This past weekend we had to make a stop at Aldi once again
to pick up a few essentials we had missed during the work week. The visit did
not go without a stop at the ice cream freezer. We noticed a new flavor at Aldi
known as Belmont Premium Ice Cream Peanut Butter S'mores. S’mores ice cream? Are you kidding me? Our
family is an outdoorsy group that enjoys backyard campfires accompanied with
playing twenty questions and consuming lots of s’mores. The idea of combining
s’more flavors with frozen peanut butter sounded genius, so we picked up a
container.
The ice cream is sold in a one and a half quart paper
container (like most ice cream).The ice cream had a tan or almost tea or light
coffee colored appearance. Throughout the ice cream were chunks of peanut
butter and chocolate. I did not spy marshmallows or graham bits in the blend.
The sight of this ice cream upon
first glance had me concerned about whether this would represent a true s’more.
First taste was definite confirmation of the essence of
s’mores. I picked up the chocolate and
peanut butter flavor immediately. The unknown factor was the marshmallows, not
really sure if they were in the ice cream blend or not; then again marshmallows
do not have a very distinguishable flavor unless you toast the heck out of them
on the end of a camp fire stick. The greatest success of this blend was the
graham cracker flavor hidden within the actual ice cream. This concoction was a
s ‘more plus pb grand slam.
The ice cream was purchased for the low price of $2.29 per
container. This is a bit lower than the competitive ice creams (Hudsonville, Edy’s,
and Breyers) that go for three to four dollars at Meijer.
A half cup serving of this ice cream packs about 160
calories. My serving portion ended up at
about a cup of ice cream on a cone totaling out about 375 calories (adding in
“cone” calories). That is a hefty dessert but still much lower than trips I
have made to the DQ for a blizzard treat.
For those that love a good fix of peanut butter married with
nostalgic flavors of campfire s‘mores, I highly recommend picking up a
container of Belmont Peanut Butter S ‘mores ice cream. Get some now as this is most likely an autumn
promotional flavor that will most likely go away in a month or two.
