Rice Dream Vanilla Frozen Dessert

2015 Note: Dear reader, I must apologize for the following review which I wrote... in the spring of 2014(?), and it was technically something that had been stewing in my brain even longer than that (you'll see what I mean at the end of the review). I'm only releasing it now because Rice Dreams has recently redone their packaging and I wanted to point it out in case anyone has had trouble finding it (their website hasn't even updated yet). Please note that the allergen warning on the nutrition label has changed (you can find it at the end of this post). Oh, for whatever reason, I stumble upon Almond Dream way more than I do Rice Dream, what's up with that?

Rice Dream Vanilla Non-dairy Frozen Dessert

Rice Dream Mint Pie Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert

[By Nick] Long ago after my second rice dream pie review, one of my friends whose parents happen to own the health store in town informed me that they also carried the Rice Dream pies in a mint flavor. If memory serves me correctly, she even went as far as to say she “loves them”. Not having the best of luck with these products and semi-terrified to see how the oatmeal cookies would work with the mint rice dream, I put off stopping in their store to pick one up. Well I finally got curious enough to try one of these pies so here we go folks.

Rice Dream Mint Pie

Mint Rice Dream with 2 oatmeal cookies dipped in chocolate

Rice Dream Vanilla Pie Review

[By Nick] It’s been several months since I’ve tried out a product from Rice Dream. I was wandering around a health food store and saw...

... Rice Dream Vanilla Pie frozen dessert and knew I had to give it a shot. The difference between this one and the chocolate one I tried is not just the filling flavor but also the fact that this one is covered in carob instead of that bland chocolate. That was one of the main reasons I decided to pick this one up.

Rice Dream Chocolate Pie A non-dairy treat review

[By Nick] Did you know June is Nation Dairy Alternative Month? Yeah I had no idea up until a couple of days ago. What better way to celebrate this random holiday then by trying out a dairy free treat? Rice milk has been one of the only ice cream alternatives I’ve yet to try. Blame it on lack of opportunities or skepticism on my part but it just never seemed all that appealing to me. That’s all about to change because wandering through a health food store lead me to finding these Rice Dream Frozen Chocolate Pies. 

 I’m not really a fan of pies so I was about to put them back until I read their description. These are made up of chocolate rice dream that is sandwiched between two oatmeal cookies and then dipped in chocolate. Is it just me or does this sound like the dairy-free* version of the infamous west coast treat, the It’s-It? Being that I reside on the east coast, I’ve never tried an original It’s It before (send me some ;]), so I guess these will have to do.