Culinary Circle Caramel Cookie Crunch Gelato
I've reviewed a few Culinary Circle ice creams in the past and thought pretty positively about them all, but the brand itself is an enigma. Culinary Circle fills the niche between store-brand ice creams and higher-end ice creams; it's pretty decent and not too expensive. Last time I wrote a review, their website didn't even include a list of products and in fact I don't think it even included any links. It was just a page with no information. The website has since been improved, and has a list of ice creams and gelatos that interestingly does not include Caramel Cookie Crunch Gelato.
This is a cookies and cream gelato with large cookie (OREO) chunks and a thick salted caramel swirl. The flavors were NOT subtle, which is okay. Not everything has to be subtle or refined. The caramel was in-your-face salty and the cookie chunks were large and in charge.
The base was a standard cookies and cream, which I think actually worked a bit better as a gelato than as an ice cream. Something about the slicker texture of gelato worked well with the graininess of the crumbled cookies. In addition to the crumbled cookies in the base, the gelato included larger chunks of chocolate cookie.
The salted caramel swirl was very thick and consequently not that well distributed throughout the pint. There was one large swirl, but if you scooped carefully, you could get some swirl in each bowl. As I mentioned above, the swirl was very, very salty and bold. It was so salty that the salt almost drowned out the actual caramel flavor. I enjoyed this, which is out of character for me; I typically enjoy a more understated salted caramel. Unfortunately, because of the strong flavor, the salted caramel swirl felt separate from the rest of the gelato; like dipping an oreo into caramel sauce.
I'm rating this 🍦🍦🍦/4. I really enjoyed it, but some tweaks to the caramel swirl would make it a more cohesive flavor.
This is a cookies and cream gelato with large cookie (OREO) chunks and a thick salted caramel swirl. The flavors were NOT subtle, which is okay. Not everything has to be subtle or refined. The caramel was in-your-face salty and the cookie chunks were large and in charge.
The base was a standard cookies and cream, which I think actually worked a bit better as a gelato than as an ice cream. Something about the slicker texture of gelato worked well with the graininess of the crumbled cookies. In addition to the crumbled cookies in the base, the gelato included larger chunks of chocolate cookie.
The salted caramel swirl was very thick and consequently not that well distributed throughout the pint. There was one large swirl, but if you scooped carefully, you could get some swirl in each bowl. As I mentioned above, the swirl was very, very salty and bold. It was so salty that the salt almost drowned out the actual caramel flavor. I enjoyed this, which is out of character for me; I typically enjoy a more understated salted caramel. Unfortunately, because of the strong flavor, the salted caramel swirl felt separate from the rest of the gelato; like dipping an oreo into caramel sauce.
I'm rating this 🍦🍦🍦/4. I really enjoyed it, but some tweaks to the caramel swirl would make it a more cohesive flavor.
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