{"id":14737,"date":"2013-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=14737"},"modified":"2023-04-29T07:38:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T17:38:24","slug":"review-magnum-gold-and-magnum-mini-gold-ice-cream-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/16\/review-magnum-gold-and-magnum-mini-gold-ice-cream-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Magnum Gold?! and Magnum Mini Gold?! Ice Cream Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Magnum<\/a><\/p>\n

Let’s play the word association game.<\/p>\n

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word \u201cMagnum\u201d? One of my friends said \u201cguns\u201d, but he’s from Texas, so that doesn’t count. Magnum P.I.<\/i> would also be an acceptable answer, if you’re over the age of 30 or just have an appreciation of fine mustaches.<\/p>\n

My first thought, because I am a perv, was, of course, \u201ccondoms for guys with giant penises\u201d. Can you really blame me? Their whole marketing campaign is all about pleasure and indulgence. Magnum is easily the sexiest ice cream bar company around, if anyone was giving out awards for \u201cSexiest Ice Cream Bar\u201d, which might be an awards show I’d actually watch.<\/p>\n

I’m not talking about Magnums in general, though \u2013 I’m talking about Magnum Gold?!<\/p>\n

As you’ve probably gathered by now, I didn’t just have an attack of surprise and disbelief, there \u2013 that interrobang was all Magnum’s doing. I checked their website. Time and time again, that ?! was present but unaddressed. It was like Magnum thought this was a perfectly normal punctuation to throw on a product name. Did nobody explain to Magnum what an interrobang indicates?!<\/p>\n

Magnum describes their Gold?! Ice Cream Bar as \u201cSilky vanilla bean ice cream swirled with sea salt caramel and covered in a golden coating made with Belgian Milk Chocolate.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is, of course, no actual gold in Magnum Gold?! ice cream bars. However, I was disappointed by the lack of shiny allure in the gold coating. It barely glimmered at all?! I’ve seen enough cake decorating shows to know that there’s edible gold out there that is shiny enough to attract raccoons from a half mile away. This was not that gold. This was more of a dull sheen.<\/p>\n

\"Magnum<\/a><\/p>\n

The gold-covered milk chocolate shell tasted pretty high-quality \u2013 I’d put it at about Dove chocolate status. I’m glad the chocolate was so tasty, because there sure was a lot of it \u2013 too much, in fact. The shell was so thick it took a bit of effort to break through it, and the thickness seemed to cause excessive breakage. I guess I’d rather get a gold stain on my shirt than a chocolate stain?!<\/p>\n

\"Magnum<\/a><\/p>\n

The vanilla ice cream was indeed smooth, and you could see the vanilla bean flecks in it. It played well with the chocolate shell, which is pretty much stating the obvious. Since when haven’t vanilla and chocolate gone well together?!<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the main feature of Magnum Gold?! (besides the Gold?! coating, of course), the sea salt caramel, was not strong enough to stand up to the richness of the chocolate shell. I could definitely see the caramel swirls, but I only got one or two bites where I could distinctly taste its flavor. Even then, the caramel flavor was pedestrian. There was nothing to distinguish it as sea salt caramel as opposed to just regular ol’ caramel?!<\/p>\n

\"Magnum<\/a><\/p>\n

Magnum Gold?! has a little brother known as Magnum Mini Gold?! I was hoping maybe the smaller version would have a thinner shell, but Mini Gold?! shared all the characteristics, good and bad, of its bigger version. The main difference was that Mini Gold?! didn’t come in a fancy gold foil wrapper, which, by the way, is about the most annoying thing in the universe to try to photograph.<\/p>\n

\"Magnum<\/a><\/p>\n

Fun fact, I got a Magnum Mini Gold?! that had the \u201cM\u201d on the hand-side of the stick instead of \u201cMagnum\u201d. I thought this was just part of being a Mini, but the rest of them had \u201cMagnum\u201d with the heart symbol on it showing, just like the larger version. Ice cream bar blooper reel!<\/p>\n

I’ve tried other Magnum Ice Cream Bar flavors before, and have found them to be almost too rich and decadent. While they have their shortcomings, Magnum Gold?! Ice Cream Bars, on the other hand, have a nice balance of sweet and rich, which is funny because it’s called Gold?! Get it?!<\/p>\n

Disclosure: The author received free Magnum Gold?! and Magnum Mini Gold?! Ice Cream Bars samples from Unilever. She also received a treasure chest with a bottle of Moet & Chandon Imperial Champagne.<\/b><\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1 bar – Magnum Gold?! Ice Cream Bar<\/b> – 290 calories, 20 grams of total fat, 14 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 25 milligrams of cholesterol, 75 milligrams of sodium, 25 grams of total carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 24 grams of sugar, 3 grams of protein, 8% vitamin A, 10% calcium, and 4% iron. Magnum Mini Gold?! Ice Cream Bar<\/b> – 170 calories, 12 grams of total fat, 8 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 15 milligrams of cholesterol, 40 milligrams of sodium, 15 grams of total carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 14 grams of sugar, 2 grams of protein, 4% vitamin A, 6% calcium, and 2% iron.) <\/small><\/p>\n

Other Magnum Gold?! and Magnum Mini Gold?! reviews:<\/b>
\nOn Second Scoop<\/a>
\nBrand Eating<\/a> <\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Magnum Gold?! and Magnum Mini Gold?! Ice Cream Bars
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> FREE
\nSize:<\/b> 3 bars (Magnum Gold?!)
\nSize:<\/b> 6 bars (Magnum Mini Gold?!)
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Received from Magnum
\nRating:<\/b> 7 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Quality chocolate shell. Smooth vanilla bean ice cream. Being able to eat gold. Random, unexplained interrobangs. Not overwhelmingly rich like other Magnum bars. Ice cream bar blooper reels.
\nCons:<\/b> Chocolate shell was too thick. Caramel was too faint and not sea-salty. Random, unexplained interrobangs. Chocolate was overwhelming other flavors. I can’t stop thinking about penises when I see the word \u201cMagnum\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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