Ben & Jerry's - Hazed & Confused

Hazed and Confused - Chocolate and Hazelnut Ice Creams with Fudge Chips and & a Hazelnut Fudge Core

The next review is for Hazed and Confused which is one of the "core" flavors which was introduced by Ben & Jerry's in 2014.  Core flavors have the pint split into sections with a core section of something thick and goopy (caramel, jam, or in this case fudge) in the middle.

Opening the pint you see the split sections.  Chocolate on one side and hazelnut ice cream on the other.  You can see fudge chips right away as well, the fudge chips were only on the chocolate side.  It was standard chocolate ice cream and the fudge chips were relatively large and tasty.  The hazelnut side was more subtle.  You could tell it was not vanilla but only barely.

The first or second spoonful reveals the fudge core section.  The fudge core is very thick and tasty.  Again the box says it is "hazelnut fudge", but as far as I could tell it was just fudge.  No matter, it was very tasty.  It is very thick -- you would not want a spoonful of just the fudge -- so what I did was eat around the core picking up a little bit of the fudge into each spoonful (see photo). 

This is my favorite of the regular (i.e. non-cookie) core flavors.  I have returned to it a few times.  Hazelnut fans might be surprised at how mild the hazelnut is in a flavor called "Hazed and Confused", but it goes well with the fudge.  The whole concept of core flavors is rather interesting.  I get the impression that manufacturing constraints prevent these fillings from 'swirling' like other ingredients do, so they place a large dollop of the core in the middle and let you do your own mixing while you eat.  All and all, a successful flavor.