{"id":18172,"date":"2015-03-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=18172"},"modified":"2020-12-28T19:22:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T05:22:04","slug":"review-ben-jerrys-the-tonight-dough-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/09\/review-ben-jerrys-the-tonight-dough-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Ben & Jerry’s The Tonight Dough Ice Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ben<\/p>\n

You may think it’s harmless, generous even, to share this pint with your friends. <\/p>\n

Don\u2019t. <\/p>\n

It seduces and, thus, accumulates a distressing number of amorous relationships. Give a bite here, share a bite there, and suddenly you have callers all over you, ringing you at 2 in the morning to explain their dreams and tugging your arm to elope with them in Vegas. Go through all this and then where will you be? <\/p>\n

In Divorce Court. That\u2019s where.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll have to deal with all that paperwork, the taxes, Judge Mallory. Take it from me: avoid Divorce Court. Don\u2019t share. Save the whole pint for your awesome self. Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/p>\n

Creamy and smooth with a melt slower than Blue Bunny, but not as creamy as a small-batch Gelato Fiasco, the ice cream stands up to the Ben and Jerry standard I\u2019ve come to know: mild, sweet, and inoffensive, if a bit bland. The caramel portion is milky and sweet with the tang of cooked sugar coming in at the end while the milk chocolate portion leans strongly toward the milk with a dry, cocoa-forward finish. <\/p>\n

For those looking for dynamically punchy bases, the ice cream alone is not something you\u2019d hoard in your underground nuclear bunker. But then the mix-ins arrive and explain everything: the base is but the palate cleanser. The humble binder of goods. The tabula rasa for a dairy-inspired art installation worthy of the MoMA.<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/p>\n

And it all starts with the cookie dough chunks. There are gobs of them. Everywhere. Gobs of salty-sweet-and-gritty peanut butter dough. Gobs of familiar, sugar-forward chocolate chip dough. Big gobs. Little gobs. Standard gobs. But mainly big gobs. I eat the gobs. You should, too.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the cookie swirl: a thick ribbon of gritty dark chocolate wafers so delightful, it may sully forth magical woodland creatures to Twitter about you. With its taste of Oreos and firm integration of bitter-laced sugar throughout the pint, this is the slightly liquefied embodiment of childhood nostalgia. Aside from a snowplow that harnesses the energy of three Hadron Colliders, I can\u2019t think of anything I\u2019d like more.<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/p>\n

And after all that\u2019s over, the bowl\u2019s empty, and it was worth it to not share. It was creamy with a mild base that allowed for those excellent mix-ins to shine like so many sequins on a WWE Wrestler at a European discotheque. Sure, the base is mild and the whole thing is composed of already-existing mix-ins, but these elements are combined in a such a way that allows the Whole to be elevated to a new level: gritty, sugary, chewy, melty, salty, bitter, chocolate-y, and peanut buttery. All the elements of the food pyramid. <\/p>\n

If you find the chocolate\/caramel base too mild, maybe finish it off with some caramel or fudge. If you miss Fallon\u2019s old iteration, perhaps top it off with potato chip chunkies. Or just scoop-scoop it into your bowl and never look back. I know I didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1\/2 cup – 310 calories, 140 calories from fat, 16 grams of fat, 8 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 55 milligrams of cholesterol, 100 milligrams of sodium, 35 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 26 grams of sugar, and 5 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Ben & Jerry’s The Tonight Dough Ice Cream
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $5.19
\nSize:<\/b> 1 pint
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Food Emporium
\nRating:<\/b> 8 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Creamy. Chocolate-y. Peanut-butter-y. Balance of bitter, salty, and sweet. Gobs of cookie dough. The pint is all yours. WWE wrestlers decked out for the disco. Hadron-Collider-powered snowplow.
\nCons:<\/b> Caramel and chocolate bases are mild. No potato chip clusters. Divorce Court. Deluded lovers you don\u2019t love who explain their dreams to you at 2 in the morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may think it’s harmless, generous even, to share this pint with your friends. Don\u2019t. It seduces and, thus, accumulates a distressing number of amorous relationships. Give a bite here, share a bite there, and suddenly you have callers all over you, ringing you at 2 in the morning to explain their dreams and tugging 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