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The Unofficial Ice Cream thread

Little G's Cookie Butter Crunch:
Grade: B+
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"Cookie Butter Ice Cream with cookie butter swirl, and mini chocolate chips, and crushed speculoos cookies."

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If you ever had cookie butter from Trader Joe's this is an exact replica but in ice cream. For those who love cookie butter they might die and go to heaven with how pure and luscious the flavoring is in each and every spoonful. I have to say this is the best cookie butter ice cream base that is offered on the ice cream market

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he cookie butter swirl is much smaller then many folks are use to who buy little G's. Normally you are engulfed with monstrous size spoonful's of swirls as you dig down a pint, but this seems to be small and subtle. It is nothing that is hidden by any means, but had potential to be larger like her salted caramel, marshmallow, and signature swirls show in her other pints. The speculoos cookie pieces are similar to the Trader Joe's ice cream which are very small but add a crunchy element to the base. If you took a gingersnap cookie and smashed it into pieces that would be the best way to describe the mix-in. Lastly the chocolate chips have been used in many of her previous pints (Go banana's, magic bar, and cowboy cookie), so these are very straight forward.
 
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Little G's Cookie Butter Crunch:
Grade: B+
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"Cookie Butter Ice Cream with cookie butter swirl, and mini chocolate chips, and crushed speculoos cookies."

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If you ever had cookie butter from Trader Joe's this is an exact replica but in ice cream. For those who love cookie butter they might die and go to heaven with how pure and luscious the flavoring is in each and every spoonful. I have to say this is the best cookie butter ice cream base that is offered on the ice cream market

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he cookie butter swirl is much smaller then many folks are use to who buy little G's. Normally you are engulfed with monstrous size spoonful's of swirls as you dig down a pint, but this seems to be small and subtle. It is nothing that is hidden by any means, but had potential to be larger like her salted caramel, marshmallow, and signature swirls show in her other pints. The speculoos cookie pieces are similar to the Trader Joe's ice cream which are very small but add a crunchy element to the base. If you took a gingersnap cookie and smashed it into pieces that would be the best way to describe the mix-in. Lastly the chocolate chips have been used in many of her previous pints (Go banana's, magic bar, and cowboy cookie), so these are very straight forward.
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Man, you got a bum swirl... mine was melted but that just meant the bottom 1/3 was a solid rock of cookie butter and choc chips ha. Basically I've been eating it sideways
 
mkretz said:
This sounds amazing minus the chocolate chips...just too many and too hard
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I enjoyed the chocolate chips in the Little G flavors/pints. No issues on my end.
and exactly why I wrote in my review
"I personally enjoyed it paired with the cookie butter, as others did not care for them."
 
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I enjoyed the chocolate chips in the Little G flavors/pints. No issues on my end.
and exactly why I wrote in my review
"I personally enjoyed it paired with the cookie butter, as others did not care for them."
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Agreed. There's a ton but they're very small which is key. Keeps them from being a nuisance or overpowering flavor
 
Little G Sticky Bun
Grade: C
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"Salted Caramel Ice cream with sticky bun chunks, candied pecans, and cream cheese frosting swirl."

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The salted caramel ice cream is yet another new flavor brought in the summer pack. The richness and saltiness of the flavor is very strong. Some people claimed it was too salty, but to me I enjoyed the base. The base ice cream is so similar to the salted caramel swirl that was featured in Bangin' Baklava

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Since it is labeled sticky buns, I was hoping these would be the highlight, but I was wrong. Dry, weak in flavor, and were very hard to chew. These were a total bust, as was my luck with he cream cheese frosting swirl. Maybe I have bad luck with Little G's but this is my 10th pint I have had without a swirl or mix-in present. This was virtually Salted Caramel Candied Pecan.
 
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Little G Sticky Bun
Grade: C
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"Salted Caramel Ice cream with sticky bun chunks, candied pecans, and cream cheese frosting swirl."

