Contents
Brand
Flavor
Rating
9 of 10
Review
Peanut Butter Ice Cream: A thick custard base with a mild peanut butter flavor. Smooth, fairly dense, not overly sweet.
Chewy Brownie Chunks: Medium-sized brownie chunks. Soft but cakey, somewhat dry—not fudgy, nor soggy. I prefer fudgy brownies, but these were a quality mix-in. The brownie chunks dissolved quickly in my mouth with a burst of mild chocolate flavor. A fair amount of them—about five chunks or so in a half pint.
Dark Chocolate Chips: Lots of chocolate chips in this pint, some on every spoonful. Irregularly shaped chips. Many small slivers, several larger chunks a half inch long, and sometimes there were more chocolate chips than ice cream base on my spoon. A generous amount of them, yes indeed. The chips were as advertised—on the dark side. A hard chocolate that didn’t melt quickly on my tongue. Crunchy chips if you choose not to savor them. The dark chocolate was an effective contrast against the base and swirl peanut butter flavors.
Peanut Butter Swirls: Thick, generous swirls of peanut butter that melt readily on my tongue. The swirls add flavor and texture, a stronger peanut butter flavor against the milder base note. Some big pockets of swirl in this pint, in the middle and bottom. Fun to scoop out. It’s that fun gambling feeling I get eating a pint of Graeter’s—what will the next spoonful turn up? A big chunk of peanut butter swirl or dark chocolate?
Overall: Van Leeuwen Peanut Butter Brownie Chip dials in the mix-in levels just right. Tons of dark chocolate chips, little chocolate flakes everywhere, and even some biggie-sized chunks half an inch long, which reminded me of Graeter’s—one of my faves. There were also plenty of brownies chunks, the cakey-type, but remarkably preserved, not soggy one bit. Add in crazy big peanut butter swirls and—whoa—there was a lot going on in this pint. The mild peanut butter base was that stellar custardy delight that Van Leeuwen always has locked down. This pint was pretty great. Recommended. 9/10.
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Front Blurb
Van Leeuwen Peanut Butter Brownie Chip 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 Peanut Butter Brownie Chip Ice Cream. To our peanut butter ice cream, we add chunks of chewy brownies. Then single-origin, dark chocolate chips. Then swirls of peanut butter. Then we see if anyone is looking and we sample said Peanut Butter Brownie Chip Ice Cream…you know, for quality control and whatnot.
Calories
- 2.5 servings per container
- Serving size: 2/3 cup
- Calories per serving: 390
- Calories per container: 975
Ingredients
Cream, Milk, Cane Sugar, Eggs, Peanuts, Chocolate (Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Liquor), Peanut Oil, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Filtered Water, Cocoa Powder, Canola Oil, Invert Sugar, Vanilla Extract, Salt, Organic Corn Starch, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Baking Soda
Contains: Eggs, Milk, Peanuts, Wheat
Purchase Location
Amazon Fresh via Amazon Prime
Price
$6.29
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!)
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Last Updated on August 29, 2022 by Ice Cream Admin
