Hello LilyOnTheLam.Com Readers:
Every now and again, you need to "Treat Yo' Self" to something great. I usually do "new product reviews" (products that are new or new to me) on Wednesdays, but in the "Treat Yo' Self" theme I am switching it up to a Tuesday!
I had an absolutely fun weekend with belly dancing, Persian food, pool parties, watching the sunset on the Intercostal and lunch from a British double-decker bus food truck. But how do you top a weekend of fun activities? I was relaxing in the air-conditioning when I spied an advertisement for what seemed like heaven sent nirvana OR gluttony fat fat shame in a bucket - depending how you look at it.
The advertisement was for Ben and Jerry's Peanut Buttah Cookie Core Ice Cream.
Peanut butter ice cream with crunchy peanut butter sugar bits, peanut butter cookies and a peanut butter cookie core.
I was so intrigued by this advertisement that I literally jumped out of my chair and went to the store. (Btw, thank you Ben and Jerry's website for having a locator showing which stores sell which flavors. Technology is fabulous!)
Now to really savor the moment of this peanut laden ice cream, I had to set the mood. And in my case, setting the mood means watching "RuPaul's Drag Race" while wearing my Team Bianca Del Rio "Really Queen?" tank top. My inner drag queen-loving gay man loves his ice cream!
At first glance, I notice that this Ben and Jerry's ice cream has the most calories per serving than any other B&J's ice cream I have ever eaten - 320 calories. And come on, how many of us actually only eat "one half cup serving" of Ben and Jerry's? Evidently the "peanut buttah" is going to make people's butts expand exponentially.
The peanut butter ice cream is very rich and decadent. The "peanut butter sugar bits" were awesome and I wish there were more. The "peanut butter cookie core" was a bit of a misnomer. It reminded me more of peanut butter fudge versus a peanut butter cookie. Back in grade school we made this deadly peanut butter fudge - if I recall the ingredients were powdered sugar, corn syrup and peanut butter. I seriously have no clue why I didn't die of a diabetic coma from that PB fudge!
The one "off note" on this decadent ice cream is the "peanut butter cookie chunks." They had absolutely no flavor whatsoever. They could have been shortbread for all I knew. (Which by the way Ben and Jerry's, I miss Cool Britannia ice cream and Pink Lemonade Sorbet - BRING THEM BACK! Cool Britannia was vanilla ice cream with strawberries and fudge covered shortbread. HEAVEN!)
This ice cream was very very rich and very very sweet. If you are worried about portion control, perhaps this is the right Ben and Jerry's for you because I couldn't imagine eating a ton of this ultra rich ice cream in one sitting.
If you're having major peanut cravings, check out this ice cream. But I think I would have been just as content eating a scoop of vanilla with some crushed honey roasted peanuts on top!
Have you tried any of Ben and Jerry's new cookie core ice creams? Tell me what you thought of them in the comments section below!
Every now and again, you need to "Treat Yo' Self" to something great. I usually do "new product reviews" (products that are new or new to me) on Wednesdays, but in the "Treat Yo' Self" theme I am switching it up to a Tuesday!
I had an absolutely fun weekend with belly dancing, Persian food, pool parties, watching the sunset on the Intercostal and lunch from a British double-decker bus food truck. But how do you top a weekend of fun activities? I was relaxing in the air-conditioning when I spied an advertisement for what seemed like heaven sent nirvana OR gluttony fat fat shame in a bucket - depending how you look at it.
The advertisement was for Ben and Jerry's Peanut Buttah Cookie Core Ice Cream.
Peanut butter ice cream with crunchy peanut butter sugar bits, peanut butter cookies and a peanut butter cookie core.
I was so intrigued by this advertisement that I literally jumped out of my chair and went to the store. (Btw, thank you Ben and Jerry's website for having a locator showing which stores sell which flavors. Technology is fabulous!)
Now to really savor the moment of this peanut laden ice cream, I had to set the mood. And in my case, setting the mood means watching "RuPaul's Drag Race" while wearing my Team Bianca Del Rio "Really Queen?" tank top. My inner drag queen-loving gay man loves his ice cream!
At first glance, I notice that this Ben and Jerry's ice cream has the most calories per serving than any other B&J's ice cream I have ever eaten - 320 calories. And come on, how many of us actually only eat "one half cup serving" of Ben and Jerry's? Evidently the "peanut buttah" is going to make people's butts expand exponentially.
The peanut butter ice cream is very rich and decadent. The "peanut butter sugar bits" were awesome and I wish there were more. The "peanut butter cookie core" was a bit of a misnomer. It reminded me more of peanut butter fudge versus a peanut butter cookie. Back in grade school we made this deadly peanut butter fudge - if I recall the ingredients were powdered sugar, corn syrup and peanut butter. I seriously have no clue why I didn't die of a diabetic coma from that PB fudge!
The one "off note" on this decadent ice cream is the "peanut butter cookie chunks." They had absolutely no flavor whatsoever. They could have been shortbread for all I knew. (Which by the way Ben and Jerry's, I miss Cool Britannia ice cream and Pink Lemonade Sorbet - BRING THEM BACK! Cool Britannia was vanilla ice cream with strawberries and fudge covered shortbread. HEAVEN!)
This ice cream was very very rich and very very sweet. If you are worried about portion control, perhaps this is the right Ben and Jerry's for you because I couldn't imagine eating a ton of this ultra rich ice cream in one sitting.
If you're having major peanut cravings, check out this ice cream. But I think I would have been just as content eating a scoop of vanilla with some crushed honey roasted peanuts on top!
Have you tried any of Ben and Jerry's new cookie core ice creams? Tell me what you thought of them in the comments section below!
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