Ben & Jerry's - Save Our Swirled

Save Our Swirled - Raspberry Ice Cream with Marshmallow & Raspberry Swirls & Dark & White Fudge Ice Cream Cones

Save Our Swirled is a brand new flavor released this spring in coordination with the Ben & Jerry's summer tour.  The theme this year is climate change and the flavors initials "SOS" are cleverly placed on the lid.  I found my pint at Target but reports online are that it has also been spotted at Walmart.  The lid is usually where information about vender exclusive flavors and limited batch runs are placed, so I am not sure how long this flavor will be around.  I scooped up a pint just in case.

Opening the pint, revealed a very light pink base.  The marshmallow swirls were actually quite evident on the top of the pint.  As I ate my way into the pint, I notice that the marshmallow swirls served a different purpose here than they have in previous pints (Phish Food, Roasted & Toasted).  Previously, the marshmallow swirl would soften the pint up and make it gooey.  Here, the marshmallow stayed congealed and served to mute the strong raspberry flavor.  Indeed, at times it seemed like I was eating a soft taffy-like confection rather than an ice cream.  The dark-and-white cones are a new and unique fill-in.  They are visibly very cute (a picture is attached) and dispersed throughout the pint and were very hard and crunchy.  Though other than the texture contrast, they did not provide much flavor as the hard chocolate does not get much time on the taste buds.  So they were simply eye candy.

All in all, a fun limited batch pint for Ben & Jerry's spring and summer tour.  I don't know if its quite successful enough to eventually get promoted to a standard flavor but its entertaining to see these flavor experimentations.