Sam's Choice Chocolate Hazelnut Truffle Ice Cream
In addition to the Coffee and Donuts, Chocolate Hazelnut Truffle is one of the other Sam's Choice flavors being discontinued sometime in 2016. After trying the Coffee and Donuts, Madeline and I are both quite devastated it is being taken away. Will the loss of Chocolate Hazelnut Truffle be as devastating? Read on to find out!
The description of this flavor is Chocolate Ice Cream with Pieces of Hazelnut Flavored Truffles and Chocolate Hazelnut Swirl.
Lizzy's take: It is basically going to be impossible to not compare this ice cream to Ben & Jerry's Hazed and Confused Core, because the two flavors are so similar in so many components. The chocolate base of this flavor is pretty standard, milky and sweet. Nothing to lose your mind over, but there is also a lot going on in this ice cream besides the base. The swirl was also quite good. More strongly chocolate flavored than the base, and also with a heavy dose of hazelnut. The texture of the swirl was thin and syrupy. I would have preferred a slightly thicker swirl, possibly a fudgey one, like in the Ben & Jerry's Hazed and Confused Core. However, I do think the flavor of this swirl was much better than the Ben & Jerry's. Lastly, the hazelnut truffles. I like the addition of truffles a lot more than simple fudge chips in the BJ version. The description of this flavor says pieces of truffle, but I thought I got whole truffles the whole way through. The truffles were great. Sweet milky chocolate, with a soft center, and a strong hazelnut flavor. The truffles weren't huge, but there were a decent amount of them in the ice cream.
All in all, while the quality of the Ben & Jerry's version may be higher; better texture of the base ice cream and a higher quality swirl, the flavors of this version were much better than the Hazed and Confused Core. If you were disappointed by the Hazed and Confused Core, and still looking for something to fill the chocolate hazelnut ice cream void which exists in all of our souls, hurry to Wal-Mart to get this flavor before it is gone!
Madeline's take: I think I have a better opinion of this flavor than Lizzy because I got to eat the top layer, and I am devastated that it's being discontinued. Sam's Choice tends to lead with a really strong swirl game that does not continue into the deeper layers of the ice cream. So, pro tip, if you get some Sam's Choice fight for the ice cream at the top of the container.
The top of the pint swirl was glorious. It had a rich chocolate flavor with a strong hazelnut punch. It was like thicker, gooier Nutella.
The truffles gave another layer of hazelnut flavor. They were small, but I think had pieces of actual hazelnuts in them. If they weren't real hazelnuts, the filling sure tasted like them.
If you like hazelnut, definitely try this before it goes away. Scratch that, can we petition the White House to pass a constitutional amendment to prevent this flavor from going away?
The description of this flavor is Chocolate Ice Cream with Pieces of Hazelnut Flavored Truffles and Chocolate Hazelnut Swirl.
Lizzy's take: It is basically going to be impossible to not compare this ice cream to Ben & Jerry's Hazed and Confused Core, because the two flavors are so similar in so many components. The chocolate base of this flavor is pretty standard, milky and sweet. Nothing to lose your mind over, but there is also a lot going on in this ice cream besides the base. The swirl was also quite good. More strongly chocolate flavored than the base, and also with a heavy dose of hazelnut. The texture of the swirl was thin and syrupy. I would have preferred a slightly thicker swirl, possibly a fudgey one, like in the Ben & Jerry's Hazed and Confused Core. However, I do think the flavor of this swirl was much better than the Ben & Jerry's. Lastly, the hazelnut truffles. I like the addition of truffles a lot more than simple fudge chips in the BJ version. The description of this flavor says pieces of truffle, but I thought I got whole truffles the whole way through. The truffles were great. Sweet milky chocolate, with a soft center, and a strong hazelnut flavor. The truffles weren't huge, but there were a decent amount of them in the ice cream.
All in all, while the quality of the Ben & Jerry's version may be higher; better texture of the base ice cream and a higher quality swirl, the flavors of this version were much better than the Hazed and Confused Core. If you were disappointed by the Hazed and Confused Core, and still looking for something to fill the chocolate hazelnut ice cream void which exists in all of our souls, hurry to Wal-Mart to get this flavor before it is gone!
Madeline's take: I think I have a better opinion of this flavor than Lizzy because I got to eat the top layer, and I am devastated that it's being discontinued. Sam's Choice tends to lead with a really strong swirl game that does not continue into the deeper layers of the ice cream. So, pro tip, if you get some Sam's Choice fight for the ice cream at the top of the container.
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The truffles gave another layer of hazelnut flavor. They were small, but I think had pieces of actual hazelnuts in them. If they weren't real hazelnuts, the filling sure tasted like them.
If you like hazelnut, definitely try this before it goes away. Scratch that, can we petition the White House to pass a constitutional amendment to prevent this flavor from going away?
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