Magnum Mini Ruby Ice Cream Bars
sweet cream ice cream dipped in ruby cacao
It's so tiny!
I take my first bite and I am confused, like, really confused. What am I eating? This tastes nothing like I imaged. It tastes like... ummmm... like... ummmm... I can't even describe it. It's reminding me of a couple different things, but not in a quantifiable way.
My word is this frustrating. I can not think of what it tastes like. Part of me wants to say.... cheesecake? Or maybe vegetables? I don't know. The shell is kind of icy which isn't helping anything. What are they trying to do to me?
I grab a second bar (since they are only 130 calories a piece), but it doesn't help. I eat this one differently in hopes of gaining insight, but I got nothing. No matter how fast or slow I eat the shell, I just cant describe it only that to say that it's not some smooth melting chocolate here. It seems like it wants to be crunched and not much else.
What a weird treat....
On Second Scoop: A couple of instagram folks gave me a bit of guidance on what they thought I was tasting, and with that help, I think I can agree with what they were saying. The shell definitely has a white chocolate vibe but with a bit of raspberry (tartness?) mixed in. Honestly, it's still pretty weird but at least it makes more sense now. Because the shell continues to have a weird icy texture as well, I'm going to say skip this for now and maybe try one of the Haagen-Dazs ruby products first (I will try them, just not sure when).
Verdict? weird
Buy Again? NOPE
I have not tried these, and I wanted to. I might not now. So it's not a fruity taste? That is what I imagined it might be. Is ruby chocolate more like a white chocolate? I thought red velvet was more of a regular chocolate base in essence.
ReplyDeleteThey should've done this as a mystery flavor lol.
ReplyDelete@Anne: someone on instagram described it as "sweet white chocolate with a tart raspberry flavor". When I try another on Monday, I'll be thinking of that description.
ReplyDelete@Endless: BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
You ventured out into the crazed toilet-paper hysterical crowds for these dinky-pinky ice cream bars? Dubba, please tell me if these are the end-of-days you have something spectacular to delight yourself with or a secret freezer in your bunker with premium and artesian ice cream pints.
ReplyDeleteHonestly? We have some ice cream stashed in our chest freezer, but not a ton. I actually bought these on Wednesday before the hoarding craze went in to high gear (my next review will be something that I bought on Thursday in the middle of a very busy wegmans rush). The good news is that most people arent hoarding ice cream --- though maybe they should as it's a milk substitute that lasts forever in the freezer :)
ReplyDeleteI just had some ruby cacao ice cream at a local ice cream spot that makes their own. You get a little bit of dark chocolate flavor and then it quickly morphs into a subdued fruity berry kind of flavor. Very interesting. My wife didn't care for it. I liked it but it's not something I'd seek out.
ReplyDeleteI've been waiting for you to review these! I bought some about a month or so ago, ate two and the rest have been in the freezer untouched. There's a weird aftertaste that I can't place. Almost like I was tasting the wooden stick?
ReplyDeleteNot good
ReplyDeleteIt's just a peculiar pink ice cream with added citric acid, which gives it that certain tartness; frankly it does nothing but confuse the brain. Not nice.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Mayflower. I know my ice cream, my cacao, and my raspberry...this was NOT...this was Nasty!!😖
ReplyDeleteThe chocolate tasted like Woolworths pink chocolate mice . Cheap and nasty !
ReplyDeleteThe icecream bit is edible but the chocolate tastes like sour white chocolate disgusting
ReplyDeleteIt's disgusting!!!! 🤢🤮 And I feel, in some strange way, that I've violated my taste buds. Ever played the game bean boozled by JellyBelly? To me, these bars taste like a very faint version of one of the "bad" beans. And I'm sad about it because I really had high hopes for these Ruby bars 😟😢ðŸ˜
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