Ben & Jerry's - Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake

Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake - Caramel Cheesecake Ice Cream with Graham Cracker-Covered Cheesecake Truffles & Chocolate Cookie Swirls

Today we look at the third and final of the new Truffles flavors from Ben & Jerry's: Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake.  Here, the truffles are made from graham-cracker coated cheesecake.  (previously, the truffles have been fudge and coffee liqueur).  Let's dig in!

Removing the lid shows the light beige color of the caramel cheesecake base and quite a bit of the chocolate cookie swirl.  Looking closer, I think I see a bit of graham cracker meaning the truffles are not buried too deep.  Eating my way into the pint, the caramel cheesecake flavor is not bad, but it is a bit mild.  I think the purpose of the base here is to serve as a vehicle for the mix-ins.  The graham-cracker cheesecake truffles are distributed throughout the pint.  It isn't restaurant-quality cheesecake, but it is still pretty good.  The best part of the pint is actually the chocolate cookie swirl.  It reminds me of the same swirl in the Tonight Dough flavor -- you have all of these mix-ins but the chocolate cookie swirl is the best part.  There is a bit of a dry, crunchy bite to the chocolate here.

This was a pretty good flavor.  I like the cheesecake mix-ins here better than having cheesecake as a 'core'.    It makes me wonder if the truffle flavors are being set up as a replacement for the core flavors.  We'll see.  Of the three core flavors, I definitely liked the coffee flavor the best, but they are all pretty good.