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The salted caramel ice cream is yet another new flavor brought in the summer pack. The richness and saltiness of the flavor is very strong. Some people claimed it was too salty, but to me I enjoyed the base. The base ice cream is so similar to the salted caramel swirl that was featured in Bangin' Baklava

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Since it is labeled sticky buns, I was hoping these would be the highlight, but I was wrong. Dry, weak in flavor, and were very hard to chew. These were a total bust, as was my luck with he cream cheese frosting swirl. Maybe I have bad luck with Little G's but this is my 10th pint I have had without a swirl or mix-in present. This was virtually Salted Caramel Candied Pecan.
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mine was identical... no sign of any cream cheese to be found
 
New Salt & Straw October Menu drops today...> Candycopia should be back

AH Re-releases NO Sleep Till Pumpkin, but in a 4 pack with 2 chit flavors

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S and S lineup for October

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Candy copia is great rest of flavors meh
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essence of ghost... tastes like death? nothing? haha no clue wtf that is.

freckle and hyde I assume is some type of ginger reference...

would try the bugs one just for the fun of it haha.
 
booneman77 said:
essence of ghost... tastes like death? nothing? haha no clue wtf that is.

freckle and hyde I assume is some type of ginger reference...

would try the bugs one just for the fun of it haha.
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Dracula Blood Pudding - We’ve taken careful measures to balance both delectable and frightful. A heady mix of spices and cream are cooked into real blood pudding,with a hint of chicken liver, and then spun in our ice cream laboratory.

Essence of Ghost - Imagine jets of tasty gray passing through a deep foggy sherbet. Each bite delivers a shrill set of flavors that are bitter, sweet, and slightly musky

creepy crawly - fresh green-grass ice cream that hides swarms of real grasshoppers, ants and other insects, trapped in fragments of hard candy amber
 
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Dracula Blood Pudding - We’ve taken careful measures to balance both delectable and frightful. A heady mix of spices and cream are cooked into real blood pudding,with a hint of chicken liver, and then spun in our ice cream laboratory.

Essence of Ghost - Imagine jets of tasty gray passing through a deep foggy sherbet. Each bite delivers a shrill set of flavors that are bitter, sweet, and slightly musky

creepy crawly - fresh green-grass ice cream that hides swarms of real grasshoppers, ants and other insects, trapped in fragments of hard candy amber
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bugs sounds fun except for that grass base ha... ive had some "grass" flavored stuff before and its awful.

ghost sounds like eating moth balls. F that.

blood pudding could be good tho as long as its sweet enough
 
��Little G's Peanut Butter Buckeye��
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��"Milk chocolate ice cream with peanut butter swirl, buckeyes, and peanut butter cookie dough."
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The chocolate reminds me of a melted Hershey candy bar solidified into ice cream. The richness of the chocolate is not super strong, but it has the bold aftertaste of a true chocolate you would expect from a milk chocolate. The density on this pint was the strongest of the pack as it had to temper a bit before being able to fully enjoy a proper consistency of ice cream.

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The buckeyes in this pint were loaded. I easily got 30 of them from top to bottom. This was one of the most consistent Little G Ice creams I have had with all mix-ins and swirls present. The buckeyes are a little hard on the outside, but the center is a perfect sweet peanut butter. The richness of the peanut butter and the hard outside chocolate shell go very well together. The peanut butter swirl like seen in Chocolate PB Cup and Cowboy Cookie is massive, and when I mean massive it is in chunks throughout the entire experience.
 
Fall Lineup coming from Clementines

Gooey PCP (Pumpkin Caramel Pecan)
pumpkin ice cream, chunks of pumpkin caramel pecan gooey butter cake

Bourbon Kentucky Pie
vanilla bourbon ice cream has chunks of chocolate pecan kentucky pie

Vietnamese cinnamon apple pie
vietnamese cinnamon ice cream with chunks of scratch made apple pie


HNNNGGGGG
 
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Fall Lineup coming from Clementines

Gooey PCP (Pumpkin Caramel Pecan)
pumpkin ice cream, chunks of pumpkin caramel pecan gooey butter cake

Bourbon Kentucky Pie
vanilla bourbon ice cream has chunks of chocolate pecan kentucky pie

Vietnamese cinnamon apple pie
vietnamese cinnamon ice cream with chunks of scratch made apple pie


HNNNGGGGG
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best seasonal lineup we've seen yet. nice.
 
Little G's Magic Bar
Grade: B-
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"coconut ice cream with butterscotch chips, graham cracker crumbs, mini chocolate chips and magic bar chunks."

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Little G's nails the coconut flavoring in her base. For anyone who truly enjoys coconut you will want to make sure this base does not get changed in the future because its stellar. The sheer amount of coconut flavoring is not overpowering, but it is just right to help let the mix-ins still shine and provide their part of the picture when you grade all aspects of the pint.

