Blue Bunny Triple Chocolate Cake Ice Cream

[New for 2011, now discontinued] You know, if some random person can create a holiday that no one can actually prove exists (i.e. today), then I hereby elect myself the Supreme Scooper Upper of said national holiday. As the SSU, I must pick a new product that best represents said holiday, and I know just the carton.

Blue Bunny Chocolate Lovers Triple Chocolate Cake Ice Cream

Chocolate Ice Cream with Fudge Chocolate Cake Pieces

and Ribbons of Thick, Chocolate Frosting

I wandered down the aisle looking for some chocolate ice cream to celebrate National Chocolate Ice Cream Day, but to really celebrate, I figured it had to be something new. Lucky for me, Blue Bunny's Chocolate Lovers Triple Chocolate Cake premium ice cream was sitting there waiting for me. It says Chocolate Lovers, so how more fitting can it get? This is one of the four new flavors endorsed by Ace of Cakes star Duff Goldman.

Now the cake pieces are kind of hiding, but boy oh boy do I have my eye on a certain frosting swirl staring me right at me. Let's see if we can dig out a few cake bits.

Here they are, though I don't think they are meant to be washed in the sink. They are a good quarter inch thick and a decent overall size. Now I usually eat the samples after I do the penny test, and for the first time in a long time, I was shocked at just how fudgy these little buggers are. They're not too hard and somewhat gooey, and boy oh boy were they surprisingly chocolaty. The good news here is, they aren't even the best part of this treat.

The frosting swirl isn't exactly easy to film, but I think we've got a decent example here. It's not super thick most of the time, but when you scoop yourself a bowl that is swirl - ice cream - swirl - ice cream - swirl, well, it's mighty good. Since it's technically frosting and not sauce, it's got a nice bit of frosting grit to itself. Add in that it has a somewhat unique taste (for a swirl) and what you get is something that blends really well with the ice cream. Having had so many ice creams, it's all about what sets a flavor apart nowadays, and this one does that. I was enamored that I was scraping my bowl because I didn't want it to end. My fear now is that every bowl won't be this good.

Now let's step back for a second and re-exam the name Triple Chocolate Cake. We've got the chocolate base ice cream which is fairly standard Blue Bunny chocolate. We've also got the frosting swirl which works great with the base. Third is cake bits, but there is a part of me that says you don't need them. To be honest, my daughter didn't even eat  all of her cake bits, though she did enjoy the ice cream as a whole. I'm not saying they are bad because they are way better than the ones in the Chocolate Fudge Brownie Breyers BLASTS, I just want to stress that the frosting is the star here.

So, as ruler and emperor of National Ice Cream Holidays, I hereby declare Blue Bunny's Triple Chocolate Cake Ice Cream as the "official" ice cream of Chocolate Ice Cream Day 2011.

Verdict?  Nice
Buy Again?  Sure

On Second Scoop: I hate to say it, but I was wrong about this flavor. I didn't get home 'til after 7, it was way too hot for normal food, so I scooped myself a small bowl of this stuff and it was really good. In fact, I had a second small bowl to chase the first. Do you want to know what sold me on this flavor tonight? The cake bits. Oh the frosting swirl was working the room, but it felt like I was getting two cake bites in every scoop and it was really working for me. Nice job on this one Blue Bunny.

On Third Scoop: It's been a few weeks now and I just finished off a bowl of this most excellent ice cream. The thing that got me excited this time? The wonderful layers of chocolate frosting. I didn't get many cake bits this time and I didn't care. Just keep laying that wondering frosting on my spoon.

Final BB - Duff Goldman Rankings:

1. Triple Chocolate Cake
2. Strawberry are Forever Shortcake
3. Caramel Fudge Brownie Sundae (2013)
4. I Do, I Do Wedding Cake
5. 24 Karat Carrot Cake (2012)
6. Red Carpet Red Velvet Cake

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1/2 cup (74g) Servings Per Container  14
Amount Per Serving
Calories 190	from Fat 90
	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10g	15%
- Sat Fat 5g	24%
- Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 25mg	9%
Sodium 45mg	2%
Total Carbohydrate 25g	8%
- Dietary Fiber  1g	5%
- Sugars 19g
Protein 3g
Vitamin A 4%	Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 8%	Iron 6%