Review of 'So Delicious' Coconut Milk "Ice Cream" (Peanut Butter Swirl)

So Delicious -- Coconut Milk "Ice Cream" (Peanut Butter Swirl) (vegan)
Overall Rating: 4/5
Summary: This is a dessert fit for those with a very big sweet tooth. It's suuuuuper sweet and intensely chocolatey. I find that the peanut butter element takes a back seat to the chocolate. There are awesome shavings of chocolate throughout (a good portion) and the chocolate is sweet at every level. The issues I had were (1) the subtle peanut butter flavour, (2) the texture was hard and I had to let it soften for a reaaally long time, (3) and I got a chunk of something that was really salty (yuck!).

Where to buy: Fortinos

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Ingredients: organic coconut milk (organic coconut cream, water, guar gum), organic agave syrup, peanut butter (roasted peanuts, soybean oil, sugar, salt), chocolate flake (cane sugar, coconut oil, cocoa processes with alkali, chocolate liquor, soya lecithin, vanilla), chicory root extract, cocoa (processed with alkali), carob bean gum, guar gum, natural flavour.
*Organic ingredients are certified!

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 125mL
Calories: 270
Fat: 16g
     Saturated: 8g
     Trans: .1g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 65mg
Carb: 32g
     Fibre: 8g
     Sugars: 21g
Protein: 4g
Calcium: 2%
Iron: 10%

The container indicates the flavour is 'Peanut Butter Swirl' but the website reads 'Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl'. The ingredients are similar, but I would have preferred the product listed on the website, since there is no added sugar and it has fewer calories (210). Perhaps the website is outdated or our Canadian recipe is slightly different.

Anyway, I'm happy for the organic ingredients! I assume the .1g trans fats is naturally derived. This dessert does have a huge fat content, but as is the case with coconut -- it's a fatty food, but a healthy one! I wish it didn't have quite so many calories, but you know what...I'm pretty content because it does have a good 8g of fiber and 4g of protein. You never really find those numbers in frozen desserts.

I really do wish I had more of an intense peanut butter experience so that I could have rated this higher. I also wish I did NOT experience that random chunk of saltiness (ewww, it was so bad). Thankfully it was only one chunk. I didn't really get any coconut flavour, so don't expect to find that if you buy this. Last, I was really disappointed that the texture was so very hard. It wasn't icy, but it was just really stiff! I had to let it soften for a reallllly long time too! Like more than 10 minutes altogether...and it still had hard parts in the middle. I expected it to be soft and creamy like their 'Purely Decadent' line, but no such luck.

I would still recommend this ice cream, but only to those who are good with portion control and can stick to a 1/2 cup serving :P

Other 'Coconut Milk' flavours (all vegan):

• Cherry Amaretto (reviewed here)
• Chocolate
• Chocolate Brownie Almond
• Coconut
• Coconut Almond Chip
• Cookie Dough
• Cookies 'n Cream
• German Chocolate
• Green Tea
• Mint Chip
• Mocha Almond Fudge
• Passionate Mango
• Pomegranate Chip
• Turtle Trails
• Vanilla Bean
• No Sugar Added Butter Pecan
• No Sugar Added Chocolate
• No Sugar Added Mint Chip
• No Sugar Added Toasted Almond Chip
• No Sugar Added Vanilla Bean

Brand (quoted from purelydecadent.com):

• None of the containers and lids that our products are packaged in contain Bisphenol-A (BPA's)
• All of our coconut based products are Non-GMO certified by the NonGmo Project. For more information, go to www.NonGMOProject.org. All of our other products are internally verified to be GMO free.
• None of our products contain MSG, yeast, yeast extract, or autolyzed yeast.
• The natural flavors in our products are flavor analogs that come from botanicals and extracts from natural sources. Care is taken to utilize components from the original substrate when possible.
• None of our products contain the food preservative, TBHQ, either as direct ingredients or sub- ingredients.
• None of our products contain the food preservative, BHT, either as direct ingredients or sub-ingredients.
• None of our products contain the food preservative, BHA, either as direct ingredients or sub-ingredients.
• Some of our products contain flavors which include of a small amount of ethyl alcohol as a carrier. The amount of ethanol in these products is so small that there is no physiological impact. There is no gluten in the alcohol.