Ben and Jerry's: Save our Swirled
Guys I was totally stoked to try this ice cream when I heard it was coming out. Back in the day, like back between 2010 and 2013, Ben and Jerry's had a Target Exclusive Flavor called Berry Voluntary. That ice cream was Raspberry Cheesecake Ice Cream with White Chocolatey Chips & Raspberry Swirls. I loved this flavor. I was so sad when they discontinued it. Ben & Jerry's doesn't do a ton of berry flavors, especially raspberry flavors, and I thought this one was a gem. Then when I heard the description of Save our Swirled (the title does not give you much information about the contents of the ice cream), I knew the ice cream deities answered my prayers for a replacement of Berry Voluntary.
The description for Save Our Swirled is Raspberry Ice Cream with Marshmallow & Raspberry Swirls with Dark & White Fudge Ice Cream Cones.
In addition to a replacement for Berry Voluntary, you could say this is a raspberry version of Phish Food.
First the base. The raspberry ice cream had a pretty mild flavor with a good balance between sweetness and tartness, a bit heavier on the sweet. But if you like your raspberry ice creams tart, don't fret, my friends, that is what the swirl was for. The swirl was much tarter, but still similar in taste, than the base. If you have had the Ben & Jerry's That's My Jam, think of the texture of the core from That's My Jam, and then make it less like jelly and more like an ice cream sauce topping, and you have got the raspberry swirl in this one. I wouldn't, however, directly compare this to an ice cream sauce topping, because it was thicker and less liquidy than a lot of ice cream sauce toppings out there.
The marshmallow swirl was the sweet, gooey, perfection you find in other Ben & Jerry's ice creams featuring this element. Last but not least, the fudge ice cream cones. I was expecting the taste of the dark fudge to overpower the taste of the white fudge, but that didn't happen at all. The flavors coexisted in perfect harmony. Their texture was a bit softer than the typical fudge chunk, white or dark, you find in Ben & Jerry's ice creams. Lastly, the cones were abundant, but sort of clustered together. You could easily get 2-3 in one spoonful for a couple spoonfuls in a row, and then go a couple spoonfuls without any cones, but I didn't think this was bad.
Okay now it's about to get a little allegorical up in here. My thoughts as I was eating this ice cream are approximately as follows: "Wow this ice cream is great. It's perfect! The perfect balance of sweet and tart. The perfect balance of swirls and chunks! So many elements working together in perfect harmony to create the perfect ice cream!" Guys, this is what Ben & Jerry's is trying to tell us. In order to save our swirled, all the elements of nature need to work together in perfect harmony, like in this ice cream. But right now, humans are messing all that up. Like imagine this: eating this flavor but there is so much raspberry swirl you can't even taste the marshmallow. Nobody would want that. And nobody should want to keep messing with the earth like we are messing with it. This is the ice cream we needed and wanted. So go eat this ice cream and reach environmental enlightenment. Or go eat this ice cream and have a fantastic time because this is a fantastic ice cream.
The description for Save Our Swirled is Raspberry Ice Cream with Marshmallow & Raspberry Swirls with Dark & White Fudge Ice Cream Cones.
In addition to a replacement for Berry Voluntary, you could say this is a raspberry version of Phish Food.
First the base. The raspberry ice cream had a pretty mild flavor with a good balance between sweetness and tartness, a bit heavier on the sweet. But if you like your raspberry ice creams tart, don't fret, my friends, that is what the swirl was for. The swirl was much tarter, but still similar in taste, than the base. If you have had the Ben & Jerry's That's My Jam, think of the texture of the core from That's My Jam, and then make it less like jelly and more like an ice cream sauce topping, and you have got the raspberry swirl in this one. I wouldn't, however, directly compare this to an ice cream sauce topping, because it was thicker and less liquidy than a lot of ice cream sauce toppings out there.
Look at dat swirl
The marshmallow swirl was the sweet, gooey, perfection you find in other Ben & Jerry's ice creams featuring this element. Last but not least, the fudge ice cream cones. I was expecting the taste of the dark fudge to overpower the taste of the white fudge, but that didn't happen at all. The flavors coexisted in perfect harmony. Their texture was a bit softer than the typical fudge chunk, white or dark, you find in Ben & Jerry's ice creams. Lastly, the cones were abundant, but sort of clustered together. You could easily get 2-3 in one spoonful for a couple spoonfuls in a row, and then go a couple spoonfuls without any cones, but I didn't think this was bad.
Okay now it's about to get a little allegorical up in here. My thoughts as I was eating this ice cream are approximately as follows: "Wow this ice cream is great. It's perfect! The perfect balance of sweet and tart. The perfect balance of swirls and chunks! So many elements working together in perfect harmony to create the perfect ice cream!" Guys, this is what Ben & Jerry's is trying to tell us. In order to save our swirled, all the elements of nature need to work together in perfect harmony, like in this ice cream. But right now, humans are messing all that up. Like imagine this: eating this flavor but there is so much raspberry swirl you can't even taste the marshmallow. Nobody would want that. And nobody should want to keep messing with the earth like we are messing with it. This is the ice cream we needed and wanted. So go eat this ice cream and reach environmental enlightenment. Or go eat this ice cream and have a fantastic time because this is a fantastic ice cream.
Ice cream perfection
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