{"id":18199,"date":"2015-03-16T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=18199"},"modified":"2020-12-28T19:22:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T05:22:01","slug":"review-talenti-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-gelato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/16\/review-talenti-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-gelato\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Talenti Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Gelato"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Few people recognize cookie dough’s versatility.<\/p>\n

Your kids ate all the Play-Doh? Give those rascals some cookie dough. Out of plumber\u2019s putty? Use a bit of cookie dough to fix that leaky faucet. Need a quick stuffing for your Thanksgiving turkey? Shove some cookie dough up its poultry-hole and call it a day.<\/p>\n

Maybe none of those are good ideas. Maybe Google Image searching \u201cpoultry-hole\u201d wasn\u2019t a good idea either. Maybe I\u2019m unsure how to transition from talking about turkey orifices to gelato, so I\u2019m just going to pretend I never wrote these first two paragraphs and start over. Were you expecting Pulitzer Prize writing here? Because I\u2019m pretty sure any writer who uses the word \u201cpoultry-hole\u201d more than twice is instantly disqualified, and I just hit number three.<\/p>\n

One of seven new Talenti flavors for 2015, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough seduced me with visions of a cookie dough gelato base speckled with plenty of chocolate chips. Due to the container\u2019s lack of a description aside from the flavor\u2019s title and ingredients list, this is what I was expecting.<\/p>\n

I was wrong.<\/p>\n

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

Instead, this flavor features a vanilla bean gelato with swirls of dark butter fudge, mixed with bits of chocolate chip cookie dough.<\/p>\n

Sugary sweet in scent, the vanilla gelato base possesses the strong vanilla flavor and subtle bitterness of a vanilla extract \u2014 different, but not undesirable. The fudge swirls\u2019 sharp cocoa flavor alludes to watered-down chocolate syrup, but winds up choked by the potent vanilla gelato.<\/p>\n

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

Worst of all, the cookie dough bits are the Waldo of this flavor; I\u2019m looking, but I just can\u2019t seem to find \u2018em. After consuming more than half the pint, I had encountered around five chunks of cookie dough. Their chocolatey, brown sugar flavor suggests a spot-on rendition of cookie dough, but what\u2019s the point if they\u2019re barely present?<\/p>\n

At least I can say one good thing about this gelato: according to the Talenti website, the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough flavor is both kosher and vegetarian. Rest assured, people. You will find no meats inside this pint. You won\u2019t find very much cookie dough either. Hrmph.<\/p>\n

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

For a flavor titled \u201cChocolate Chip Cookie Dough,\u201d the cookie dough really seems to take a backseat here. This flavor needs at least twice as much cookie dough to live up to its name. Frankly, Talenti\u2019s new Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough gelato feels more like a pint of glorified vanilla ice cream. <\/p>\n

This is one dessert I\u2019ll be keeping out of my poultry-hole, I mean, mouth-hole.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1\/2 cup \u2013 210 calories, 90 calories from fat, 10 grams of total fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 40 milligrams of cholesterol, 60 milligrams of sodium, 26 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 25 grams of sugar, and 4 grams of protein..)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Talenti Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Gelato
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $4.69
\nSize:<\/b> 1 pint
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Stop & Shop
\nRating:<\/b> 4 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Gelato flavor is similar to vanilla extract. Kosher and vegetarian. No meat inside here.
\nCons:<\/b> Fudge swirls are choked by vanilla flavor. Very few cookie dough bits. Excessive use of poultry-hole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Few people recognize cookie dough’s versatility. Your kids ate all the Play-Doh? Give those rascals some cookie dough. Out of plumber\u2019s putty? Use a bit of cookie dough to fix that leaky faucet. Need a quick stuffing for your Thanksgiving turkey? Shove some cookie dough up its poultry-hole and call it a day. Maybe none […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"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":[1632,1468,1435],"class_list":["post-18199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-gelato","tag-ice-cream","tag-talenti"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18139,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/03\/spotted-on-shelves-talenti-tiramisu-oatmeal-raisin-cookie-and-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-gelato\/","url_meta":{"origin":18199,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Talenti Tiramisu, Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Gelato","author":"Marvo","date":"March 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are three of the seven new Talenti flavors for 2015. 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