Ice Cream Review – Molly Moon’s Black Powerful (8.5/10)
An enjoyable, unique pint that balances sweet and bitter notes. The generous cookie crumbs almost make it into a cookies-and-cream flavor.
An enjoyable, unique pint that balances sweet and bitter notes. The generous cookie crumbs almost make it into a cookies-and-cream flavor.
The total effect of this pint is blander than I hoped. The shortcake chunks are fine, and their amount is sufficient.
The brown sugar base is premium quality, a nice blank canvas for mix-ins, if a little subtle with the brown sugar flavor. And the blondie chunks are good too. But there just aren’t enough of them to justify the price of this pint.
Molly Moon’s Munchie Moons has a generous amount of quality mix-ins—just look at those cross-section pics—and is probably the best Molly’s Moon’s pint I’ve ever tasted. The sweet cream base is good quality—sweet and simple—a perfect platform for the delectable mix-ins.
While Acme Valley Mixed Berry is good quality, it is a one note flavor. Including some mix-in—for example, pie crust pieces, butter cookies, or chocolate chunks—would elevate this pint.
I have to admit I do enjoy caramel ice cream and caramel flavors generally. And I enjoyed this pint pretty well. The base and the caramel swirl are both premium quality.
Chocolate and Peanut Butter is a classic combination. The combo works well in this pint, especially with the punchy chocolate base.
Acme Valley’s Espresso is not for the faint of heart. It’s a bold and roasty coffee ice cream loaded with espresso coffee grounds. No punches pulled—COFFEE FLAVOR.
Banana Split is a new flavor from Acme Valley. The chocolate and banana work well together—another classic flavor combination from Acme Valley.
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.