Overpriced Ice Cream Newsflash

Ben & Jerry's currently £2 at both TESCOs and Sainsburys!

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Häagen-Dazs - Cookies & Cream

"An ice cream to satisfy the milk-and-cookies kid in all of us pieces of your favorite chocolate cookies are dunked in delicious, creamy vanilla ice cream." according the blurb on the Häagen-Dazs website, so far, so good. Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough recipe was not the most palatable of premium ice creams, how would this vaguely similar offering fare?

The Ice Cream?
The creamy ice cream has Häagen-Dazs' typically thick, buttery consistency and texture. However, it has a substantial flaw which can be summed up in one word it tastes somewhat bland.

The Cookies?
To my surprise the issue with the ice cream is compounded by the surprising blandness off the cookie bits. Thankfully these aren't as sugary as B&J cookie dough, but try as hard as I could on two seperate tastings I couldn't divine anthing thing beyond the merest hint of chocolate cookies.

The Verdict?
In a single word bland. Cookies and Cream sets a new benchmark for bland premium ice creams. It's may not be as sickly as B&J Cookie Dough, but it is certainly not competitive with other B&J and Häagen-Dazs ice creams in the same price range. Again, it would probably be more satisfying and cheaper to settle for real cookies and cream or a DIY vanilla ice cream and cookies combo.

A bland and relatively inoffensive (not including the price!) 2.5 out of 5