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The mini chocolate chips as featured in go bananas, cookie butter crunch, and a few other flavors are self explanatory. These are mini milk chocolate chips that help enhance the magic bar feature. The same can be said about the butterscotch chips to give this a dual flavored candy vibe. The graham cracker chunks were crunchy and were small chunks consistent from top to bottom in my experience. The magic bar chunks were virtually a combo of everything provided in this pint, but much larger in size. I got some chunks that were the size of Graeter's signature chocolate chips up to 1/2" in size.
 
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Little G's Magic Bar
Grade: B-
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"coconut ice cream with butterscotch chips, graham cracker crumbs, mini chocolate chips and magic bar chunks."

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Little G's nails the coconut flavoring in her base. For anyone who truly enjoys coconut you will want to make sure this base does not get changed in the future because its stellar. The sheer amount of coconut flavoring is not overpowering, but it is just right to help let the mix-ins still shine and provide their part of the picture when you grade all aspects of the pint.

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The mini chocolate chips as featured in go bananas, cookie butter crunch, and a few other flavors are self explanatory. These are mini milk chocolate chips that help enhance the magic bar feature. The same can be said about the butterscotch chips to give this a dual flavored candy vibe. The graham cracker chunks were crunchy and were small chunks consistent from top to bottom in my experience. The magic bar chunks were virtually a combo of everything provided in this pint, but much larger in size. I got some chunks that were the size of Graeter's signature chocolate chips up to 1/2" in size.
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I think this was the best of the pack in terms of base and mix ins combo. I LOVED how much graham cracker was in mine.
 
booneman77 said:
I think this was the best of the pack in terms of base and mix ins combo. I LOVED how much graham cracker was in mine.
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The only problem was there was horrible QC issues in some pints with the graham cracker chunks

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Just like with anything hand packed you either win some or lose some
 
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The only problem was there was horrible QC issues in some pints with the graham cracker chunks

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Just like with anything hand packed you either win some or lose some
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that doesn't look like a problem to me haha... I want all the graham... just mix that bad boy up a bit
 
US gets another flavor from Europe. Almost identical to One Sweet Whirled (Caramel/Coffee Ice Cream with Marshmallow & Caramel Swirls, and coffee flavored fudge chips)

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Spotted @ Walmart. Go figure another flavor with fudge chunks.....
 
��Little G's Mississippi Mud Pie��
��Grade: A-
��Coffee Ice cream with brownie chunks, chocolate sandwich cookies, and salted bownie batter swirl
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It provides a nice coffee vibe without going over the top. Some people are very thrown off by coffee ice cream and absolutely despise it, but if you do give this a shot I think people would truly appreciate it. Needless to say the base is almost lost with the conjunction of mix-ins that are provided.

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The sandwich cookies are chunked up oreo's that are everywhere. If you ever had Chocolate Milk & Cookies, Fluffer Cookie, Coffee Milk & Cookies you know exactly what I am talking about. The crunchiness and sweet cream filling really helps go hand in hand with the coffee base. Brownies are a good mix-in for coffee base ice cream as we saw in the "Eye Opener" from ample hills, so this was another wise choice. The density and chewiness is on point as the rich chocolate brownies really pack a punch. The salted caramel brownie swirl was hard to find, but you can still pick up the sweet and luscious flavor as you rip through the ice cream.
 
��Salt & Straw Petunia’s Peach Crumble Bars��
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��We chop up freshly baked peach crumble bars filled with jammy stone fruit goodness and stir them by the handful into an impossibly delicious lightly spiced coconut ice cream streaked with caramel ribbons that’s every bit as indulgent as our signature ice cream recipe"
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Vegan flavors are very dense in nature, but yet somehow Salt & Straw finds a way to keep the ice cream creamy and very rich in taste. These vegan flavors will need an extra 5-10 minutes minimum to temper then a usual S&S Flavor. With that said the quality and amount of flavor does not disappoint. Being a guy that does not enjoy a strong coconut flavor the amount is subtle and manageable

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From first bite the sides were laced with caramel swirl, and bars were present on the surface of the ice cream. The swirl blisters your taste buds with a strong caramel flavor that packs a luscious aftertaste. The overall richness, sweetness, and taste is one of the best caramel's I have ever had. It almost made me think of 2nd Street's Copper Kettle Caramel which was one of my all time favorites. the crumble bars were scattered throughout the pint, and were massive in size. Some bars were around 1/2" thick in size and have a soft, chewy, and moist texture to them. The jam filled bars give you a nice surprise as the outside melts in your mouth and the filling is like icing on the cake.
 
