Contents
Brand
Flavor
Honey Cornbread with Strawberry Jam
Rating
8 of 10
Review
Vanilla Ice Cream: Smooth, creamy, and rich with a strong vanilla flavor. Refreshing, not overly sweet. A good base—a nearly blank canvas—for the mix-ins.
Honey Cornbread: Cornbread chunks are well-distributed throughout the base. There are also plenty of cornbread bits in the base. The cornbread maintains its taste and texture very well—crumbly, somewhat dry, corny. Even the largest chunks are surprisingly soft. I didn’t taste honey, but that flavor may have been overwhelmed by the vanilla base.
Strawberry Jam: I have one big swirl of strawberry jam in my serving. It has the flavor and texture of strawberry jam—a big fruity flavor. A small taste of jam flavors an entire spoon. It isn’t icy. I do wish there was a bit more of the jam swirl because it’s flavorful and enjoyable.
Overall: Van Leeuwen Honey Cornbread with Strawberry Jam is an enjoyable summery pint. It’s a well-executed take on a cornbread ice cream with plenty of big chunks of soft cornbread and a fair amount of cornbread crumbs mixed into the vanilla base. The pint describes this as “honey cornbread” but it doesn’t have much actual honey flavor that I can detect. But I do enjoy the cornbread chunks nevertheless. They are somewhat sweet; perhaps the honey was not a soak but a mix-in before cooking the cornbread, resulting in a sweeter, more cakey, less savory, cornbread.
I’m surprised at how the cornbread remains preserved, soft and dry; the ice cream base hasn’t soaked into it whatsoever. Good job, Van Leeuwen, handling a somewhat tricky mix-in like cornbread that is often hungry to drink up an ice cream base and thereby become moist or gooey. The strawberry jam swirl is flavorful but not as generous in amount as I would’ve liked. Still, the flavors and textures are pleasant and unusual. There aren’t any other cornbread ice cream pints on store shelves to my knowledge. But if you are curious to taste it, beware: this is a limited edition pint. Grab it while it’s still available at Walmart for a very affordable $4.98. 8/10.
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Front blurb
Van Leeuwen Honey Cornbread with Strawberry Jam
French Ice Cream
Back blurb
Ever since 2008, when Van Leeuwen was born out of a yellow truck on the streets of NYC, we’ve been making good ice cream from good ingredients that makes you feel good.
After all, happiness is healthiness.
And nothing makes us happier than this Honey Cornbread with Strawberry Jam Ice Cream. If plain vanilla doesn’t do it for you, might we suggest vanilla ice cream with pieces of honey cornbread and strawberry jam. Otherwise known as the pint you’re holding right now.
Calories
- 2.5 servings per container
- Serving size: 2/3 cup
- Calories per serving: 310
- Calories per container: 775
Ingredients
Cream, Milk, Cane Sugar, Strawberries, Water, Yellow Corn Flour, Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Egg Yolks, Butter (Cream, Salt), Sunflower Oil, Eggs, Nonfat Dry Milk, Natural Flavors, Honey, Tapioca Starch, Vanilla Extract, Salt, Sea Salt, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Corn Starch, Sodium Bicarbonate, Mono Calcium Phosphate)
Allergens: Milk, Eggs, Wheat
Purchase Location
Walmart.
Price
$4.98.
Books
Need to know how Van Leeuwen does it? Get Van Leeuwen’s cookbook: Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream
Related
Psst! You can make ice cream like Van Leeuwen at home. Here’s Van Leeuwen’s secret ice cream base recipe! (Spoiler: their secret ingredient is 8 egg yolks!)
