Ben & Jerry's - One Sweet World

One Sweet World - Coffee Caramel Ice Cream with Fudge Chunks & Swirls of Marshmallow & Salted Caramel

Today we return to the Ben & Jerry's for their new limited batch flavor One Sweet World.  A survey of Ben & Jerry's flavors is how these reviews got started, so it is fun to return to to the brand that started it all.  This new flavor is actually a reimagining of a flavor from ten years ago called "Dave Mathews Band One Sweet Whirled" which has recently been placed on Ben & Jerry's list of most missed flavors.   They ingredients are mostly the same -- only a few slight tweaks.  Instead of coffee and caramel bases there is now a single coffee-caramel base and there is no coffee in the fudge chunks now.  Those changes are pretty minor.

Removing the lid shows the beige color of the coffee caramel base with some of the marshmallow swirls visible as well as a couple of the fudge chunks.  Digging in the coffee caramel base is quite tasty.  Neither the coffee nor the caramel is too strong, but these flavors do seem to go well together.  I've seen this combination before, but I'm surprised that it is not more common.  The marshmallow and caramel swirls are prevalent throughout the pint.  They almost blend with the base create a gooey, half-melted texture for the pint.  The Phish Food flavor has the same swirls which creates the same gooey texture in a much different base.  The fudge chunks give you something to chew on in an otherwise soft pint and provide a lot of chocolate flavor.  These chunks are shaped like ampersands (see extra photo below.  I am not sure what the ampersand is supposed to mean, but they look neat.

This is a good pint of ice cream.  A coffee-caramel version of Phish Food is a good way of describing this flavor.  I am not sure why this flavor got discontinued before, but if the limited batch ends up being successful, perhaps they'll bring it back for good.