Häagen-Dazs - Mango

Mango - Mango Ice Cream with Mango Pieces

Today's review of Häagen-Dazs' Mango flavor.  Normally, I don't review the homogeneous flavors  -- I'm all about the mix-ins -- but I am committed to doing all of the new "Destination Series" line of flavors.  Where is Häagen-Dazs taking us with this flavor?  South America!  The mango is originally from the Old World, specifically the Indian Subcontinent, but they are now commonly grown in any frost-free tropical or subtropical climate whether it be parts of China, Southeast Asia, Central Africa, Hawaii, California, Florida, the Caribbean or South America.  This is my first flavor which contains mango so I'm interested in checking it out.

Removing the lid shows the yellowish color of the mango base.  Eating my way down into the ice cream, the ice cream is soft and creamy and it tastes like mango.  Its very tasty.  Sometimes tropical flavors can be overdone and come out overpowering, but not here.  It was light and refreshing -- sort of like what you'd want to eat to cool you off on a hot summer day.  There some small mango pieces dispersed through the pint.  They were cube-shaped and slightly smaller than a pea.  They provided the occasional textural variation but otherwise it was the same mango flavor.

A very simple but successful flavor.  Häagen-Dazs is very good with homogeneous flavors and base flavors which do not have mix-ins to hide behind and this is no exception.  Obviously, if you're looking for mango, this is the flavor.  I stated above that it was light and refreshing, but Häagen-Dazs also has a mango sorbet if you want something lighter.  That's probably good, too.