Thursday, September 24, 2020

Cheesecake Factory at Home - Chocolate


[New for 2020] The search (the wait!) for key lime pie continues, but since I am impatient and also desperate for something new, I present....

Cheesecake Factory at Home - Chocolate
chocolate cheesecake ice cream with a signature cream cheese blend,
sour cream and rich chocolate fudge swirls

That's uninspiring...

Better?

To keep it simple, this is a fine flavor, but I was disappointed as soon as I realized that there is no graham cracker swirl swing. I've really enjoyed my last two run ins with CFaH and a big part of that is graham cracker swirl. Granted, graham is my jam, but the graham also helps brings a true cheesecake vibe. Otherwise it's just cheesy.

On Second Scoop: As I was digging in to this, I had a thought... why does this not have a chocolate graham cracker swirl? How cool would that have been. Oh well. Again, this is not a bad flavor, it's just that the chocolate tempers the cheesecake vibe rather than accentuating it, and that's a bit of a let down when comparing it to the original or strawberry versions.

Verdict?  fine but uninspired
Buy Again?  meh

5 comments:

  1. Not having the graham swirl is going to hurt them on this one. It would have been an obvious addition but I wonder how many will pass this up for just another chocolate ice cream. I love the combination chocolate and graham cracker in the Ben and Jerry's S'mores, so the graham cracker swirl would have been nice; however, a chocolate one, as you mentioned, would have been even better and a chance to do something different. They really missed the target and missed out.

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  2. Not to rub it in, but all flavors recently came to my town and the key lime was the first I tried. It's fantastic

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  3. My target had CFaH on sale this week. I bought almost bought Chocolate but noticed it didn't have graham swirl, so I went to Strawberry instead.

    that said, Chocolate only had one pint left, so people are obviously buying it~ish, considering the other flavors had full rows.

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  4. @Mark: always step it up when you can :)

    @Chris: GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR :)

    @Anon: It might be coincidence, I feel like chocolate is one of the ones I see the most. Who knows for sure (except the grocery store stockers)

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  5. Shoprite in NJ had it on sale this week. I got strawberry again, the hunt continues for Key Lime :(

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