Ben & Jerry's One Sweet World:
Grade: B+
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"Coffee Caramel ice cream with fudge chunks & Swirls of marshmallow and salted caramel".

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The coffee base in B&J's is great, and for some reason it is not seen a lot. Not only in B&J, but in the ice cream industry as a whole. The subtle flavoring of a cold brew is also matched with a light roast. There is no bitterness to the coffee just a very smooth flavor from your vey first bite.

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The Fudge flakes I personally think they are boring, they don't add much to the pint, and the chocolate flavoring is just average. The caramel swirl was very hard to find in this experience. There was a small glimpse at the very top , but other then that I think it gets lost as the base is a portion of caramel as well. The marshmallow swirl on the other hand was no joke. This almost reminded me of eating a turkey hill quart with how large this aspect was. Towards the center I was eating chunks of marshmallow. The flavoring of it was just right and the texture was like fresh marshmallow fluff.
 
Ben & Jerry's One Sweet World:
Grade: B+
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"Coffee Caramel ice cream with fudge chunks & Swirls of marshmallow and salted caramel".

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The coffee base in B&J's is great, and for some reason it is not seen a lot. Not only in B&J, but in the ice cream industry as a whole. The subtle flavoring of a cold brew is also matched with a light roast. There is no bitterness to the coffee just a very smooth flavor from your vey first bite.

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The Fudge flakes I personally think they are boring, they don't add much to the pint, and the chocolate flavoring is just average. The caramel swirl was very hard to find in this experience. There was a small glimpse at the very top , but other then that I think it gets lost as the base is a portion of caramel as well. The marshmallow swirl on the other hand was no joke. This almost reminded me of eating a turkey hill quart with how large this aspect was. Towards the center I was eating chunks of marshmallow. The flavoring of it was just right and the texture was like fresh marshmallow fluff.
 
Where did you find it, Bob? Is it one that's only in select stores?

I'll look for it tomorrow when I get off shift. Sounds worth a try.
 
MidwestBeast said:
Where did you find it, Bob? Is it one that's only in select stores?

I'll look for it tomorrow when I get off shift. Sounds worth a try.
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Right at the bottom of the review (Click on the link) ---> Giant Eagle
Also spotted at 7/11, Kroger, Meijer
saw a few in columbus at those stores.
 
has anyone found the pumpkin halo top? my mom found it in pitt but so far i ahvent seen it anywhere and i usually ahve things asap in my home kroger in atl... really bummed cuz i heard its amazing
 
In about every store in erie Tops, Giant Eagle, and Wegmans.
Saw it @ Kroger/Meijer in Columbus over the weekend..
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has anyone found the pumpkin halo top? my mom found it in pitt but so far i ahvent seen it anywhere and i usually ahve things asap in my home kroger in atl... really bummed cuz i heard its amazing
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has anyone found the pumpkin halo top? my mom found it in pitt but so far i ahvent seen it anywhere and i usually ahve things asap in my home kroger in atl... really bummed cuz i heard its amazing
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I tried it and its ok in my opinion. The best flavor in the Halo Top line if I was to vote would be Candy Bar and Pancakes and Waffles. Bought the vanilla yesterday and couldn't even finish half a cup. Threw it out it was so bad which is surprising because I've liked all the other flavors enough to finish the entire pint.
 
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I tried it and its ok in my opinion. The best flavor in the Halo Top line if I was to vote would be Candy Bar and Pancakes and Waffles. Bought the vanilla yesterday and couldn't even finish half a cup. Threw it out it was so bad which is surprising because I've liked all the other flavors enough to finish the entire pint.
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I've also had it. They carry it at my Giant Eagle. It's not sweet like pumpkin pie, but the spices are definitely there. They did a good job, it's just not for me. Current favorites are oatmeal cookie, s'mores, and peanut butter cup. But I switch up. My wife is obsessed with caramel macchiato, and I must say it is pretty damn good
 
booneman77 said:
dayyyummm... looks like pumpkin with a caramel blondie... I assume these are an order direct from clem's only?
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No blondie
Gooey = Butter Cake
Caramel Pecan = Caramalized Pecan's.
Pumpkin = Base

Correct just email them and they will get you taken care of
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I would suggest a 4/6 pack order, and also request the other available flavors. if S'mores or Gingerbread are available you can grab those with ease. Very Very good flavors.
 
