Vice Cream Toffee Wife Ice Cream

[New for 2017] So last year, I did two reviews of Massachusetts based startup Vice Cream. Both pints I grabbed were from their first production run, and as they mentioned on one of my posts, this early run needed a little tweaking for consistency's sake. Well, it's 2017, their distribution is expanding, and they have two new flavors out. One is "Minted" and the other is...

Vice Cream Toffee Wife Ice Cream

peanut butter ice cream, chopped toffee bars,
peanut butter dough and toffee ripple

I see mix-ins and swirl at the top which is a good sign! I take a few bites, and to be honest, it's a little weird. I've never had peanut butter and toffee together and in this particular instance there is a certain lingering something with every bite. At the moment it basically taste like the toffee has a little kick to it, the kind of kick that doesn't necessarily jive with the peanut butter base.

The peanut butter dough is about the size of a pea and fairly plentiful on this first serving. It seems like I usually have at least one on my spoon, but it's really texture they are adding, not flavor.

I haven't gotten any big toffee chunks on my first go around, for now it's just been tiny bits of a toffee bar. I'm thinking the chocolate seperated from the toffee so we are left with chocolate shards and liquid puddles of toffee candy insides.

I try the swirl by itself and it doesn't have the kick I expected based on my early bites. It definitely has a pretty good amount of flavor though that flavor is hard to describe. It's definitely not some sweet caramel that has been called toffee. It's not even that sweet. It's more about complexity and maybe some texture that needs more examining later on.

I also tried the base by itself and it's not nearly as strong as you would expect. The pb flavor is actually fairly flat and mute. That's probably why the toffee is having a fairly easy time preventing peanut butter from being the #1 flavor on your spoon.

On Second Scoop: On the one hand, I feel like people will appreciate the bit of peanut brittle vibe that this pint is giving off. On the other hand, I'm not really sure I like it. It just doesn't come across quite right to me. It's hard to describe but try this out. You know how people hate the new Ben & Jerry's toffee? I'm afraid that might happen here. My only other notes are that the pb dough lessened up while the swirl became more plentiful. That doesn't really bother me as much as the lack of  chocolate which might have helped balance things out and given me more of a candy bar vibe.

Verdict?  different
Buy Again?  probably not