Graeter's - Coconut Chocolate Chip

Coconut Chocolate Chip - Coconut Ice Cream with Coconut Flakes and Chocolate Chips

The local Ralph's is starting to stock more pints from of the Cincinnati-based Graeter's brand.  Because of this, I am able to bring you today's flavor:  Coconut Chocolate Chip.  As mentioned in previous reviews, Graeter's is the 19th century ice cream shop which uses the old-fashioned "french pot process".  They also have a unique way of creating chocolate chips -- they pour liquid chocolate into the base and break it up with a paddle while it hardens and mixes in.  (See the video in the Mint Chocolate Chip review to see how it is done).  I really like their chocolate chips, it will be fun to see how they taste with coconut.

Removing the lid shows the white color of the coconut base with a big hunk of chocolate visible already.  Mmmm.... Digging in, the coconut base is fairly mild in flavor but it is definitely noticeable.  The big chip visible was just the tip of the ice berg, look at the picture below to see how big it was!  The chocolate chips are tasty.  They manage to be both chunky and chewy at the same time.  There were also shreds of coconut mixed in but not too many.  They did provide a little bit of extra coconut flavor when they were around.

I liked this flavor for the chocolate chips.  They know they do great chocolate chips at Graeter's so they have a whole line of flavors which include them.    The coconut was a bit mild though.  If you love coconut, though, it was still good but I've had better pints that focus more on the coconut.  McConnell's does a great toasted coconut and Talenti does a raw Mounds-bar type of coconut.  For me, this pint is worth it just for the chocolate chips.