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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nRight about now you’re saying, “Seriously Drew, another damn Ben & Jerry’s review?\u00a0 Do you ever give it a rest, man?” No, shut up.\u00a0 Ben & Jerry’s is usually awesome, so the more I review, the better it is for you, me, and everyone except my waistline and militant vegans.\u00a0 (Is that a thing?)\u00a0 Also, it helps me feel closer to Vermont ever since I stopped skiing back in high school.\u00a0 It’s either this or gay marriage, and I can’t live with another dude long term — who would keep me from wallowing in my own filth?<\/p>\n
Today is a twofer because B&J’s seemingly can’t stop themselves from releasing new ice cream flavors, two of the latest being Chocolate Nougat Crunch and Rocky Road-ish.\u00a0 I always get a little skittish when the “-ish” suffix is used, because so often it’s used in the context of things like “soon-ish” or “pretty-ish” or “meat-ish.”\u00a0 But in this case I’m willing to take that chance, because I know you all are counting on me.\u00a0 -Ish.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThe Chocolate Nougat Crunch promises sweet cream ice cream with wafer cookies covered in fudge and a chocolate nougat swirl.\u00a0 That uncomfortable feeling you have right now is your taste buds needing to change their underwear.\u00a0 It sounds delicious, but I’m even happier to report that it largely tastes that way too.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Sweet cream is a personal favorite of mine, and this flavor presents a very good version of it, not simply vanilla masquerading as sweet cream.\u00a0 The chocolate nougat swirl is rich and forms a nice contrast with the sweet cream.\u00a0 The part about wafer cookies is slightly misleading, in that you might have been expecting actual large(-ish) cookies floating around inside the carton, but will instead get various small chunks.\u00a0 I’m not complaining because they’re plentiful, taste good, and provide some nice texture contrast, but there’s not a strong wafer taste to them.\u00a0 Maybe it’s because I grew up on Nilla Wafers, but I have certain expectations for what a wafer tastes like, and these weren’t it.\u00a0 Not a big problem since they’re still tasty, but don’t buy the flavor for your wafer fix.\u00a0 [Insert Catholic Church joke here.]<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nWhereas Chocolate Nougat Crunch is a new flavor, Rocky Road-ish is a limited batch, which in theory means they only created so much of it and they’re not making more.\u00a0 Not sure what the big difference is — if a new flavor doesn’t catch on, won’t it essentially have been a limited batch too? — but if you want to try some, better do it soon.\u00a0 And trust me: you DO want to try some.\u00a0 The description on the back describes it as “kinda like Rocky Road, but different,” and that’s definitely true.\u00a0 It might be more accurate to call it Reverse Rocky Road, since instead of being chocolate ice cream with marshmallows and almonds in it, it’s toasted marshmallow ice cream with marshmallow swirl and fudge-covered almonds.<\/p>\n
Given that, I was downright surprised by how much I liked it — I thought I’d really miss the strong chocolate presence, but the toasted marshmallow flavor ends up being really, really good without tasting precisely like marshmallow.\u00a0 I know that sounds confusing, but it’s more vaguely evocative of a marshmallow rather than tasting exactly like one.\u00a0 I’m not complaining, though, because it’s very rich and the fudge-covered almonds are plentiful.\u00a0 I can’t say the swirl was particularly noticeable, which kind of makes sense since it’s the same flavor as the ice cream, but then why even bother including the swirl?\u00a0 It’s like a Michael Bay movie poster advertising tons of explosions and zero plot.\u00a0 I mean… yes, but we kind of knew that already.<\/p>\n
If you were waiting for the day Ben & Jerry’s would completely and utterly fail me, it may yet come to pass, but certainly not today.\u00a0 No, today I got to review two good to very good flavors, the better of which is unfortunately only available for a limited time.\u00a0 The standard caveats apply — this is far from health food, scoop out a predetermined measure or you’re just going to eat the entire pint like you did the night that jerk\/bitch broke your heart — but otherwise, have at it.\u00a0 Can’t go wrong with either of them. <\/p>\n
(Nutrition Facts – 1\/2 cup – Rocky Road-ish<\/b> – 250 calories, 110 calories from fat, 12 grams of total fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 50 milligrams of cholesterol, 55 milligrams of sodium, 32 grams of total carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of dietary fiber, 24 grams of sugars, 4 grams of protein.\u00a0 Chocolate Nougat Crunch<\/b> — 250 calories, 120 calories from fat, 13 grams of total fat, 8 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 55 milligrams of cholesterol, 40 milligrams of sodium, 31 grams of total carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 25 grams of sugars, 4 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n
Other Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Nougat Crunch reviews:<\/b> Other Ben & Jerry’s Limited Batch Rocky Road-ish reviews:<\/b> Item:<\/b> Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Nougat Crunch and Limited Batch Rocky Road-ish Right about now you’re saying, “Seriously Drew, another damn Ben & Jerry’s review?\u00a0 Do you ever give it a rest, man?” No, shut up.\u00a0 Ben & Jerry’s is usually awesome, so the more I review, the better it is for you, me, and everyone except my waistline and militant vegans.\u00a0 (Is that a thing?)\u00a0 Also, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1546,1468],"class_list":["post-11400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-ben-jerrys","tag-ice-cream"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11324,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/15\/news-ben-jerrys-releases-new-flavors-and-greek-frozen-yogurt\/","url_meta":{"origin":11400,"position":0},"title":"NEWS: Ben & Jerry’s Releases New Flavors and Greek Frozen Yogurt","author":"Marvo","date":"February 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Update: Click here to read our Ben & Jerry's Greek Frozen Yogurt review On Second Scoop recently discovered some of Ben & Jerry's new flavors at his local grocery store. 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\nOn Second Scoop<\/a><\/p>\n
\nOn Second Scoop<\/a>
\nA Sweet Score<\/a>
\nBen & Jerry’s Fanatic<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPrice:<\/b> $4.59 each
\nSize:<\/b> 1 pint
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Giant
\nRating:<\/b> 7 out of 10 (Chocolate Nougat Crunch)
\nRating:<\/b> 9 out of 10 (Rocky Road-ish)
\nPros:<\/b> Another damn Ben & Jerry’s review.\u00a0 Feeling closer to Vermont.\u00a0 Sweet cream that tastes like sweet cream.\u00a0 Reverse Rocky Road.\u00a0 Good texture both, with plentiful wafer chunks\/almonds, respectively.\u00a0 Going two for two.
\nCons:<\/b> Militant vegans.\u00a0 The “-ish” suffix like 99% of the time.\u00a0 Not the prettiest photographs.\u00a0 Doesn’t taste like Nilla Wafers.\u00a0 Michael Bay movies.\u00a0 Temptation to eat until you’re scraping the bottom of the carton is strong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"