Coolhaus Milkshake & Fries Ice Cream

[New for 2017] I don't know about you, but I've had a very hard time finding any of the new coolhaus flavors despite the fact that they were announced well over a year ago. Well it's practically summer 2018 and I finally stumbled upon Milkshake & Fries at Wegmans a few weeks ago (and I want to say they had Best of Both Worlds Vanilla too). I kept looking elsewhere but headed back today to plop down $5.99 for a pint of....

Coolhaus Milkshake & Fries Ice Cream

salted Tahitian Vanilla Bean ice cream
with shoestring french fries and milk chocolate malt balls

Ha, I can see the "fries" already. I say it that way because I don't believe they are fried (or salted) but they are indeed potatoes. Hopefully they won't be gross though a lot of people do swear by dipping french fries in a frosty or shake.

I dig in and thankfully it's not a weird experience. I know the stronger of you out there just dove right in without fear, but others like me might be a little hesitant. Thankfully it was a pleasant experience. The malt manages to sneak in to the overall flavor while there is no overpowering potato flavor that hit me this time around.

For the most part the fries are fairly short (which is fine because you want them to fit on your spoon). What surprised me was that I don't really remember hitting any chocolate malt balls. I remember hitting small pieces of chocolate, but nothing that struck me as a malt ball. Could it be some kind of malt chocolate chunk? I do not know because I was busy scooping instead of examining. I mean I looked, but I didn't actively start scooping around specifically for the malt balls. I will have to try harder tomorrow.

Overall a decent first impression thanks to a fairly mild flavor profile. I feel like this could have easily been weird and it wasn't. We'll see how the second scoop holds up.

On Second Scoop: I hate to pick on a new flavor, but.... this one bores me. I prefer the bites that have a chocolate factor to them and there just aren't many of those bites. This flavor is a malt flavor more than anything, but because I'm not the biggest fan of coolhaus texture, it just doesn't work for me. [Their texture seems overly gummy to me, though it's high end gummy rather than say Breyer's gummy]. I know not everyone is bothered by odd combos of flavors and textures, but I am. Unless you are really in to malt or coolhaus, I say save your money.

Added note: I forgot to mention that the chocolate "chunks" were the chocolate that had separated from the malt. I took a picture but you really can't tell the color difference between the malt chunk and the base ice cream.

Final Note: I posted this on instagram and the majority of people who responded really seemed to like this flavor. On the other side, the minority were underwhelmed like I was. I wound up crunching up two bite size butterfingers onto my last serving. So, what side are you on?

Verdict?  meh
Buy Again?  nope