I'll give you the TL;DR up front—I agree with those readers, Sonia does not.
I've always had an affinity for peanut butter, most peanut butter flavored products, and definitely any ice cream that can work the luscious, protein and good-fat-rich, creamy, buttery, legumey goodness of peanut butter into its mix in any sort of competent manner. Sonia likes peanut butter okay, but isn't particularly fond of peanut butter in her ice cream. Fair enough.
I also think peanut butter lends itself to this "protein shake in my ice cream" vibe that these light ice creams are throwing our way, or at least it works better with peanut butter than it does with sandwich cookies. I will never in a million years make the assertion that ANY of these diet ice creams even come close to the real thing, but I must admit the calorie count is dramatically lower than a pint of the full-calorie stuff.
This ice cream flaunts a rich chocolate look to it—it's a deep brown, nearly appearing like brownie batter. Each bite has plenty of chocolate flavor, and to a lesser extent, peanut butter. But there are ribbons of actual peanut butter throughout. Those bites are my favorite. There's a huge amount of peanut butter taste when you find those hidden caches of cold, stiff peanut butter that rapidly soften and melt in your mouth. My only complaint with this flavor is that there's not quite enough peanut butter. Sonia disagrees.
I'd put this very high in the running for best light ice cream flavor I've ever had, and if you're an ice cream hog like I am, you're only looking at 370 calories for the entire container. On the other hand, if I were seriously counting calories, I'd probably just get a pint of Chubby Hubby and eat it in two sittings instead of one. Still this gets a big thumbs up from me. Four stars.
Three from Sonia, who insists the Cookies & Cream one is better.
Bottom line: 7 out of 10.
I wished that they added those teeny peanut butter cups in the ice cream
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I know it's light ice cream, but the "pint" we just bought weighed under 10 ounces including the carton. It was full to the top and didn't have any air pockets, so I don't know what the deal is. It also tasted dry, for lack of a better term. It went in the trash.
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Deletei tried this and did not like it... dry, and that "protein shake" taste did not work for me at all. i mean, i ate the whole thing (hoping it would be better as it got more melty?) but not buying it again!
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