Jeni's - Roxbury Road

Roxbury Road - Dense Milk Chocolate Ice Cream.  Salty Smoked Almonds.  Handmade, Melt-In-Your-Mouth Marshmallows.  A Swirl of Caramel Sauce. The Only Thing Better is Love.

Today is the penultimate pint from my recent Black Friday shipment from Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams.  This one is called Roxbury Road and his their take on the classic Rocky Road flavor.  Rocky Road dates back at least to the 1920s.  It is one of the earliest examples of an ice cream with multiple mix-ins.  I discussed its history in a previous review.  The twist on the flavor name comes from a road in the Columbus Ohio area called Roxbury Road which goes between the affluent suburbs of Marble Cliff and Upper Arlington.  Let's dig in!

After removing the lid, the chocolate base here looks quite dark.  Hints of a couple of marshmallow mix-ins are visible right away as well.  As I dig into the pint, the chocolate is quite rich and creamy and full of chocolatey flavor. The marshmallow mix-ins are about the size of sugar cubes.  They are homemade marshmallows.  They have a gelatinous consistency about halfway between a store-bought marshmallow and a melted marshmallow.  The almonds are not visibly obvious but I encountered them quite often.  They must be small enough so as bury themselves inside each spoonful, but large enough to provide a decent crunch.  A caramel sauce is listed but it is not immediately obvious to me.  At first I thought it might have gotten blended into the chocolate, but I think I noticed it a little towards the bottom of the pint.  At any rate, the caramel swirl plays only a minor role here.

This is a solid and well done implementation of a Rocky Road flavor.  It is a fairly straight take on the flavor.  The label shows there is also a caramel swirl.  It might provide some extra flavor notes but that swirl does not stick out here.  I think I still like Häagen-Dazs a little better because of how their melted marshmallows but you can't go wrong here either.  Fans of both Jeni's and Rocky Road will appreciate their take on this classic flavor.