HOLLY'S CHEAT DAY

Happy Happy Wednesday everybody!!!  Thought I would offer y’all some hump day fun and review some Ben and Jerry’s ice creams.  In all honesty, I only know for sure that one of these ice creams is brand spanking new (because I no joke waited for it’s arrival in stores), but the others, no idea, I think they are probably considered new-ish.  Anyways let’s get to it…

First we have the ‘One Love’ ice cream which is a banana ice cream with caramel swirls and little chocolate peace signs.  This was the ice cream that I knew was about to be released and went on the hunt for the day it was supposedly out, and obviously the one I was most excited about trying…

don’t we all like to see what the ice cream looks like when the top is first taken off?…

all that delicious caramel goodness and just enough chocolate…

Ok y’all, this ice cream met every expectation I had and then some.  The banana ice cream is sooo good, it tastes like fresh banana bread, not that artificial banana candy flavor that leaves an after taste.  The caramel was super gooey (the way it should be) and perfectly swirled throughout, seriously the ratio was perfect.  Again, the little chocolate peace signs were just enough, not too much and the mix & ratio of everything just worked, it is sooo good.  I really hope they keep this flavor around,  it does not need to be a limited batch, this is a for sure 10 out of 10. 

Okay, next we have the ‘Oat of the Swirled’ Ben & Jerry’s Ice cream which is a buttery brown sugar ice cream with fudge flakes and oatmeal cinnamon cookie swirls…

nice and opened…

nom…

So first, the brown sugar ice cream is just as delicious as I had anticipated, and in my opinion,  brown sugar ice cream should really be the base far more than it is because, yum, it is nice and rich and is just different enough without being crazy.  The oatmeal cinnamon cookie swirl, is also as amazing as I had hoped it would be.  The texture is just like raw oatmeal cookie dough, which is swirled throughout.  Ok, so onto the fudge flakes, which were more like giant fudge chunks, which there were too many of and at times overpowered the whole flavor scheme.  The chocolate could have been left completely out and I would have been thrilled and if they I had,  I would have given this ice cream a 10 out of 10, since that is not the case, I give this ice cream an 8 out of 10.    

Here we have the ‘Spectacular Speculoos Cookie Core’ ice cream which is a dark caramel and vanilla ice cream with Speculoos cookies and a Speculoos Cookie Butter core.  Ever since my discovery of cookie butter I’ve basically been obsessed, so I had to try this one (think I would have preferred if it was Biscoff cookie butter but whatevs). 

I scooped out some of the ice cream so y’all could see more of the cookie butter core, mmm…

look at all that cookie butter…

First off, the description says that the ice cream is dark caramel mixed with vanilla ice cream, but honestly I did not get a hint of dark caramel which was disappointing.  The ice cream base tastes like a basic mild caramel flavor which is fine but not mind blowing like I had hoped for.  They also said there were cookie pieces, and honestly didn’t find too many of those, so that was meh.  Now, the cookie butter core is a another story, that thing is throughout, thick and absolutely delicious, I could have sat there and dug out the core, eaten that and been totally fine.  Overall, this is a good ice cream, just not as good as it could have been.  If the ice cream base had been a full on dark caramel, it would have bumped this stuff to a 9 out of 10, instead I give it a solid 7 out of 10. 

Lastly, we have these Pint Slices in Americone Dream.  The flavor Americone Dream has been one of my favorite flavors for a few years now because, sweet a little bit salty, and some crunch,  so I was way excited to try these.

looks promising…

the inside…

Y’all, this has to be hands down the most disappointing ice cream item in the history of ice cream!  I absolutely love Americone dream ice cream, it’s totally awesome with all the crunchy semi-salty bites of chocolate covered waffle cones and the swirls of caramel, noms! Unfortunately, these pint slices literally contained none of that stuff.  This was basically cruddy vanilla ice cream wrapped in cruddy chocolate.  The whole thing tasted like freezer burn and I threw them all out—I NEVER throw out ice cream! Do not waste your time with these things, I give them a solid 1 out 10.  Sounds harsh, but seriously, just Ben & Jerry’s just stick to what you know, awesome ice cream.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and if there’s something you would like me to review next, just give me a shout!

Happy Wednesday everybody!!!  I would like to think I’m a bit of an M&M connoisseur, because you know, me and M&M’s go way back, so I’m always super excited to try their new flavors when they come out.  In my opinion, most of their limited edition ones have been  a bit meh (I’m looking at you pumpkin pie M&M’s) but most of the time their new ones that end up sticking around have been pretty good and these are no exception, so here we go.  Just FYI I obtained all of these different flavors of M&M’s at Wal-Mart. 

