Cedar Crest Raspberry Fudge Chunk
When I picked up Pirate's Bounty (I just cannot keep from calling it Pirate's Booty in my head) I also picked up another pint of Cedar Crest, Raspberry Fudge Chunk. This is
Raspberry ribbon and fudge pieces blended in vanilla ice cream.
Simple and sweet, with a description to match. Let me start with something negative about this pint that also holds for all Cedar Crest flavors with vanilla base. The base ice cream is so, so, so unnaturally white. Whyyyyyy? Howwwww?
That bit of weirdness aside, this was a pretty solid pint of ice cream. The raspberry ribbon had a very strong, intense raspberry flavor. It leaned more toward sweet than tart, which was good because such a strong tart flavor would have been overwhelming and would have overpowered the other flavors in the pint.
The fudge chunks came in all different shapes and sizes, from respectable chunk to ground up flecks of fudge. The littler chunks were not that great, but I really like the bigger chunks. There were just not enough of them!
The vanilla base was pretty plain, but it provided a nice, simple, sweet backdrop for the raspberry and chocolate flavors.
Although the raspberry ribbon and the fudge chunks were quite tasty, this pint was not well balanced. I got far too many bites that were completely missing the raspberry element. When it was there, it brought the ice cream to the next level.
Are there better raspberry/chocolate combos out there? Yeah, but Cedar Crest is quickly becoming my go-to middle of the pack ice cream.
Raspberry ribbon and fudge pieces blended in vanilla ice cream.
Simple and sweet, with a description to match. Let me start with something negative about this pint that also holds for all Cedar Crest flavors with vanilla base. The base ice cream is so, so, so unnaturally white. Whyyyyyy? Howwwww?
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| It's seriously so much whiter than it looks in this photo. My shiny, white table makes the ice cream look somewhat normal. It is not. |
That bit of weirdness aside, this was a pretty solid pint of ice cream. The raspberry ribbon had a very strong, intense raspberry flavor. It leaned more toward sweet than tart, which was good because such a strong tart flavor would have been overwhelming and would have overpowered the other flavors in the pint.
The fudge chunks came in all different shapes and sizes, from respectable chunk to ground up flecks of fudge. The littler chunks were not that great, but I really like the bigger chunks. There were just not enough of them!
The vanilla base was pretty plain, but it provided a nice, simple, sweet backdrop for the raspberry and chocolate flavors.
Although the raspberry ribbon and the fudge chunks were quite tasty, this pint was not well balanced. I got far too many bites that were completely missing the raspberry element. When it was there, it brought the ice cream to the next level.
Are there better raspberry/chocolate combos out there? Yeah, but Cedar Crest is quickly becoming my go-to middle of the pack ice cream.
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