Haagen-Dazs Espresso Chocolate Cookie Crumble

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Haagen-Dazs Espresso Chocolate Cookie Crumble Ice Cream

coffee ice cream swirled with cookie crumbles
and sprinkled with chocolate espresso flakes

You all know I'm the resident coffee ice cream lover and how could I turn down anything with cookie crumbles in it? The answer is I can't.

This ice cream is nondescript looking. It obviously looks like coffee ice cream with little bits of chocolate here and there. The smell is of a robust coffee which is always a good sign. 

Haagen Dazs has one of the better coffee ice creams on the market. It's smooth, bold and not too milky. It's really nice when a company doesn't muddle the coffee's flavor. Some companies get out of hand with the sweetness and milkiness of their flavors. H-D lets the flavor profile shine through.

The cookie crumble isn't what I was expecting. There's no real texture from it like I was hoping for from a good cookies and cream ice cream. They're definitely on the milk soaked side which isn't what I'd want for my ice cream. I'd like for the cookies to have some sort of crunch to them. It's more like a chocolate cookie butter swirl than a crumble.

Don't get me wrong, the cookie component is good but a little misleading in name. The cocoa from the cookies definitely works well with the base. It brings out the bitterness of the coffee but doesn't let the coffee overpower things.

The chocolate espresso flakes are irrelevant to be honest. Their flavor is drowned out and blends in with the other components. I was hoping they'd add some sort of crunch but they're far too tiny and few and far between to add any impact.

Overall, this isn't a bad ice cream but in a market oversaturated with coffee options, it's hard to recommend this one. I don't think it would even fall into my Top 10 for coffee flavors.

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Verdict?  Nothing special
Buy Again?  Nope too many other options out there.