Phish Food

Before I had intentions of moving back East I bought a stash of Ben & Jerry’s. I was unable to taste all the pints before I left, so one night my sisters and I just dove into some of the flavors. This was one of the flavors that was lingering in the freezer. I have had this before, but this is the first time for a review.

Phish Food Verdict:

Whenever caramel comes in a flavor I ALWAYS think of my little sister, Juliann, and her addiction to caramel. If you follow the blog you know this isn’t the first time I have mentioned this. But a memory is a memory and they last. I have been living off memories as of late, but I am hoping to make some new ones shortly that may be Ben & Jerry’s worthy.

Chocolate Ice Cream with Gooey Marshmallow Swirls, Caramel Swirls & Fudge Fish

Since this wasn’t a surprise flavor for me when I popped that lid I just thought to myself…I remember liking Phish Food, but I honestly couldn’t remember why I liked it so much, now I remember. It’s damn good! I love chocolate so it’s no surprise with the first flavor being chocolate ice cream this would be any different. Gooey Marshmallow has always been a tough ingredient for me to like over the years. But maybe it’s the advancement in my pallet, but I have come to enjoy marshmallow in my ice cream. Can you imagine how much ice cream I have turned down in my days because of that one ingredient? The caramel was perfect with the chocolate ice cream, and for the fudge fish, can I just take them all in a little bag and just eat them? Please Ben & Jerry’s; can you bag just the fudge pieces?

There isn’t one negative issue with this flavor, for me. If you don’t like chocolate it’s obvious to stay away from this. The mixture of it all is just….PERFECT. There is one thing that I miss though. I miss when I reviewed a flavor and my family was at home waiting for me to bring the flavor of the week home. They helped me have portion size and took the burden from me. I now find myself eating the entire pint throughout the week. Do I have any Rhode Islanders willing to help me with this debacle?

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Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch

I had a first this time when I went to the grocery store. I thought I was bad at picking a flavor. This time around there were two other people there, the guy got in and got out (that’s what she said), the woman, well that’s a different story. This woman was literally diving through the freezer trying to find different flavors. I was there for about five minutes trying to figure out what I wanted. I literally had to almost step on her and reach over and grab my pint as she was scavenging through the bottom shelf. Needless to say, she was still there when I departed. PICK A FLAVOR WOMAN!

Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch Verdict:

No real stories come from Heath Bars for me, except I like them.

Vanilla Ice Cream with Chunks of Heath® Bar

I’m not going to lie; the “chunks” in the description scared me a bit because we all know how Ben & Jerry’s use their chunks in flavors, sometimes by over powering and clearly taking chunky too literally. Well I am glad to report that they did have chunks in the simple vanilla ice cream, and I enjoyed them. I don’t think simple could possibly describe the vanilla ice cream used. I’m not a big fan of vanilla ice cream because I can at times find them too boring and uninteresting to my taste buds. Something about the vanilla recipe they use is just PERFECT. I don’t want to go too much into it because they do just have vanilla that I still need to taste.

My only negative is….wait for it… not chunky enough. I felt that I wanted more chunks or more bites of Heath Bar in each bite. What can I say? My ice cream preferences change as often as my preferences in guys. You have to tackle each with time and patience. And obviously not judge a “flavor” by their “description”.

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Raspberry Fudge Chunk

Yes, I am giving the Greek selection another shot! Not that I had too much of a choice, they are flavors, and I must try them all. While standing and reviewing what options I had to choose from I looked upon the “Greek” selection and thought, what the hell, might as well get them over with. Thankfully there are only four. After this, I will be half way done.

Raspberry Fudge Chunk Verdict:

When it comes to raspberries I don’t really have a defining memory of the flavor. But I do have a favorite yogurt flavor and you guessed it, raspberry! So, as long as I can remember I always searched for that flavor when stocking the refrigerator. And of course, it has to be Yoplait.

Raspberry Greek Frozen Yogurt with Fudge Chunks

YAY! That was my first reaction when I took my first bite. After the disaster of the first Greek flavor I was VERY hesitant to the remainder of this selection from Ben & Jerry’s. Ben and Jerry are known for going over board from time to time with the ingredients in their pints, which sometimes are a success and others, a failure. I am glad that they took the approach of simplicity. I have said it many times before, sometimes the simple things in life are the best. This flavor is perfect! The taste of the sweet raspberry flavor with the mix of the bitterness of the chocolate chunks is superb. Do note I said CHUNKS! They didn’t skimp on that part. I don’t always like their chunks, but this time I do.

What I like most is that I can completely see myself enjoying a scoop or two of this flavor while sitting on the deck on a cool summers evening. Ben & Jerry, you have redeemed yourself with this flavor. I know there are two more flavors in this series. Please don’t let me down, again! I don’t know how long the Greek flavors will be out there, so if you don’t want to miss out on a great pint, go get is now!

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Key Lime Pie

When new flavors come out I am usually on top of it. This time I didn’t see this one coming. When I was scoping through the freezer section I came across this NEW flavor. Let me restate that, limited batch flavor. Since it was the first time I heard/seen the pint I had to pick it up.

Key Lime Pie Verdict:

Normally this is the section where I go down memory lane with the flavor of the week. Well, I have no memories that revolve around Key Lime ANYTHING. I am not a big fan of key lime, so I tend to stay away from it all together.

