New Tastes: Ben and Jerry's Pumpkin Cheesecake Ice Cream

What day better than today to review Ben and Jerry's Pumpkin Cheesecake ice cream than free cone day?  From noon to 8pm today you can get a free cone at participating Ben and Jerry's ice cream stores.  (Of course there aren't any that are participating in southern New Jersey so you'll just have to buy your own!)

First impression was that it was a little soft.  At first I thought there was something wrong with my freezer but everything else seemed to be okay and when I moved the ice cream to another freezer, it didn't seem to get any harder.  So on the plus side, it's really easy to scoop!  On the negative side, it seems to melt pretty quickly.  

What intrigued me about this flavor and made me pick it up in the first place was the pumpkin.  I love, love, love pumpkin!  The first taste really did't say pumpkin to me.  It said more sour cream and cinnamon.  That being said, the flavor was very good.  Definitely tasted the cheesecake part.  As for the graham cracker swirl, well, it's more like graham cracker mush.  The graham crackers did not stay crunchy in it at all. 

Rating:  

Flavor:   Good flavor despite the fact that the pumpkin isn't very detectable.

Texture:  Soft, easy to scoop but melts quickly, graham cracker mush.

Overall Rating:  Won't buy again but not so bad that I needed to throw it out!