First up, the new Caramel M&M…

all of the caramel goodness inside…

The caramel M&M’s were definitely the ones I was anticipating trying the most, because caramel and chocolate is pretty much perfection in my book.  For the size of the M&M’s I was surprised how much caramel they were actually able to fit inside, unfortunately, the caramel taste didn’t shine nearly as much as I was hoping for.  The chocolate flavor was still the most dominant but overall these are pretty good, not as good as I had hoped but not too shabby.  I give these a 5 out of 10, mostly because I will not go out of my way to buy these anytime soon.  

Now for the Coffee Nut M&M’s…

ready for their closeup…

I honestly went into trying these with no expectations, kind of seemed even a bit odd, but what the heck, figured I would give them a try, I mean, I love coffee and all.  I would like to preface this with, my absolute favorite M&M’s for years have been the Peanut M&M’s, hello sweet and salty goodness…so with that said, these Coffee Nut M&M’s may replace the Peanut M&M’s as my favorite they are that awesome.  I don’t know how they did it, but just imagine the wonderfulness of Peanut M&M’s with just the perfect hint of coffee, it totally sounds weird but it just completely works.  I give these a solid 10 out of 10, definitely give these a try y’all.

Now for the Strawberry Nut M&M’s…

Again, I went in with no expectations because of the randomness of the strawberry flavor.  When you open the bag there is a noticeable strawberry smell, and I loved the color scheme of the M&M’s for the whole strawberry schtick they had going.  At first bite I thought they might just be garbage but once the flavor of the peanut really started to mesh with the strawberry flavor, you start to get a peanut butter and jelly vibe which is unexpected by kind of neat.  I kind of like these M&M’s, not saying I’m going to buy up all of the bags before they go away but not bad at all.  I give these a 6 out of 10 just for uniqueness.

As always,  these reviews are just my opinion and you may love or dislike the complete opposite of me regarding these junk foods.  Thank you so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!!

Happy Happy Wednesday everybody!!!  I’m so excited about this new series I’m starting today, my junk food review! Weee!  Obviously, I love talking and writing about food, and not just the stuff that I make either.  I definitely throw myself into the category of junk food connoisseur, and am always looking for the newest candy or pastries for my cheat day, so I figured I might as well share my opinion here.  Ok, so today’s review are on 2 Krispy Kreme doughnuts because doughnuts are hands down one of my favorite junk foods like ever.  One is the limited edition Sea Salt Caramel with Ghirardelli chocolate and the other is one that’s been around for a bit I believe but I just recently tried, the New York Cheesecake doughnut.

First, the Sea Salt Caramel with Ghirardelli Chocolate…

cut in half…

Alrighty, so this is a doughnut that I’ve been eyeing for weeks and have been impatiently anticipating to try.  The breakdown of this doughnut is, a salted caramel filling, with a dark chocolate Ghirardelli topping with mini dark chocolate chips and big chunks of sea salt on top.  Ok, so basically I thought this doughnut was fine.  I was expecting the whole eye-rollingly good thing to happen, but it didn’t.  I found the dark chocolate flavor to be way too overpowering, to the point that the salted caramel (one of my fav things always) was lost.  Then the mini dark chocolate chips on top then added even more to the overpowering dark chocolate problem, and the salted caramel filling, which only tasted like plain caramel in the middle was a big giant blob and not evenly distributed.  Also, even though Krispy Kreme’s doughnuts are usually super soft and moist, I found the doughnut part to be a bit dry.  I’m not at all craving this doughnut so I give it a solid 5 out of 10.  Just for reference purposes, a 10 is something I will literally daydream about and make sure I eat on cheat days.

second, the New York Cheesecake doughnut…

cut in half…

Ok, so this is another doughnut I was really anticipating eating, and another that I was really let down by.  It should tell you something that I bought 2 of these, and only ate half of 1, that literally never happens.  The filling is supposed to be cheesecake filling, and the topping is supposed to be a cheesecake icing with graham cracker crumbs.  First impression is that the filling tastes nothing like cheesecake, it tasted overwhelmingly tart, like there was lemon in it, definitely a big strike because cheesecake is awesome.  I had high hopes for the graham cracker crumble on top, which I expected to at least be a bit buttery and really, it didn’t taste like anything except hard, dry pieces of stuff.  The doughnut tasted nothing at all like cheesecake to me, super huge disappointment, I give it a 2 out of 10.

Before any of grab your pitchforks because you happen to love these doughnuts, remember this is totally just my opinion, you may love these doughnuts.  Thanks for stopping by!!!