone knows is the cool orange. And only the cool oranges are accompanied by dark chocolate chips.” This was a limited edition flavor available only at Walmart in Spring 2023. Sweet Cream Base: Rich and creamy with a sweet, dairy flavor. Not overly sweet. An enjoyable blank canvas base. Blo ..read more
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Ice Cream Review – Molly Moon’s Black Powerful (8.5/10)
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by Christine Coulson
11M ago
Brand Molly Moon’s Flavor Black Powerful Rating 8.5 of 10 Review Pint Description from the Molly Moon Website: “If you’re into rich, chocolate & nutty flavors then Black Powerful is a must try! When we asked Natasha about creating her dream ice cream flavor, she had a vision of a dark rich ice cream to match the theme of her most recent book, “Black Powerful.” A collection of “sharply rendered, breathtaking reflections from more than one hundred Black voices.”” “So we created a black sesame tahini ice cream giving you a deep nutty flavor with just a hint of bitterness, that amplifies the r ..read more
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Ice Cream Review – Van Leeuwen Strawberry Shortcake (7.5/10)
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by Christine Coulson
1y ago
Brand Van Leeuwen Flavor Strawberry Shortcake Rating 7.5 of 10 Review Description from Walmart Website: “…nothing makes us happier than this Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream. The goodness in this flavor includes cold-ground vanilla, jam from Oregon-grown strawberries, and pieces of shortcake. And when there’s this much goodness, it’s good for you. Probably.” This was a Limited Edition spring 2023 seasonal flavor available only at Walmart. Vanilla-Strawberry Base: The base is sweet and creamy. It has a strawberry flavor with a hint of vanilla. The flavors are subtle. You can detect the strawberry ..read more
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Ice Cream Review: Molly Moon’s Brown Sugar Blondie (7/10)
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by Christine Coulson
1y ago
Brand Molly Moon’s Flavor Brown Sugar Blondie Rating 7 of 10 Review Description from Molly Moon Website: “A rich molasses and brown sugar ice cream studded with bite sized morsels of homemade dense and chewy brown sugar blondies with white chocolate chunks.” This was a seasonal flavor available at Molly Moon in April 2023. Brown Sugar Ice Cream: Smooth and creamy with a rich mouthfeel. Sweet, but not cloying. A pronounced dairy note. The brown sugar flavor is subtle. It’s an enjoyable, high quality base, but the brown sugar flavor could be stronger. I can’t taste molasses at all—happily enough ..read more
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