Milkjam Creamery - Toasted Coconut

Toasted Coconut - Non-Dairy Ice Cream with Toasted Coconut

Today's flavor is Toasted Coconut from the Minneapolis-based Milkjam Creamery.  This is one of their core flavors which is always on the menu.  You can tell because they have pre-printed labels for their pints.  They label the flavor as 'vegan' on their website.  The chefs at Milkjam are actually lactose-intolerant, so they although they have many dairy flavors on the menu, they are known for their non-dairy flavors.  I hesitate to call this a 'sorbet' though because being a coconut flavor it likely utilitizes coconut milk.  Though, if the core flavor is coconut, is it cheating to use coconut milk in a sorbet.  Perhaps not!

Removing the lid, the coconut base is expectedly white and looks creamier than your average sorbet.  Digging in, the coconut flavor is delicious and the 'milk' in the coconut has indeed added creaminess.  Quickly I notice there are very large coconut pieces.  These are flat and rectangular in shape and are the largest coconut pieces that I've ever encountered in an ice cream.  There is some orange coloring on them which tells me that they've been lightly toasted.  They are quite good and fun to eat.

This is quite a good pint of toasted coconut.  The extra large coconut pieces make this flavor really stick out compared to other coconut flavors.  It is non-dairy, so keep that in mind when you are setting expectations -- some people prefer dairy, others don't mind -- but this is one that coconut-lovers should try if they are in the neighborhood.