Salt & Straw Oregon Honey Rocky Road:
Grade: B+
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"We start with rich and decadent chocolate cream cheese ice cream and stir in candied hazelnuts from Freddy Guys, a family-run orchard in the middle of the Willamette Valley. A ribbon of honey marshmallow fluff made with the best Portland’s Bee Local honey finishes things off with ooey-gooey magic in every bite. Sweet, crunchy, and oh-so-chocolatey, this flavor is anything but old fashioned."

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In 2016 the base was pure dark chocolate, this year they changed it to a decadent chocolate cream cheese ice cream. Honestly the taste was not that much different; The dark chocolate was not as rich due to the cream cheese in the ice cream base. The tanginess from the cream cheese was never tasted because Salt & Straw produces one of the best chocolate ice cream bases on the market.

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The real star of the show was the marshmallow fluff swirl. I was actually blown away with this because it literally stretched across the entire pint. After digging in about 5 or 6 bites I struck gold. When I mean gold, this was over an inch in diameter and full of rich, thick, and luscious flavor. The icingo n the cake was the small hint of honey in the aftertaste that is harvested from bees in oregon. The amount of candied hazelnuts in the pint were mostly towards the bottom, but they were large in size and offered a great
 
Salt & Straw Almond Brittle with Salted Ganache
Grade: A

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Salt & Straw's Grandma Malek's Almond Brittle recipe to the next level with our own house-made, perfectly soft, chocolatey ganache. For those who have never had almond brittle it is basically sugar, corn syrup, butter, and crushed up almonds. This recipe is then baked and made into a very hard bark."

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The vanilla base in Salt & Straw is fantastic. I would be hard pressed to tell you its not one of the best on the ice cream market.

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Thinking this is ice cream you would imagine it would be rock hard. Wrong. Salt and Straw found a way to keep the buttery, sugary, and delicious almond brittle to not break your jaw. Each bite was delicious and had the perfect flavor to compliment the outstanding base. Combine the rich chocolate ganache and you had a sweet, savory, and salty combination. The chocolate ganache had an everlasting flavor of dark chocolate fudge, and is extremely soft and moist. Absolutely stellar on both mix-ins.


Bottom line : Simple yet executed to perfection
 
Graeter's Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip:
Grade: B-
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"Original Salted Caramel ice cream, still crafted by cooking brown sugar and cream with a pinch of salt, even more decadent with the addition of our gourmet, signature dark chocolate chips".

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The Salted caramel base is good, but I was hoping the caramel would pack more of a punch then what I did get. Right away as you dig into your first bite the flavoring of the caramel is noticed, but it is subtle to me

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As we all know by now if you have ever scooped a Graeter's flavor is they are known for their signature chocolate chips. These dark chocolate chips can be massive in size(upward to an inch in thickness), and explode on your taste buds with flavor. Since Graeter's does utilize the French Pot Process when mixing their ice cream sometimes you can get a ton of mix-ins and sometimes there can be a little bit less then desired. These chocolate chips are soft, melt in your mouth, and have the perfect density to be frozen in ice cream.
 
New jimmy flavor coming
Marshmallow moon ...

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vanilla ice cream
marshmallow & Graham Swirls
Fudge Chunks (EVERY SINGLE F'in PINT).

With how in their last few releases one of the swirls is non-existant (graham in one love) and caramel in one sweet world. If this is vanila with marshmallow swirl and fudge chunks it would ... vanilla..
 
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New jimmy flavor coming
Marshmallow moon ...

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vanilla ice cream
marshmallow & Graham Swirls
Fudge Chunks (EVERY SINGLE F'in PINT).

With how in their last few releases one of the swirls is non-existant (graham in one love) and caramel in one sweet world. If this is vanila with marshmallow swirl and fudge chunks it would ... vanilla..
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vanilla... with fudge chips haha... aka the most boring of boring. That said, if they actually got a good swirl of both, this could be awesome...really love anything graham and marshmallow
 
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vanilla... with fudge chips haha... aka the most boring of boring. That said, if they actually got a good swirl of both, this could be awesome...really love anything graham and marshmallow
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They always jip you with 2 swirls think one love and one sweet world

This is also online and scoop shop only
Online ordering is $20 shipping
 
Here is an inside look of the new flavor Marshmallow moon
as noted the graham is almost totally missing:

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B&J always skimps on dual swirls
 
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