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Brand
Flavor
Rating
7 of 10
Review
Dark Chocolate Base: A dense, deep brown ice cream base. Very chocolate-y. The ingredients include several chocolates—cocoa, semisweet chocolate, and dark chocolate liquor—and that assortment lends the base an interesting, complex flavor. Acme Valley’s website claims the base is dark chocolate, but the variety of chocolate ingredients make it a fairly mild dark chocolate. The base remains thick even when it tempers. And it takes a long time to temper. Unless you let it temper—and you should—the ice cream clings to the spoon, stretches up from the pint similar to what you get from Republic of Booza. Acme Valley attributes this elastic quality—or as they describe it on the pint “taffy-like” texture—not to any ingredient but to their ice cream making process that prevents any air from being added to the base. The base certainly is unique, premium quality, one of the densest I’ve tasted. I can’t wait to try the other flavors in their lineup.
Walnut Brownie Chunks: These are the highest quality brownie chunks I’ve ever encountered in an ice cream pint, even better than Ben & Jerry’s. They’re not soggy, retaining the flavor and texture of fresh brownies, specifically sweet, dark chocolate brownies. There was some variety in the chunk sizes—most were small, but I found a few larger chunks. The walnut bits were quite small, but provide some extra crunch. Sadly, there weren’t many brownie chunks in the pint. I was left wanting more.
Overall: Acme Valley’s Fudge Brownie offers a rich, dense chocolate base that really benefits from some tempering. Let it melt a bit and it will reward you with an improved flavor and texture. The walnut brownie chunks were outstanding—the best brownie mix-in we’ve tasted. The rich chocolate base paired with the rich brownies is truly a decadent combination for the chocolate lover. But there weren’t enough brownie chunks in this pint to satisfy us. It’s the one issue I encounter over and over: premium ice creams need to be generous with the mix-ins.
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Front Blurb
Acme Valley
Full Strength Ice Cream
Fudge Brownie
Back blurb
Welcome to Acme Valley
Slow down and enjoy our full strength ice cream. The richest and most decadent ice cream you will ever taste. It clings as you pull the spoon up—a ribbon of deliciousness that melts when it meets your tongue.
Calories
- 3 servings per container
- Serving size: 2/3 cup
- Calories per serving: 500
- Calories per container: 1310
Ingredients
Cream, Milk, Cane Sugar, Cocoa, Non-GMO Dextrose, Semisweet Chocolate (Cane Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Butter, Sunflower Lecithin, Vanilla), Eggs, Butter, Walnuts, Milk Powder, Dark Chocolate* (Chocolate Liquor), Guar Gum, Brown Rice Flour, Sorghum Flour, Tapioca Flour, Salt, Natural Flavors.
CONTAINS: Milk, Eggs, Walnuts
Purchase Location
PCC Community Markets via Instacart.
Price
$5.99
Books
Need to know how Acme Valley does it? Well, you’ll have to figure it out on your own. Yes, Acme Valley gave us a few hints on their website—they use locally sourced ingredients and full fat cream while adding absolutely no air to their base. But they haven’t put out a recipe book yet! Come on, Acme Valley! What’s the deal? We love you and want to get to know you better—to know all your little ice cream quirks and secrets. Publish that ice cream recipe book already! It’s basic marketing. You get to go on the morning news, show off your fancy cook book, and give the anchors and the tragi-comic weatherman a bowlful of your best stuff. Everyone’s doing it.
Related
Psst! You can make ice cream like Ben & Jerrys, Jeni’s, and Haagen-Dazs at home. Read their secret ice cream base recipes here!
Read our Acme Valley pint reviews.
Last Updated on September 3, 2022 by Ice Cream Admin
