Ben & Jerry's Brownie Batter Core Ice Cream

[New for 2016] You know what's great about tech savy companies like Wegman's? You can check what's in stock at the store like you would for Walmart or Target. That's right, I jumped on their website and saw that the the new core line up was just waiting for me to pick it up. I mean, I was so excited that instead of buy this and the cheesecake core flavor, I picked up two containers of....

Ben & Jerry's Brownie Batter Core Ice Cream

chocolate & vanilla ice creams with fudge brownies
and a brownie batter core

Had to wrestle to the lid from the core hehehe.

I can't resist and grab myself a nice spoonful of brownie batter core. I like it, it's pleasant. It's their regular fugde core but it isnt. It's not straight brownie batter either. It's more of a hybrid between the two. (Can you imagine if the core was that thick all the way down? Now that would be epic!)

The brownie chunks seem plentiful in my pint. Their chocolate with chocolate brownies is that familiar flavor you know and love. As much as I love giant brownies, I'm glad they downsides them for this flavor so that they are more spread out.

It's a nice rich vanilla flavor on the other side. We're all so use to mix-ins with B&J's that I tend to forget that they make a real nice vanilla base. Ok, let's mix in the core with the vanilla side. Funny, you don't really taste the core until the end. I try the same trick on the other side. Interesting. The core stands out and definitely adds more to the chocolate side.

We are and aren't breaking new ground here. In one sense, we've got the nice vanilla base you know. We've got the chocolate base and brownies you know. The core adds a bit of uniqueness to it all without going crazy. In a way it is simplistic, but I truly mean that as a compliment, not an insult.

Ok, one last scoop with brownie and off it goes back in the freezer.

So I'm done and I am satisfied with my treat. Knowing the very high standards we hold Ben & Jerry's too, I suspect some of you will be sad that the core doesn't have more of a batter kick, and that's fine, I get that. However, it's still a really nice treat with quality ingredients and just a really nice balance to all of the components. I'm definitely ok with the fact that I bought two pints.

On Second Scoop: So yesterday my wife had the top third of the pint, I dug in to the middle, and then I saved the rest for today... but I had a little revelation when I opened the pint. Where did the core go?? Look at the pic, it's completely gone! (Keep in mind that the center there is over a third of the way up the pint). There seemed to be a few tiny drips of core as I dug around for it, but that's it and it was a pretty big let down. I do have another pint and I will update once I've dug in to that one, but for now, be wary it might happen to you as well.

Verdict?  Groundbreaking? Not really, but was happy until the core ran out
Buy Again?  Yes if core shows up in the other pint