Post by thesolution on Oct 28, 2013 18:38:58 GMT -5
Turkey Hill Pumpkin Pie Review:
The hunt for Pumpkin ice Cream continues and next on the list is Turkey Hill Pumpkin Pie being an exclusive around the fall season where Pumpkin Shines! So far i have had 6 different brands including this one (Graeters, BnJ, Dairy Queen, Handels, and Coldstone) at the end of this review i will give you the ranking from top to bottom and where Turkey Hill does fit in. Overall i am not a fan of buying quarts, but this being the holiday season i will split this into 2 servings and eat half at once and the other half the following week. As the reviews piled in and people continued to love it, i had to give this a crack. Does Turkey Hill surprise the consumer? lets find out!
Upon cracking the top it looks like a very basic Pumpkin base, and hints of a nice thick cinnamon swirl. Turkey hill Pumpkin Pie is labeled as "pumpkin ice cream with a cinnamon graham cracker swirl" as i dug into my first bite i would have to say the base did remind me of a notch above BnJ and Dairy Queen. yes it is an ice cream, but this had a richer/creamier pumpkin taste than both of those and surpassed by far (which was my worst experience of a pumpkin flavor). It does not give you a rich cinnamon/nutmeg/pumpkin pie spice flavoring like the Handels/Coldstone does provide, but its a dominant rich pumpkin taste that has a slight mild aftertaste that is quite refreshing and leaves you wanting to dig right back in for bite #2 without thinking twice.
As you dig further into the pint as you can see in the picture above under the surface the swirl starts to really pick up, and by pick up i mean it is loaded and throughout the entire quart, the further you dig the deeper and thicker it shines. Now let me tell you this, this swirl is unlike any swirl i have had in any other pint. Its not only dense in flavor, but also provides a slight crunch to it as well for how thick it truly is. The rich cinnamon sugar flavors that is very strong leaves a permanent hit on your taste buds, literally its like someone took cinnamon and pure sugar with a touch of nutmeg/pumpkin pie spice and somehow infused it right into the pint. It honestly takes this quart to another level. This really strikes the true taste of a pumpkin pie that you have on your dinner table at Thanksgiving with a dense graham cracker crust. Put all of that together and Boom this is what you are savoring once the swirl hits.
Again the Swirl gets thick, dense, and is also very profound, it looks and reminds me of Graeters chocolate chips by how thick it can be seen and how often you find it as you dig into the middle/bottom of the quart to the point where you get spoonfuls of nothing but a cinnamon sugar/graham cracker swirl loaded with flavor and a small after taste of pumpkin from the overall base. The quart covers what you would want. a Good base (not great), but an amazing ribbon of swirls that packs the cinnamon sugar, pumpkin spice, and graham cracker flavoring that leaves you diving in for more.
Update on Top Pumpkin Flavors:
1) Handels
2) Coldstone
3) Turkey Hill
4) Dairy Queen
5) BnJ
6) Graeters
Score: A
Found: Wegmans Erie, PA
The hunt for Pumpkin ice Cream continues and next on the list is Turkey Hill Pumpkin Pie being an exclusive around the fall season where Pumpkin Shines! So far i have had 6 different brands including this one (Graeters, BnJ, Dairy Queen, Handels, and Coldstone) at the end of this review i will give you the ranking from top to bottom and where Turkey Hill does fit in. Overall i am not a fan of buying quarts, but this being the holiday season i will split this into 2 servings and eat half at once and the other half the following week. As the reviews piled in and people continued to love it, i had to give this a crack. Does Turkey Hill surprise the consumer? lets find out!
Upon cracking the top it looks like a very basic Pumpkin base, and hints of a nice thick cinnamon swirl. Turkey hill Pumpkin Pie is labeled as "pumpkin ice cream with a cinnamon graham cracker swirl" as i dug into my first bite i would have to say the base did remind me of a notch above BnJ and Dairy Queen. yes it is an ice cream, but this had a richer/creamier pumpkin taste than both of those and surpassed by far (which was my worst experience of a pumpkin flavor). It does not give you a rich cinnamon/nutmeg/pumpkin pie spice flavoring like the Handels/Coldstone does provide, but its a dominant rich pumpkin taste that has a slight mild aftertaste that is quite refreshing and leaves you wanting to dig right back in for bite #2 without thinking twice.
As you dig further into the pint as you can see in the picture above under the surface the swirl starts to really pick up, and by pick up i mean it is loaded and throughout the entire quart, the further you dig the deeper and thicker it shines. Now let me tell you this, this swirl is unlike any swirl i have had in any other pint. Its not only dense in flavor, but also provides a slight crunch to it as well for how thick it truly is. The rich cinnamon sugar flavors that is very strong leaves a permanent hit on your taste buds, literally its like someone took cinnamon and pure sugar with a touch of nutmeg/pumpkin pie spice and somehow infused it right into the pint. It honestly takes this quart to another level. This really strikes the true taste of a pumpkin pie that you have on your dinner table at Thanksgiving with a dense graham cracker crust. Put all of that together and Boom this is what you are savoring once the swirl hits.
Again the Swirl gets thick, dense, and is also very profound, it looks and reminds me of Graeters chocolate chips by how thick it can be seen and how often you find it as you dig into the middle/bottom of the quart to the point where you get spoonfuls of nothing but a cinnamon sugar/graham cracker swirl loaded with flavor and a small after taste of pumpkin from the overall base. The quart covers what you would want. a Good base (not great), but an amazing ribbon of swirls that packs the cinnamon sugar, pumpkin spice, and graham cracker flavoring that leaves you diving in for more.
Update on Top Pumpkin Flavors:
1) Handels
2) Coldstone
3) Turkey Hill
4) Dairy Queen
5) BnJ
6) Graeters
Score: A
Found: Wegmans Erie, PA