Other pints I've tried from High Road like French Toast and Caffeine & Cacao were both comprised of some impressive base ice cream, but I was looking forward to trying their most recent Private Reserve flavor. Their Peanut Butter Brittle will be be my first taste of the mix-ins High Road might have to offer. After reading the description below, I'm tempted to take a bite while waiting in the check-out line at Whole Foods.
Packing 280 calories per serving, this is a heavier than normal option from High Road, but fits right in line with other premium ice creams, especially those containing peanut butter. Discarding the lid reveals a lush layer of peanut butter infused sweet cream ice cream with thick stripes of that incredible peanut butter caramel. Dipping into the base, this is much more dense than the other flavors I've tried.
What they left to the imagination with Caffeine & Cacao, they make up for in Peanut Butter Brittle. The boldness of the peanut butter is unprecedented. The sweet and salty contrast is left at full potency. As a result of the all-natural peanut butter being blended with the sweet cream ice cream, the thicker mixture excels over their lighter feeling flavors. It doesn't take long before my spoon starts to slide into the peanut butter caramel careening about.
What started as single peanuts wrapped in sweet syrup, evolved into stone sized sections of brittle by the halfway point. The sweetness of the brittle exceeds everything else in the pint. The sugar penetrated deep within the peanuts, giving them a soft, moist texture. The chewy peanuts, coupled with the crunch of the hardened syrup, work side by side with the swirl and base to bombard your taste buds with all things peanut butter. If it weren't for the overly gaudy mix-ins in What a Cluster, this would have been my go-to pint when answering a peanut butter craving.
Where I Found It: Whole Foods Market
Grade: A
