Well, it sure smells good enough, and it's definitely very cool looking.
In fact, let's zoom in on the swirl.
Yeah, I've never seen that in a swirl before. It's like cocoa powder. We better dig a little deeper.
I start munching through my bowl and it's not terrible.... definitely not terrible. There is some mint effervescence but not the kind that you might find trapped in a premium ice cream. In fact, it's kind of weird how it's not COLD COLD. Like I can take a bite that looks like ice cream but it totally tastes room temperature. It's a little disturbing (or maybe it's just the mint messing with me).
Ok, it's not bad, it's just not real satisfying. We're kind of back to the whole too smooth for a cookie flavor thing that I mentioned when digging into the slowchurned Edy's version. There are cookie bits here and there, but nothing large, nothing standing out. If there were more, I might actually be happy right now. This certainly isn't the worst of the blasts flavors. You won't regret purchasing this one, you just wont be running off to say "oh you gotta try this". Hey, at least I didn't suffer this time!
On Second Scoop: I'll admit it, this one is hard to hate. Oh there's plenty of ways to improve it, but there's nowhere near the shock that I got from Samoa. Breyers thin mint is just a neat looking ice cream though I do wish it had way more cookie pieces. I miss the the bits of chocolate cookie shell that we've found in other versions. I've had better, but that doesn't make this one bad. If you want to try this one, I won't stop you.
Verdict? Not Terrible
Buy Again? Better options
This is the best ice cream I have ever had. I don't know what this person is talking about because I found huge chunks of cookies in my ice cream and once almost a whole thin mint! I am not the only one who loves this ice cream, either. At my local grocery store, every girl scount mint flavor is sold out almost every single time I go to buy it. This is sooo worth it. You will NOT be disappointed.
ReplyDeleteIt ain't that damn good. The flavor is plain and the cookies sparse.
Deletewhen commenting on someone's post, try not to refer to them as "this person", it's offensive and makes your comment seem all that less genuine.
ReplyDeleteevery ice cream has fans, doesn't make it a good ice cream.
Anon, you do realize this isn't even ice cream right?
ReplyDeleteI just ate some, this flavor is NOT bland! It's one of the better ice cream flavors I had in a long time of any brand. Plenty of Thin Mint taste. I had the 48 oz. container in my freezer since March and finally opened it. I hope this isn't seasonal, would like to enjoy this during the hot summer. I'd rate this a 9 out of 10.
ReplyDelete@Anon #2: please see Nick's comment. this is not "ice cream" and offends many. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I would suggest trying Edy's version for the sake of comparison and let us know what you think.
ReplyDeleteWhy is this not ice cream..? It obviously is ice cream and you guys cant see it thru the fog that has obviously covered your glasses. Its ice cream. Period. Ice has a cream that is made when the cold air hits it. Therefore its ice cream. Duhh. Everyone knows this. Its icecremeology 101. Get your facts right man. Seriously. This is absurd.
ReplyDelete@ICG: wow, that is easily the stupidest thing I have ever heard on this blog.
ReplyDelete@ICG: What did I just read? Read the label, its frozen dairy dessert, not ice cream. Your logic is flawed, throwing cream into the freezer doesn't make it ice cream and neither is this abomination.
ReplyDeleteice cream is a frozen dairy dessert
ReplyDelete@Anon: all ice cream is a literal "frozen dairy dessert", but not frozen dairy dessert is ice cream, that's why it's labeled as such (unless a company wants to get in trouble with the FDA)
ReplyDeletethe person who wrote this review Is a weak reviewer. my chunks were large and in charge 4 of us ate it at once and everyone loved it. amazing taste, I would pick smores over this when it comes to blasts but yes what everyone else said is true, ic cream is a frozen dairy dessert. get some better reviewers on this. my price chopper and wal mart cant keep it stocked to save their lives. I am also a reviewer (paid and not from ice cream so i can respect your opinion but you should know doing what you do that you can get screwed sometimes in a tub of ice cream in terms of getting barely any goodies mixed into the batch. I didnt have that brown cocoa crap either. I had almost a whole thin mint sitting on the top.
ReplyDelete@Anon: as a fellow reviewer, I would expect a little more respect, but maybe you are new to the game. The bloggers I appreciate and listen to are the ones who can man up and not list their comments as "anonymous".
ReplyDeleteAlso keep in mind that an average consumer who buys a bum container is not going to go back for more.
and lastly, try the Edy's version if Breyers isn't stocked, it's better.
Dubba, personally I respect the bloggers who don't get defensive and feel the need to reply with a snarky comment to everything written, then again since I too am anonymous I'm sure you'll jump back up on your high horse and feel the need to make another uncalled for scolding. Grow up.
ReplyDelete@AnotherAnon: I try hard not to get defensive, and in general I don't, but did you read the comments by the Anon at August 26, 2013 at 5:41 AM, it was fairly insulting and I simply responded in kind. I am a grown up, have been a long time, doesnt mean I have to take ever insult from "anonymous" people.
ReplyDeleteevery single anon comment has been very similar. the problem with posting as "anonymous" is that all these comments could literally be the same person. maybe they should "grow up" and tell us who they really are.
ReplyDeleteDid they change the taste of this dessert? We tried this about a year ago, I believe, and the mint was incredibly overpowering. It was like eating frozen toothpaste. We couldn't tolerate it and wound up melting most of it down the garbage disposal. They should have used vanilla flavoring instead of mint.
ReplyDeleteThe comment above is spot on, the bitter mint in the "ice cream" drowned out the delicious thin mint taste!
ReplyDeletePast two comments are dead on. My boyfriend and I purchased this last night on a whim since it was on sale, and it is overpoweringly minty. All I can taste is mint and none of the other flavors in it. I wouldn't purchase it again, although, I did have big chunks of thin mint in my bowl.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this stuff is waaaaay too minty and really doesn't taste like Thin Mints at all. Are there even real Thin Mints in this? Because I certainly didn't see any. Also, I was really disappointed once I got this home to realize that it ISN'T EVEN ICE CREAM! Wish I'd gone for the pint of Ben & Jerry's instead, because the rest of this is getting melted and sent down the drain.
ReplyDeleteI just bought some. It was all chocolate. Chocolate ice cream, bits of cookies. NOT what I expected.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the reviewer. I've bought this twice and neither one had a single Thin Mint cookie of any type... not a bit, not a chunk... nothing.
ReplyDeleteIt was minty and there was so much swirl... that the mint was kind of weakened by that.
I won't be buying it again.
This is possibly the worst "frozen dairy dessert" I have had in my four decades on this planet. It tastes like moist styrofoam mixed with mouthwash. I wish I could go back in time and prevent my past self from ever considering this nasty mess.
ReplyDeletealso, New York Times explained the difference between ice cream and frozen dairy dessert:
"You might ask what the difference is between ice cream and a frozen dairy dessert, and I might answer that it is the same as the difference between a slice of American cheese and a slice of Kraft Singles American Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product. Since this is not helpful, we turn to a spokeswoman for the Food and Drug Administration, the guardian of “standards of identity,” who explained the distinction in a written response: “Ice cream requires specific levels of milk fat content, nonfat milk solids content, total solids in each gallon of ice cream, and total weight in each gallon of ice cream, while frozen dairy products do not.”"
I have to agree with DUBBA on this one. Tried it for the first time and was let down by my high expectations. The only sizable piece of a thin mint was a half piece sitting near the bottom of the container. Not impressed with the mint taste as well. Will have to check out the EDY's version.
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