Fitness Romance SagaTaste Test: Edy's Hot Cocoa Ice Cream
October 6th, 2009 • 27 Comments | Leave a Comment »
What could be better than eating instant cocoa powder straight out the package? Just rip open the pouch and pour into mouth. Forget about a hot cup, just gimme the cocoa-ness in the quickest form possible. Yes, I used to do this, but now there’s another way.
Here comes limited edition Edy’s Hot Cocoa Ice Cream. It’s bizarrely intriguing as a proud member of Oxymoron’s Greatest Hits, like Jumbo Shrimp, Numb Feeling, and Freezer Burns. What’s up with that?
Hot Cocoa Ice Cream is all it’s cracked up to be with its beautifully smooth & creamy texture, and lightly sweet taste. It really does resemble the flavor experience of Hot Cocoa. But what’s up with the boulder-sized marshmallows? The package promises “marshmallow swirls”, but what you really get are large, wet, squishy pillows. I don’t like that.
The flavor sensation of the ice cream is completely overrun by a meter show of wet marshmallows. Sort of like a house full of rats in need of pest control service – they gotta go. So I left the bowl alone; to melt and wither into nothing-ness; leaving the wet pillows
exposed and afraid of the trash (where they now dwell).
I highly recommend serving Edy’s Hot Cocoa Ice Cream to guests that overstay their welcome. They’ll be leaving real soon, so don’t you worry.
Hot Cocoa Notes
- Price Paid: $2.50 on sale
- Serving size: 1/2 cup
- Calories: 120
- Fat Calories: 30
- Total Fat: 3.5g
- Sat Fat: 2g
- Sodium: 55mg
- Carbs: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Sugars: 14g
- Protein: 3g
Reactions from the Taste Test Crew
Health-hater Husband: The marshmallows ruin it.
Greedy Kid #1: What the heck is that! Who wants to eat wet marshmallows?
Greedy Kid #2: Everybody says it’s nasty, so I’m not tasting it.
Greedy Kid #3: Ewww ….(pointing at Marshmallows)….
Yum UP to!: Guests that finally leave…finally!
Yuck Down to: Wet marshmallow meteor showers.
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MizFit October 6th, 2009 at 6:30
FRICK.
methinks Id adore a meteor shower of wet marshmallows.
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Lesley Living Life October 6th, 2009 at 6:47
Well, I won’t be trying that! Ha.
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Marisa (Trim The Fat) October 6th, 2009 at 7:11
Eeewww, squishy wet pillows of marshmallow! Sad, cuz this looked so promising!
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Joanna October 6th, 2009 at 7:58
Well this is good news and bad news. Fall has set in here and it really isn’t ice cream season anymore but this post just reminded me of cinnamon ice cream, which I adore this time of year.
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Erin October 6th, 2009 at 7:58
I bet it would be really good in a giant “bowl” of hot chocolate! My mom and I did that once (sorry been mommy reminiscing lately) we got our fave flavor ice creams and dumped a big scoop of it in our hot chocolate YUM!
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Jody - Fit at 51 October 6th, 2009 at 8:28
Well, I am not an ice cream person so luckily I was not to be tempted not disappointed by your review!
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Adam October 6th, 2009 at 10:21
Edys has the best seasonal flavors, and better yet they actually make the stuff as “light” ice cream.. I love their pumpkin and apple pie slow churns as well
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Emily (A Nutritionist Eats) October 6th, 2009 at 10:33
I would like the hot cocoa part but am really not a marshmellow fan so I think i would agree with you and your family!
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Low October 6th, 2009 at 14:20
I’m torn. I might enjoy these marshmallows. I’m gross like that. Probably won’t buy it though. I’ll wait until someone wants to get rid of me as their house guest
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Nicci October 6th, 2009 at 15:09
I’m not big on marshmellows that are wet, but it does look enticing to try.
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Diane Fit to the Finish October 6th, 2009 at 18:13
I don’t like marshmallows in my ice cream either. Or nuts. I know – I’m strange!
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DaMora October 6th, 2009 at 18:44
Looks and sounds good to me, even the wet marshmallows.
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Josie October 6th, 2009 at 20:53
Okay now! To all the wet marshmallow lovin’ people…that’s just pure nastiness.
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Angelia Sims October 6th, 2009 at 23:00
Nothing worse than nappy chunks in ice cream. ICK!
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Kelly October 6th, 2009 at 23:05
I love marshmallow’s, but I would be second guessing trying this flavor. Wet marshmallow nastiness does NOT sound appealing. At all.
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m i c h e l l e October 6th, 2009 at 23:26
LOL – We just polished off a half gallon of this flavor today. My 6yo chose it (much to my horror) but all three girls loved it … go figure.
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Josie October 7th, 2009 at 5:58
Oooo. “Polished off” is such a greedy word. I like you lots.
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Erica October 7th, 2009 at 14:48
well I’m sure they’ll sell plenty on the name alone…sounds delicious! Bummer that its not so yummy!
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Julie @ Peanut Butter Fingers October 8th, 2009 at 10:04
i tried their s’mores flavor which was SUPER yummy w/ the exception of the marshmallows… they’re so weird & wet in ice cream!
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Tanya November 3rd, 2009 at 21:35
I was looking forward to trying this – now, not so much!
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Walter Tony November 5th, 2009 at 19:30
The marshmallows are the best part of this flavor! Don’t listen to all these naysayers. They taste just like one floating on top of a cup of hot cocoa, squishy and yummy an eaten with the spoon you stir it up with. I was looking for even MORE in my bowl. It adds a unique texture and gooey feel to each mouthful. I also do not like nuts or even hard chips of chocolate in my ice cream, but these soft squishy marshmallows make this a real hit! I hope they roll this limited edition out again next year!
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I love this stuff November 17th, 2009 at 9:27
This is my favorite ice cream ever! It’s so good! If it wouldn’t get freezer burned, I’d buy enough to last a year!
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Hails January 26th, 2010 at 0:16
LOL. I just tried this, in a way. Seriously though, you know you have a weird (yet wondrous, absolutely wondrous) mind when you decide to mix a packet of hot chocolate (with mini marshmallows) with a bowl vanilla ice cream. It was INCREDIBLE! The mini marshmallows, by the way, were small bits of crunchy goodness, not pillows of gross wetness. I highly recommend trying it out. ………….omg, marshmallow fluff, hot chocolate, bowl of ice cream………… the new ingredients in my next experiment!
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Liz November 8th, 2010 at 17:55
this is my all time favorite ice cream
i think the review is misleading.
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Rick December 7th, 2010 at 15:16
I couldn’t disagree with this review more and I can’t get enough of this flavor – the chocolate ice cream has a somewhat similar flavor to a Wendy’s Frosty and the marshmellows really blend superbly. Generally, I’m not a big fan of chocolate flavored ice creams but this is a major exception. So, don’t go by the editor’s review – try this Hot Cocoa flavor yourself.
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Pat Sanders December 7th, 2011 at 11:48
Love, love Edy’s limited edition of hot cocoa where can I buy some this year?
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Pat Sanders December 7th, 2011 at 12:03
Where can I buy hot cocoa icecream by edys?
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