{"id":57983,"date":"2023-09-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=57983"},"modified":"2023-09-04T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T00:50:00","slug":"little-debbie-turtle-brownies-apple-fruit-pies-and-chocolate-chip-creme-pies-ice-creams-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2023\/09\/05\/little-debbie-turtle-brownies-apple-fruit-pies-and-chocolate-chip-creme-pies-ice-creams-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Little Debbie Turtle Brownies, Apple Fruit Pies, and Chocolate Chip Creme Pies Ice Creams"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Conceptually, the idea of Little Debbie Ice Cream is pretty wonderful. You take everyone\u2019s favorite low-rent snack cake, deconstruct it into nuggets or swirls, and commingle it with a complimentary ice cream flavor from Hudsonville Ice Cream. Unfortunately, the execution just isn\u2019t always there. The \u201cicing\u201d from the Zebra Cake variety, for example\u2014 which I think is the same stuff from the belly of the Strawberry Shortcake Roll\u2014 assumes a strange and unpleasant consistency when married with the ice cream; the rainbow sprinkles from the Cosmic Brownies become insufferably hard, a veritable cracked molar waiting to happen.<\/p>\n

The fact of the matter is, as much as I want to love these things \u2014 especially at a $2.74 Walmart price-point \u2014 the only one I\u2019ve ever felt compelled to buy more than once is Star Crunch. For whatever reason, I find that one to be heavenly, so good, in fact, that I have to force myself to refrain from consuming an entire pint in one sitting.<\/p>\n

Will any of the three new flavors buck the trend of general disappointment?<\/p>\n

Turtle Brownies<\/h3>\n

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Hudsonville Ice Cream\u2019s website describes it as follows: \u201cBrownie batter flavored ice cream with brownie dough and crushed peanuts throughout, finished with a caramel swirl.\u201d<\/em> Look, I\u2019m not gonna lie: I\u2019m not entirely sure how this ice cream was \u201cbrownie batter flavored\u201d as opposed to just, you know, chocolate. There was a very small amount of tasty brownie dough (it tastes like they use actual Little Debbie brownie, in fact) interspersed throughout, and\u2026 maybe a few peanuts? I couldn\u2019t find many at all. Ditto for the \u201ccaramel swirl.\u201d This could have used more of both. And because it needed a little more everything, this one came up a bit short.<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> 7 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (2\/3 cup) 230 calories, 10 grams of fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 30 milligrams of cholesterol, 80 milligrams of sodium, 32 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 20 grams of sugar (17 grams of added sugar), and 4 grams of protein.<\/p>\n

Apple Fruit Pies<\/h3>\n

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Here\u2019s the thing \u2014 I don\u2019t even know if I\u2019ve ever had a Little Debbie apple fruit pie. (Or any of her fruit pies, for that matter.) I was always a wax-papered Hostess hand-pie guy. So I didn\u2019t really know what to expect here. Hudsonville says this one is \u201cCinnamon vanilla ice cream with an apple pie filling swirl and pie crumbs throughout.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

My first few bites garnered nothing but ice cream, which, let me say this \u2014 the ice cream in these has always impressed me, particularly at this price. It\u2019s creamy and thick and is pretty damn good, frankly. This was no different. But it took a bit for me to find any apple pie filling swirl or the pie crumbs. But when I did, I was pleased. The apple swirl was requisitely apple pie filling-like, both in taste and texture, and the pie crumbs were thick, with a bit of a crunch and a subtle graham flavor. The only thing keeping this from being elevated into the stratosphere of \u201cI\u2019m clearing space in the freezer for six more of these\u201d was the sorrowful lack of mix-in. Even still, it was a winner.<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> 8 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (2\/3 cup) 220 calories, 10 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 35 milligrams of cholesterol, 75 milligrams of sodium, 29 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 23 grams of sugar (17 grams of added sugar), and 4 grams of protein.<\/p>\n

Chocolate Chip Creme Pie<\/h3>\n

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Like the Apple Fruit Pie, I\u2019ve never had a Chocolate Chip Creme Pie from The Debster. The fact of the matter is, if I\u2019m gonna consume a circular El Deb pie with a \u201ccreme\u201d component, it\u2019s going to be of the Oatmeal Creme variety, OR its chocolate sister, the Fudge Round. I may need to branch out after having this revelatory ice cream, however. Described as \u201cVanilla creme flavored ice cream filled with chocolate chip cookie pieces,\u201d<\/em> it was my favorite of the three. The \u201cchocolate chip cookie pieces\u201d were plentiful. There were a LOT of chocolate chips throughout, a few hundred, at least. Really, this just ended up tasting like chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream with a bonus creme component, which was very enjoyable.<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> 9 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (2\/3 cup) 240 calories, 11 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 35 milligrams of cholesterol, 90 milligrams of sodium, 32 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 24 grams of sugar (20 grams of added sugar), and 4 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Conceptually, the idea of Little Debbie Ice Cream is pretty wonderful. You take everyone\u2019s favorite low-rent snack cake, deconstruct it into nuggets or swirls, and commingle it with a complimentary ice cream flavor from Hudsonville Ice Cream. Unfortunately, the execution just isn\u2019t always there. The \u201cicing\u201d from the Zebra Cake variety, for example\u2014 which I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[1468,1489],"class_list":["post-57983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-ice-cream","tag-little-debbie"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49911,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2022\/01\/31\/spotted-little-debbie-snack-cake-ice-cream-flavors\/","url_meta":{"origin":57983,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED: Little Debbie Snack Cake Ice Cream Flavors","author":"Marvo","date":"January 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Poor Little Debbie Fig Bars and Pecan Spinwheels! 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