Sweet Science - Cherry Chocolate Chip

Cherry Chocolate Chip - Light Cherry Ice Cream with Cherry Compote and Chocolate Chips

Saint Paul's Sweet Science Ice Cream has two seasonal flavors for February.  The first is a good one that I reviewed last year, Blood Orange Cream.  The second is this flavor, Cherry Chocolate Chip.  I like the Ch3 symbol used on the carton label.  Ch-Ch-Chery Ch-Ch-Chocolate Ch-Ch-Chip!  Cherry and chocolate is a common combination in many brands.  It'll be interesting to see what Sweet Science does with this.

Opening the pint, I am surprised by all the mix-ins!  There is a light pink base in the background, but there is a lot of chocolate visible and a lot of cherry compote visible as well.  It is even a bit gooey.  I have quite a bit of cherry compote to lick off the lid before I even start.  Digging in, the base it billed as a 'light cherry'.  That may be so, but there is quite a bit of compote everywhere and it is quite strong.  It still tastes good, though.  The chocolate mix-ins resemble the outer coating of a filled candy bar -- it is crumbly crunchy.  There is quite a bit of it and it provides a lot of chocolate flavor.

This is a bold implementation of the popular cherry chocolate chip flavor.  With a premium brand, you expect boldness and lots of flavor and you definitely get that here.  Personally, I don't think that it was too much cherry, but it is definitely pushing the limits.  I do think they pulled it off, but you really have to like cherry to enjoy this!  Cherry lovers will definitely want to check this one out.