Ben & Jerry's Utter Peanut Butter Clutter cookie core

Last but by no means least in the new cookie core range from Ben & Jerry's is Utter Peanut Butter Clutter, a peanut butter ice cream with peanut butter cookies & a crumbled peanut butter cookie core. I reviewed the previous two, speculoos and chocolate version last week. 

Being completely honest this ice cream looked boring compared to any other Ben & Jerry's when I took the lid off. Sure there are some nice peanut butter specks in there but it looked a bit plain. 

Digging in, I found this wasn't true at all. The peanut butter core stands out but I think it's a case of the cookie pieces and the ice cream being near identical in colour but they're there alright! 

I didn't find the ice cream very strong at first, but it soon kicked in and as with the other Ben and Jerry's peanut butter flavours, it's rich, creamy and although I hate peanut butter normally very enjoyable. The core and cookies are very peanut buttery and while I found the cookies have the type of flavour I don't like - the only way I can describe it is roof of the mouth smacking - the texture went well with the crunchy core. The core itself is also strong but the texture completely changes it from me and takes the part away I hate and just leaves the flavour. 

As with the previous two the texture of the cookie core range are what are make these tubs. I certainly didn't expect to prefer the Peanut flavour to the chocolate but there's a first for everything and this is a very nice tub in my opinion. 

Rating 7/10 

Ben & Jerry's What-a-lotta Chocolate Cookie Core

Wow that name is a mouthful! The second of the 3 new Ben & Jerry's Cookie Core is this - What-a-lotta Chocolate, the general gist is the same as the previous pint reviewed here, so I won't go into detail about the general ice cream. Base ice cream, cookie pieces, cookie core - you know the score! 

To start with, the base ice cream tastes exactly the same as the chocolate used in Chocolate Fudge Brownie so no complaints here and nothing new to point out, why fix what's not broken?

This ice cream probably couldn't get more chocolatey if they tried! The cookie pieces are chocolate cookies and while they do taste more chocolatey than the pieces in Cookie Dough or Half Baked they don't pop out flavour wise against the ice cream. They're certainly not hidden though, they take up 7% (according to the tub) of the pint, but it felt like a lot more in mine and are nice and chewy against the thick creamy ice cream. These pieces actually seemed chewier than the pieces in the Speculoo version which made for a brilliant contrast with the core. 

The core is again the same as in the previous version but chocolate flavoured instead and again the gritty, actual ground cookie texture is by far the best part. The contrast between smooth ice cream, chewy cookie pieces and crunchy core when you get all three on one spoonful is amazing and reminds me why I pay the prices I do for Ben & Jerry's! 

However, while there's no doubt this is a lovely ice cream (and would probably be more of a favourite if I'd tried it first) I can't help but compare it to Half Baked/Cookie Dough/Choc Fudge Brownie. It is quite similar and tame even compared to the usual. The core does redeem it and it is a delicious ice cream, but I can't rate it higher than I did for the Speculoos. I'll buy it again though. 

Rating 7/10