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| Hard Knock Life 2.0 - Dark Chocolate with Salted Chocolate Fudge, Whoppers and Brownies |
We are back to the Minneapolis-based Milkjam Creamery today for their Hard Knock Life 2.0 flavor. The flavor name is, of course, from a song from the musical Annie. The ingredients are almost all chocolate. Chocolate base, chocolate fudge swirl, plus whoppers and brownies too. I'm not sure wha the connection to the musical is. All of this chocolate does not sound like a hard knock life to me! I guess a touring production of the musical came to the Twin Cities last year, so perhaps that's the source of the inspiration. You can listen to the song from the 1982 movie production of Annie or if you are feeling more edgy, you could listen to Jay-Z's 1998 sampling of the tune instead.
On to the ice cream! Opening the pint, the base ice cream is quite dark. There are some white mix-ins visible. Are these the whoppers? I am not sure yet. Like other milkjam flavors, the ice cream quite thick and creamy, but it is also quite soft and easy to scoop. The ice cream is quite sweet and incredibly chocolatey. The dark chocolate base and the salted chocolate fudge are blended together to give you a double whammy. The saltiness is noticeable and seems to magnify the chocolate flavor. Occasionally, I got a chewy bite. That must be the brownies. The white I saw didn't taste like whoppers. It almost tasted like marshmallow, but it was not a strong flavor. I did occasionally notice the chocolate coating of this particular mix-in as it was the only thing in this pint which was not soft.
This is a sweet, salty and incredibly chocolatey pint of ice cream. You have to really be into chocolate to like this. Every band seems to have a flavor like this, though, where they start with chocolate, add some more chocolate and then keep adding chocolate. It is good, though. The marshmallow-like whoppers were a bit confusing. I checked online and I think this mix-in has changed in the past (it used to be pretzels). Perhaps they changed the recipe for this batch. If you're at Milkjam Creamery, this flavor and their "Black" dark chocolate sorbet flavor are their nod to chocoholics. Enjoy.
On to the ice cream! Opening the pint, the base ice cream is quite dark. There are some white mix-ins visible. Are these the whoppers? I am not sure yet. Like other milkjam flavors, the ice cream quite thick and creamy, but it is also quite soft and easy to scoop. The ice cream is quite sweet and incredibly chocolatey. The dark chocolate base and the salted chocolate fudge are blended together to give you a double whammy. The saltiness is noticeable and seems to magnify the chocolate flavor. Occasionally, I got a chewy bite. That must be the brownies. The white I saw didn't taste like whoppers. It almost tasted like marshmallow, but it was not a strong flavor. I did occasionally notice the chocolate coating of this particular mix-in as it was the only thing in this pint which was not soft.
This is a sweet, salty and incredibly chocolatey pint of ice cream. You have to really be into chocolate to like this. Every band seems to have a flavor like this, though, where they start with chocolate, add some more chocolate and then keep adding chocolate. It is good, though. The marshmallow-like whoppers were a bit confusing. I checked online and I think this mix-in has changed in the past (it used to be pretzels). Perhaps they changed the recipe for this batch. If you're at Milkjam Creamery, this flavor and their "Black" dark chocolate sorbet flavor are their nod to chocoholics. Enjoy.
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