{"id":25906,"date":"2017-11-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=25906"},"modified":"2021-01-13T20:47:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T06:47:04","slug":"quick-review-baskin-robbins-tiramisu-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/17\/quick-review-baskin-robbins-tiramisu-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK REVIEW: Baskin-Robbins Tiramisu Ice Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Baskin-Robbins-Tiramisum-Ice-Cream.jpg?resize=599%2C497&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Baskin Robbins Tiramisum Ice Cream\" title=\"Baskin-Robbins Tiramisum Ice Cream.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"599\" height=\"497\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bucking the ho ho ho-hum trend of cramming peppermint or gingerbread into every new or limited flavor this time of year, Baskin-Robbins&#8217; November Flavor of the Month is Tiramisu. Tiramisu-flavored ice cream is filled with pound cake pieces, a chocolate mocha ribbon, and chocolate flakes.<\/p>\n<p>Coffee is unabashedly the dominant flavor in this dish, emanating a distinct smell and exercising as much subtlety as a Targaryen barbecue. The tiramisu-flavored ice cream base seems enjoyable on its own, but I had difficulty isolating it from the generous mocha ribbon. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Baskin-Robbins-Tiramisum-Ice-Cream-2.jpg?resize=568%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Baskin Robbins Tiramisum Ice Cream 2\" title=\"Baskin-Robbins Tiramisum Ice Cream 2.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"568\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this proves to be too much of a good thing as a coffee-flavored ribbon in a coffee-flavored base leaves a somewhat bitter aftertaste and feels as unnecessary as taking a dip in Goo Lagoon when you already live in a pineapple under the sea.<\/p>\n<p>It also creates a problem for the semi-sweet chocolate flakes which add a nice snap but fail to punch up the chocolate notes enough to stand out despite decent representation. Meanwhile, the scarce pound cake pieces are relegated to merely providing a pleasant spongy texture as their flavor is completely overshadowed by the coffee.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Baskin-Robbins-Tiramisum-Ice-Cream-3.jpg?resize=385%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Baskin Robbins Tiramisum Ice Cream 3\" title=\"Baskin-Robbins Tiramisum Ice Cream 3.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"385\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the rich buttery essence of a mascarpone swirl would have resulted in a more balanced and authentic flavor than the coffee overload created by the mocha ribbon.  <\/p>\n<p>I like a bold coffee-flavored chocolate ice cream, and this certainly fits that bill; it just isn&#8217;t the iconic, layered taste experience you know and love in ice cream form. This rendition of tiramisu is as authentic to its Italian heritage as a Brooklyn plumber riding a dinosaur.<\/p>\n<p><b>Baskin-Robbins says a 4 oz. scoop has 26 milligrams of caffeine.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Purchased Price:<\/b> $2.79<br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b> Large scoop (4 oz.)<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b> 5 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Nutrition Facts:<\/b> (Small Scoop) 260 calories, 13 grams of fat, 8 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams trans fat, 50 milligrams of cholesterol, 125 milligrams of sodium, 33 grams of carbohydrates, 24 grams of sugar, 1 gram of dietary fiber, and 5 grams of protein..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bucking the ho ho ho-hum trend of cramming peppermint or gingerbread into every new or limited flavor this time of year, Baskin-Robbins&#8217; November Flavor of the Month is Tiramisu. Tiramisu-flavored ice cream is filled with pound cake pieces, a chocolate mocha ribbon, and chocolate flakes. Coffee is unabashedly the dominant flavor in this dish, emanating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"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":[1670,1477,1468],"class_list":["post-25906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-baskin-robbins","tag-fast-food","tag-ice-cream"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25571,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/01\/fast-food-news-baskin-robbins-tiramisu-ice-cream\/","url_meta":{"origin":25906,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Baskin-Robbins Tiramisu Ice Cream","author":"Marvo","date":"November 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Baskin-Robbins' Flavor of the Month for November 2017 is Tiramisu. 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