{"id":4173,"date":"2009-07-02T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4173"},"modified":"2020-12-05T14:32:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T00:32:29","slug":"review-ben-jerrys-goodbye-yellow-brickle-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/02\/review-ben-jerrys-goodbye-yellow-brickle-road\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Ben & Jerry’s Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ben<\/p>\n

Ben & Jerry’s latest creation, Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road, honors Sir Elton John’s first-ever Vermont appearance in 2008. If Elton John wanted to honor the ice cream that honors him in lyrical form, I believe it might go something like this:<\/p>\n

Goodbye skinny jeans
\nThough I never really used you at all
\nYou had the strength to hold yourself
\nWhile my gut pushed out like a wall
\nIt oozed out from over the top
\nand it looked like you were baking bread.
\nI really need to run on a treadmill
\nBecause I have 20 pounds I need to shed.<\/p>\n

And it seems to me you lived your life
\nLike plastic bag in the wind
\nNever knowing what to cling to
\nWhen my fat ass came in
\nAnd I would have liked to have used you
\nBut I was just too big
\nYour stitches tore out long before
\nYour buttons ever did.<\/i><\/p>\n

Now if Ben & Jerry wanted to honor themselves for honoring Elton John for honoring the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream that honors Elton John in song form, I believe it would go like this:<\/p>\n

Hey kids, mixing ingredients together
\nThe freezer freezing something
\nthat’s been known to change the weather.
\nWe’ll milk the fatted calf tonight
\nso stick around.
\nYou’re gonna taste creamy goodness
\nthat will make you round.<\/p>\n

Say, Cherry and Garcia, have you seen them with dairy.
\nOoh, but they’re so spaced out, B-b-b-bennie and the Jerry’s.
\nOh, but they’re weird and they’re wonderful.
\nOh Bennie, he’s really all right.
\nHe’s got plastic spoons, hippie tunes.
\nYou know I read it on their website. Oh ho.
\nB-b-b-bennie and the Jerry’s<\/i><\/p>\n

Now if I wanted to honor Ben & Jerry for their limited edition Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road ice cream that honors Elton John, I would say that it’s a pretty good ice cream that would make Sir Elton John happy, or gay, if you will. And why wouldn’t it? Because it consists of a hodgepodge of ingredients that would make most people giddy. It has chocolate ice cream, peanut butter cookie dough, brickle candy pieces and white chocolatey chunks. <\/p>\n

The chocolate ice cream had the typical Ben & Jerry’s creaminess to it; the peanut butter cookie dough added a slight nuttiness; the brickle gave it a nice crunch and caramel flavor; and the white chocolatey chunks added…um…actually, I didn’t think they added anything, but they were big chunks and there were lots of them. Each spoonful had at least one of the added ingredients.<\/p>\n

Of course, like most premium ice creams, the Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road is extremely high in saturated fat, providing 50% of your daily recommended intake of saturated fat in a half cup serving. But I ate an entire pint within a week and…<\/p>\n

Don’t you know I’m still standing better than I ever did.
\nEating an entire pint of ice cream, eating it like a little kid.
\nI’m still standing after all the grinds.
\nPicking up my body even with all the fat you caused on my hind.<\/p>\n

I’m still standing. Yeah yeah yeah.
\nI’m still standing. Yeah yeah yeah.<\/i><\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1\/2 cup – 280 calories, 15 grams of fat, 10 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 35 milligrams of cholesterol, 95 milligrams of sodium, 34 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of dietary fiber, 26 grams of sugar, 4 grams of protein, 10% vitamin A, 10% calcium and 8% iron.)<\/small><\/p>\n

(Note: If you don’t know which Elton John songs I referenced in this review, the first one was “Candle in the Wind,” followed by “Bennie and the Jets,” and ending with “I’m Still Standing.” On Second Scoop<\/a><\/u> also reviewed it, but didn’t like it as much and didn’t reference any Elton John songs.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Ben & Jerry’s Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road
\nPrice:<\/b> $5.39
\nSize:<\/b> One pint
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Safeway
\nRating:<\/b> 7 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Pretty good. Chocolate ice cream was creamy. Peanut butter cookie dough added a slight nuttiness. Brickle add crunch and caramel flavor. Each spoonful had at least one of the added ingredients. Big white chocolate chunks. Elton John.
\nCons:<\/b> Big white chocolate chucks were bland. High in saturated fat. Limited batch. Eating an entire pint in a day. Butchering Elton John songs to match the theme of this review. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ben & Jerry’s latest creation, Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road, honors Sir Elton John’s first-ever Vermont appearance in 2008. If Elton John wanted to honor the ice cream that honors him in lyrical form, I believe it might go something like this: Goodbye skinny jeans Though I never really used you at all You had the 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