For its latest spring-time limited batch, Ben & Jerry’s is once again leaning into one of the brand’s undeniable strengths: coffee. Honey Graham Latte combines caramel coffee ice cream with honey graham cracker swirls and crunchy cinnamon swirls.

I won’t lie, when this flavor announcement showed up in my inbox, I was extremely excited. I love coffee, I love cinnamon, and the Ben & Jerry’s graham cracker swirl remains undefeated as one of the best mix-ins in mass-produced ice cream. So with all of that said, I’ve gotta say, I’m a bit disappointed.

Maybe I hyped up the potential too much in my own head, and don’t get me wrong, it’s still a very enjoyable scoop, but the flavors don’t pop as much as I envisioned. The caramel coffee ice cream is strong, delightfully strong, which is where the composition of this pint begins to falter. It is a great base, and when enjoyed on its own, it delivers a robust and super milky-sweet-yet-bold coffee flavor that finishes with a caramel-laden smoothness that will easily please any Starbucks fan. After a few successive bites, some cinnamon notes linger in the background to round out the coffee-forward profile.

I am a coffee freak; a day without it doesn’t exist for me, so I like the foundational flavor here, but the mix-ins beg to differ. There’s a chance it’s the composition of this particular pint, but I dug all the way to the bottom to try and find some crunchy cinnamon and had no luck. There is the spice that lingers in the background of the base, but it is subtle, and I was imagining the type of streusel swirl we got in Cinnamon Buns (RIP) that mimics the inner walls of a doughy pastry. That type of bold swirl up against this great coffee base would be fantastic, but it never appears.

As I mentioned earlier, B&J’s graham cracker swirl is one of my all-time favorites, and it’s present here. But again, the intensity of the ice cream does more of a disservice to the usually salty-sweet nuance that that mix-in brings. The graham pops up in thin sheets throughout but doesn’t come through as noticeably as in staples like Pumpkin Cheesecake, Gimme S’more, or the very delicious PB Blondie Bestie Sundae from earlier this year. You feel the gentle crunch of the graham more than you’re able to taste it, and I want more representation from that taste that I love. There’s no doubt this is still a high quality and objectively good tasting ice cream, but it could reach higher heights with some tweaks to the overall flavor balance.

DISCLOSURE: I received a free product sample from Ben & Jerry’s. Doing so did not influence my review.

Purchased Price: FREE
Size: One Pint
Purchased at: Received from Ben & Jerry’s
Rating: 6 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (2/3 cup, 138g) 390 calories, 24 grams of fat, 11 grams of saturated fat, 0.5 grams of trans fat, 65 milligrams of cholesterol, 180 milligrams of sodium, 39 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 32 grams of total sugars, and 5 grams of protein.