Lime Ice Cream with a Tangy Lime Twist, Fluffy Meringue Swirl & Pie Crust Swirls

From the previous paragraph you know I am not a fan of this flavor. But, I am going to try and not be bias against my distain for key lime and review this from the aspect of objectiveness. So here we go.

The flavoring in this pint is overwhelming! It’s tangy, twisty and fluffy. The lime is not too over powering and the meringue; well that’s the sweet spot. The more you let the ice cream melt the more meringue texture it becomes. I am not saying I will be searching this pint out again, but the true victory in the trio is hands down the Fluffy Meringue Swirl. The Pie Crust Swirls again were a perfect kick it needed. And we all know that I love my pie crust in a majority of the flavors they have been in so far. I am rating this from a non-bias point of view and allowing room for others and their preferences. Yes, I can think of others from time to time.

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Blueberry Vanilla Graham

This past week I had to become accustomed to an entirely different grocery store. I found the freezer section and then scoped out what the different prospects were for the flavor of the week. The most difficult task was trying not to eat the ice cream before Friday. Since we went to the grocery store on Sunday, we had to keep it out of side, out of mind for the week.

Blueberry Vanilla Graham Verdict:

If you don’t already know my blueberry story, I can’t help you. But since I was lucky enough to have a repeat this year I will give you a quick rundown of the events. I met my friend, James, up in Vermont again this year when I was traveling the New England states. Our thing is and will always be, blueberry pancakes. We met exactly one year later to the day and had our blueberry pancakes again. We sat in the same booth and had an annoying child in the booth behind us, again. Sometimes you only need once a year traditions like this to make a friendship last. Until next year.

Blueberry and Vanilla Greek Frozen Yogurts with a Graham Cracker Swirl

For this being my first Greek frozen yogurt flavored treat of theirs I wasn’t wooed at all. With 3 more Greek flavors to go, I hope they picked up their game. The only attribute that stood out in the flavor was the graham cracker swirl. The blueberry FroYou is as bland and boring as unsweetened iced tea. For me I will never get this flavor again. The only issue now is who will eat it? Not that we have an addiction in this household, but we don’t need to add anymore pints to our own freezer selection that we already have. Yes, short review because I don’t ever want to think about this flavor EVER again.

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Cake Batter

*Please note: This flavor was tasted and reviewed a few months back. It sat in my archives until today. I have one more flavor that I tasted and reviewed at an earlier time as well. That will be posted soon.

Once again I found myself in the “home freezer” section picking out the flavor of the week. Early in the week my co-worker made me smell one of her lip-glosses that smelt like cake batter. So I found it only appropriate to have cake batter this week.

Cake Batter Verdict:

Thinking of cake batter memories I don’t think I have any. If I can recall on the cake batter craze, I don’t think it hit until my teenage years. When I go to an undisclosed ice cream facility I always get cake batter with brownies and graham crackers crumbs. Yum!

Yellow Cake Batter Ice Cream with a Chocolate Frosting Swirl

Honestly, I was expecting more cake batter flavor than they offered in this pint. I think my opinion of cake batter was based on that undisclosed place. But had I read the description of the flavor before I ate it, I would have been ready. I have to say, even with the surprise, I did enjoy this flavor. You can completely taste the yellow cake and chocolate frosting swirl. The mix of the two made you feel like you were out on a warm summer night eating cake. I think that’s more of the feel they were going for here, and not the actual cake batter. We did a census and all we were missing was a sugar gone. So next week I will be investing in sugar cones for our ice cream pleasures.

If you like yellow cake with chocolate frosting I would recommend this flavor. And look at it like this…You can eat your cake and ice cream and not feel too guilty. It’s a two for one deal. Sign me up!

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Chocolate Therapy

First and foremost I want to apologize for my LONG absence from the Ben & Jerry's blog. As most of you all know the last few months have been a little hectic crazy with the decision to jump from the West Coast to the East Coast. Now that I am settled in and on track with things out here, it's time I get back on track to this journey.

Before my parents flew back home we went grocery shopping to load up on some essentials. Well, somethings never change and I ventured in the freezer section. HOLY CRAP there's the newest flavor that I have yet to find in Cali. You bet I grabbed that sucker up and decided that this will be the "inaugural" flavor to kick us off again. Now that my living situation is with my cousin Michelle, I don't trust her and my Ben & Jerry's. My Euphori-Lock traveled with me, and I locked up the pint until it was tasting time. But I was nice enough to let her indulge in the tasting with me.

Chocolate Therapy Verdict:

I have always said there are two items I turn to when I am stressed... 1) Jack & Coke... 2) Chocolate, preferably dark chocolate. Let's just say, I found my new item when in need of some good ole therapy.

Chocolate Ice Cream with Chocolate Cookies & Swirls of Chocolate Pudding Ice Cream

How can I easily explain this pint? An orgasm in your mouth....OH MY! I'm a chocolateholic and this satisfied every need I had. If one isn't a chocolate fan I would stay away, but if you couldn't figure that out in the title I couldn't' help you. What I love most about the flavor is that you can taste every aspect of chocolate put in the pint. The chocolate cookies are perfectly portioned throughout and the chocolate pudding ice cream, AMAZING. I want Ben & Jerry's to just package that alone. So Ben & Jerry's if you're listening to me, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD, package just the chocolate pudding ice cream.

Basically, you should all run to your nearest store and pick up this pint. If you're unable to locate you can go to Ben&Jerry's.com and use their flavor locator to find it in a grocery store near you.

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