Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter Jam Session Ice Cream Now Ben & Jerry's A Swirled of Difference Ice Cream

[New for 2013, only at Target, renamed/GMO-Free in 2015] Well well well, now we all know why Berry Voluntary and Brownie Chew Gooder have been cancelled. It was to make room for two new exclusive flavors! Yay for the return of fun names!

Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter Jam Session Ice Cream

Peanut butter ice cream with a crunchy peanut butter swirl and a raspberry swirl
(Now Ben & Jerry's A Swirled of Difference Ice Cream)

Wait, a crunchy peanut butter swirl? This will be the best thing ever... maybe... must eat now!

Somebody is playing coy with us.

Ahhhh, that's better!

Hey, put those car keys down, I'm not done yet!

Simply put, the peanut butter swirl is epic. While I may tease Ben & Jerry's about their flat tasting peanut butter cups, I can't make the same jokes here. The swirl is potent and right where I want it to be. Man is it good. It's flavorful, it's a bit salty, and it's just awesome. Why is it crunchy? Well, while only peanut oil is listed on the ingredient list, there are small bits of peanuts in the swirl.

The further I went down, the more interesting the pb swirl became. Just look at how thick that swirl is, and notice how it's just breaking apart because of it's solid nature. It's getting really hard to put this one down. Just look at all the swirls! Now the raspberry swirl is really nice too. In fact, it makes me long for the original magic brownies and not the ho-hum encore edition. It's just perfectly balanced red raspberry swirl, I wouldn't change it at all.

Now the base is your typical Ben & Jerry's texture, though I can only comment so much on this first scooping I am so very distracted by the ever prevalent peanut butter swirl. So much tasty peanut butter flavor, and you all know I adore peanut butter.

Now if push comes to shove, the only mildly negative comment I'm going to make is that I'm not sure how I actually feel about these two swirls playing together. For the most part the peanut butter dominates the show here, and that's fine by me. See, I think there is going to be a giant rush of nostalgic people running for their local Target trying to find this flavor. PB&J reminds us of our childhoods, it seems near universal, it's just that PB&J has some unpleasant memories for me, nothing we need to dive in to right now, I know that's not what you are here for. My point is, ignore this final comment, grab your keys, go to Target, and enjoy!

History Notes: The original Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter & Jelly flavor was a short lived flavor, it reads just 1998-1999 on it's tombstone. PB&J had peanut butter "bits" instead of this new crunchy swirl, plus it also used strawberry flavoring instead of red raspberry. This PB & raspberry combo may or may not have been inspired by their current UK flavor Peanut Butter Me Up. Here's hoping this one sticks around a bit longer!

Verdict?  epic peanut butter swirl
Buy Again?  Yup!

The other new flavor is Rockin' Blondies
Second Opinion of PBJS available at The Impulsive Buy

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1/2 cup (104g) Servings Per Container   4
Amount Per Serving
Calories  270	from Fat  160
	% Daily Value*
Total Fat  18g	28%
- Sat Fat 8g	40%
- Trans Fat  0g
Cholesterol  65mg	22%
Sodium  110mg	5%
Total Carbohydrate  24g	8%
- Dietary Fiber   <1g	4%
- Sugars  19g
Protein  6g
Vitamin A   8%	Vitamin C   0%
Calcium   10%	Iron   0%