Contents
Brand
Flavor
Brown Sugar Cookie Dough Chunk
Rating
7 of 10
Review
Brown Sugar Base: A luxurious, creamy, dreamy base. The pint packaging states that due to the amount of egg yolks in the base—the back blurb reads “when you use twice as many egg yolks as standard ice cream…”—this is not mere “ice cream” as the powers that be define it, but instead “French ice cream.” The base is more beige-colored than many other bases, perhaps because of the inclusion of all those egg yolks as well as brown sugar. And the brown sugar flavor is fairly subtle—sweet but never cloying. It’s a strong, premium base to build a pint upon.
Cookie dough chunk: Small cylinders of cookie dough, about a 1/4 inch in diameter, substantial enough to really enjoy. They start frozen too solid and taste better after tempering. A generic cookie dough—without chocolate chips or any other flavorings or additions. And not a lot of them either—about 10-12 chunks well-distributed throughout the pint. They left us wanting more.
Brownie chunks: Small brownie chunks, smaller than the cookie dough. A dark chocolate flavor. Not soggy or frozen—a good fudgy brownie texture. No need to wait for the brownies to temper. But again, not a lot of them—about 10-12 chunks randomly placed through the pint. Again, we’d like a few more.
Walnuts: Small to medium sized walnut pieces. They add a slightly bitter walnut flavor, a pleasant contrast against all the sweet flavors. The package says these are candied walnuts, but with so many sweet flavors in the pint I couldn’t tell. The walnuts provide welcome texture and flavor variety. A few more would have leveled up the pint though.
Overall: Van Leeuwen’s Brown Sugar Cookie Dough Chunk is a solid premium pint offering a variety of flavors and textures. It’s not a concept pint, not a deconstructed version of some other dessert like many other brands offer—Jeni’s Boston Cream Pie, Jeni’s Savannah Buttermint, and Haagen-Dazs White Chocolate Truffle leap to mind as examples. This pint is just a somewhat random assortment of quality mix-ins and a super-premium base—or as Van Leeuwen says on the pint “a collection of all the best stuff”. We particularly liked how the brown sugar base contrasted against the fudgy brownies. But there’s room for improvement: more mix-ins, if you please. Premium pints must always be generous with the mix-ins, never stingy.
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Front Blurb
Brown Sugar
Cookie Dough Chunk
with Brownies & Walnuts
French Ice Cream
Back Blurb
Nothing makes us happier than this Brown Sugar Cookie Dough Chunk Ice Cream. Dark brown sugar ice cream. Cookie dough. Candied walnuts. Brownies. It’s a collection of all the best stuff. Like an ice cream platypus whose den is your mouth.
Calories
- 2.5 servings per container
- Serving size: 2/3 cup
- Calories per serving: 340
- Calories per container: 850
Ingredients
Milk, Cream, Dark Brown Sugar, Eggs, Walnuts, Cane Sugar, Brown Rice Syrup, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Filtered Water, Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil, Canola Oil, Fair Trade Cocoa Powder, Salt, Vanilla Extract (Grain Alcohol, Vanilla Bean), Baking Powder (Sodium Acid, Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate) Contains: Wheat, Eggs, Milk And Tree Nuts (Walnut, Coconut)
Purchase Location
While Foods 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
