Post by thesolution on Sept 11, 2017 14:50:44 GMT -5
Salt & Straw Oregon Honey Rocky Road
Salt & Straw Oregon Honey Rocky Road is labeled as "We start with rich and decadent chocolate cream cheese ice cream and stir in candied hazelnuts from Freddy Guys, a family-run orchard in the middle of the Willamette Valley. A ribbon of honey marshmallow fluff made with the best Portland’s Bee Local honey finishes things off with ooey-gooey magic in every bite. Sweet, crunchy, and oh-so-chocolatey, this flavor is anything but old fashioned."
In 2016 the base was pure dark chocolate, this year they changed it to a decadent chocolate cream cheese ice cream. Honestly the taste was not that much different; The dark chocoalte was not as rich due to the cream cheese in the ice cream base. The tanginess from the cream cheese was never tasted because Salt & Straw produces one of the best chocolate ice cream bases on the market. While this base was dense, it packed a ton of flavor and was enjoyable from first bite to last on its own. All in all still a a great base, and persnoally I enjoyed it more then the regular dark chocolate from last year.
The real star of the show was the marshmallow fluff swirl. I was actually blown away with this because it literally stretched across the entire pint. After digging in about 5 or 6 bites I struck gold. When I mean gold, this was over an inch in diameter and full of rich, thick, and luscious flavor. The icingo n the cake was the small hint of honey in the aftertaste that is harvested from bees in oregon. The amount of candied hazelnuts in the pint were mostly towards the bottom, but they were large in size and offered a great crunch. I did not get much "Candied" flavor from the hazelnuts which was a bit of a bummer.
Salt and Straw just made one of the best rocky road's on the market. Not only is the chocolate base on point, the swirl took this pint over the top. My only wish is that there was more flavor with the candied hazelnuts. I would highly suggest this pint if they offer it again next year as I was very pleased from first bite to last. I would probably put Haagen Dazs RR as my #2 behind Salt & Straw
Grade: B+
Found: SaltandStraw.com
Salt & Straw Oregon Honey Rocky Road is labeled as "We start with rich and decadent chocolate cream cheese ice cream and stir in candied hazelnuts from Freddy Guys, a family-run orchard in the middle of the Willamette Valley. A ribbon of honey marshmallow fluff made with the best Portland’s Bee Local honey finishes things off with ooey-gooey magic in every bite. Sweet, crunchy, and oh-so-chocolatey, this flavor is anything but old fashioned."
In 2016 the base was pure dark chocolate, this year they changed it to a decadent chocolate cream cheese ice cream. Honestly the taste was not that much different; The dark chocoalte was not as rich due to the cream cheese in the ice cream base. The tanginess from the cream cheese was never tasted because Salt & Straw produces one of the best chocolate ice cream bases on the market. While this base was dense, it packed a ton of flavor and was enjoyable from first bite to last on its own. All in all still a a great base, and persnoally I enjoyed it more then the regular dark chocolate from last year.
The real star of the show was the marshmallow fluff swirl. I was actually blown away with this because it literally stretched across the entire pint. After digging in about 5 or 6 bites I struck gold. When I mean gold, this was over an inch in diameter and full of rich, thick, and luscious flavor. The icingo n the cake was the small hint of honey in the aftertaste that is harvested from bees in oregon. The amount of candied hazelnuts in the pint were mostly towards the bottom, but they were large in size and offered a great crunch. I did not get much "Candied" flavor from the hazelnuts which was a bit of a bummer.
Salt and Straw just made one of the best rocky road's on the market. Not only is the chocolate base on point, the swirl took this pint over the top. My only wish is that there was more flavor with the candied hazelnuts. I would highly suggest this pint if they offer it again next year as I was very pleased from first bite to last. I would probably put Haagen Dazs RR as my #2 behind Salt & Straw
Grade: B+
Found: SaltandStraw.com