Sweet Science - Stout Chocolate Cookie

Stout Chocolate Cookie - Stout Milk Chocolate Ice Cream with Crunchy Chocolate Cookies

Today's flavor from the Twin Cities-based Sweet Science Ice Cream is called Stout Chocolate Cookie.  Since their scoop shop moved to the other end of town (Edina), I now pick up my pints at the Golden Fig market on Grand in Saint Paul.  Other grocery stores stock Sweet Science, but I think the Golden Fig as been designated as the store which will always stock the most recent limited-batch flavors on the Saint Paul-side of the metro.  Stout Chocolate cookie uses a stout-and-chocolate base with chocolate cookie pieces as the mix-ins.  Stout blends surprisingly well with chocolate and I have seen it several times before including once from Sweet Science with different mix-ins, but also from Ample Hills and Häagen-Dazs.  Let's check it out.

Removing the lid, I see the expected brown color of the stout chocolate base as well as many small pieces of chocolate cookies.  The chocolate cookie pieces are almost "chip-sized".  Digging in, the stout chocolate base is delicious!  It's just as I remember in their previous pint.  I never would have guessed that stout beer would go well with chocolate, but it absolutely does.  If you are not a fan of beer (or even stout) it is still worth sampling this flavor.  The flavor is mostly chocolate but how the stout accents is quite interesting and delicious.  The small chocolate cookie pieces add some crunchiness (and extra chocolate) into the mix.

This is a very good stout chocolate flavor from Sweet Science.  Those who have loved their previous stout chocolate flavors will surely love this one, too.  The chocolate cookie mix-ins are small and crunchy.  Texturally this pint is about halfway between a "stout chocolate chocolate chip" and a "stout cookies and cream".  Enjoy.