Sweet Science - Vanilla Mint Fudge

Vanilla Mint Fudge - Peppermint Vanilla Ice Cream with Fudge Sauce

I am continuing to work through the backlog of pints in my freezer.  Today, we switch back to the Saint Paul-based Sweet Science brand for their Vanilla Mint Fudge flavor.  Long time readers may recall that mint chocolate chip is my favorite ice cream flavor.  Since I have not eaten a repeat pint since I started these reviews, I am always excited when I find a pint from a different brand or perhaps a pint which combines peppermint and chocolate in different ways.  Today's pint is a bit of the latter.  Here, there is a peppermint vanilla base (the first time I have seen that combination) and instead of chocolate chips they have a swirl of fudge sauce.

Let's dig in!  The top of the pint shows a yellowish tinge to the peppermint vanilla base.  Most peppermint bases are either white or artificially-colored green.  The reminded me of McConnell's.  The yellow could be from the egg yolks.  There is quite a bit of the fudge sauce visible on top, especially around the sides.  The base ice cream is quite minty.  I was wondering if it was going to be muted because of the mixture with vanilla but it was not.  I couldn't really taste the vanilla, but that could be my palate which often allows other flavors to trump vanilla.  I liked it.  The star of the pint was the fudge sauce.  It was really good.  A bit more like a the topping of a ice cream shop sundae than the usual chocolate or fudge swirl.  Near the top of the pint, it tended to cling to the sides or the container.  I scraped each spoonful against the side to remedy that.  Starting about halfway down, that issue went away and there was plenty of sauce on the bottom of the pint.

This was an excellent pint of ice cream and certainly satisfied my mint-chocolate fix.  As I mentioned above, the sauce made me feel like I was eating a sundae.  A sauce like this would work well with other flavor combinations, too.