![]() He found the texture of both the chocolate pieces and the cookie dough chunks in the Halo Top too soft for his liking. My husband also preferred the Ben and Jerry’s cookie dough flavour. It still remained a delicious, satisfying dessert. It was rich and creamy and everything else that ice cream dreams are made of! So the Ben and Jerry’s got my vote, but I was not disappointed with the Halo Top. However, this time the Ben and Jerry’s did not disappoint. Taste wise, again the Halo Top was fantastic! My four year old son voted for it as his favourite. When your ice cream seemingly turns to water as it melts, it sure loses several notches of appeal. What I noticed about the pooling melted ice cream was that, while the Ben and Jerry’s was certainly quite creamy, the Halo Top didn’t look too bad! With other frozen dessert (ice cream masquerades) and frozen yogurts I’ve noticed that they tend to look rather watery as they melt. After scooping the ice cream into bowls and carrying them out to the balcony, they started to melt nearly instantly, the Halo Top at a much faster rate than the Ben and Jerry’s. My family and I will take one for the team. My husband found the two equally enjoyable.Ĭomparing only one flavour is hardly giving the two brands justice, so I decided to repeat the taste test, this time with chocolate chip cookie dough! I know, I know, it’s a tough job to do these reviews but someone’s gotta do it. I’ve determined I don’t really enjoy those pay-by-weight frozen yogurt shops because they compensate for the lack of fat by making everything far too sweet. While I was a little disappointed that there weren’t any actual peanut butter cups in the Halo Top, I enjoyed the texture and appreciated that they didn’t load up on the sweetness level to compensate for the lower fat. In the end I preferred the experience of the Halo Top! My four year old also voted it his favourite. I was anticipating the Ben and Jerry’s to have a super creamy tongue coating mouthfeel, but the texture was actually a little bit chalky. While the Ben and Jerry’s was good, it wasn’t the mind blowing experience I was expecting it to be. I took a scoop of the Ben and Jerry’s, prepared to be absolutely blown away by how amazing it was. I dug into the Halo Top first and to my great surprise, I genuinely enjoyed it! It was a hot day, so I thought that maaaaybe anything cold would’ve been satisfying. So I went straight to the top, the cream of the crop: Ben and Jerry’s! It was also on sale, so that helped me choose from the plethora of ice cream options!īoth brands had peanut butter cup varieties, so I compared those. I figured to do a proper review of Halo Top I couldn’t just eat Halo Top. So I generally want to make my desserts full of enjoyment and satisfaction. If your eating doesn’t satisfy, what are you going to do? You’ll likely eat more, in search of that satisfaction. And trying to substitute for something “healthier” just doesn’t typically satisfy. When I have dessert, I usually want it to be the real deal, like this espresso dark chocolate torte or this chocolate mascarpone pavlova with berries. The foods I eat the most NEED to be healthy!īut ice cream? Come on. It’s advertised as a low-calorie, healthy alternative to ice cream, and I just didn’t think it could possibly compare to ice cream.Īs a Dietitian I’m all for making healthier choices in the foods that form the core of my diet. So I didn’t have high expectations when I heard about Halo Top. They don’t have that creamy, rich, melt-in-your-mouth enjoyment that ice cream does. They’re mainly just super-sweet and icky. I haven’t been too impressed with “frozen desserts” in the past. ![]()
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