Have you ever wondered why the color of pistachio and mint chocolate chip ice cream is such an exaggerated shade of green?
What color should your scoop of pistachio or mint chocolate chip ice cream actually be? So to make it familiar to consumers, ice cream makers will add food coloring and or chemicals in order to give it that pistachio-green color.
Authenticity in flavor AND appearance makes ice cream taste even better. A true pistachio ice cream will have hints of green as well as a nutty-brown, which is exactly what a pistachio nut looks like. Since part of how we eat is inherently a visual process, the appearance of our food becomes an important part of why our brains are compelled to eat. The mint flavor comes from mint extract, not the green food coloring. This is a good ice cream, but it leaves you wanting more mint and more of the rich chocolate chunks.
Giant chunks of crispy cookie and lots of ground-up chocolate make this a great choice for those who love chocolate, but the mint goes missing. Dense ice cream with a good sprinkle of chunky chocolate chips make this a fine choice, but the chips are too big and it needs more mint. This extra sweet, mainstream-style ice cream hits the notes for an ice cream splurge, but it falls far short in chocolate and mint. Those who enjoy milk chocolate may fall for this chocolate-forward mix that incorporates slivers of chocolate plus swirls of chocolate fudge.
The result is a very sweet, less-than-minty bite. The ice cream is icy and plain, and the chocolate is bitter. Even worse, the ground chocolate make the ice cream gritty. Apparently not. Sometimes we wonder if anyone even tastes the ice cream they make. It tastes like standard ice cream base with a mere hint of the star ingredients. Negative stars. Not sorry. Reviews are based on product samples purchased by this newspaper or provided by manufacturers.
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