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Rating
8.5 of 10
Review
Disclaimer: Acme Valley sent me a complimentary box of 10 pints to review. Thanks, Acme Valley! While the free pints provide me the opportunity for this review, Acme Valley has no control over the opinions expressed.
Pint Description from the Acme Valley Website: “Bright and tart raspberries blended with sweet cream and our famously rich chocolate chips makes for a delicious treat for those craving a fruit & chocolate escape.”
Raspberry Base: The recommendation is to let this ice cream temper for 10 to 15 minutes. Acme Valley one of the densest ice cream bases I’ve ever tasted. They describe it as “stretchy” or “taffy-like.” Yet, it’s still creamy and rich.
They add no air to the base, and they claim this helps concentrate the flavor. This base has a strong, tart raspberry flavor. It’s very fruity and refreshing, almost jam-like. It’s sweet, but not cloying. Sometimes with fruit flavors, you get iciness in the base. However, I didn’t detect any iciness here. A solid, premium fruit base.
Chocolate Chips: The chocolate in this pint is stracciatella-style. It’s mixed throughout the base, and hardens as it’s meets the cold ice cream.
In this case, they’re using semisweet chocolate, so there’s a bit of bitterness, which is a nice contrast to the sweetness of the base.
As you can see, there’s a generous amount of chocolate chips throughout the pint. Some chocolate on every single spoonful. Mostly smaller bits, but there are also a few larger chunks. The chocolate melts in your mouth if you let it. I prefer to crunch on the stracciatella myself, however.
Overall: Chocolate and raspberry are a nice contrast. Acme Valley implemented the raspberry flavor well, and I’m really getting into Acme Valley’s chocolate chips. Every pint with chocolate chips is worth a taste. Recommended.
Score: 8.5
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Front blurb
Acme Valley
Full Strength Ice Cream
Raspberry Chip
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: 410
- Calories per container: 1080
Ingredients
Cream, Milk, Raspberry Puree, Cane Sugar, Semisweet Chocolate (Cane Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate*, Cocoa Butter, Butter, Sunflower Lecithin, Vanilla),Non-GMO Dextrose, Nonfat Milk Powder, Eggs, Natural Flavor, Less Than .22% Guar Gum.
CONTAINS: Milk, Eggs.
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Books
Need to know how Acme Valley does it? Well, you’ll have to figure it out on your own. Acme Valley hasn’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!
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Psst! You can make ice cream like Ben & Jerry’s, Jeni’s, and Haagen-Dazs at home. Here’s their secret ice cream base recipes!
