Ben & Jerrys - Justice ReMix'd

Justice ReMix'd - Cinnamon & Chocolate Ice Creams with Gobs of Cinnamon Bun Dough & Spicy Fudge Brownies

Long-readers may recall that Ben & Jerry's is the brand that started these reviews.  I was dared into trying every flavor by one of my sisters.  Eventually, I completed my survey of their flavors and I had to try other brands.  I still get excited when Ben & Jerry's releases new flavors, though.  Today's flavor is a new flavor that they have released this fall called Justice ReMix'd.  It is a limited batch flavor with a political theme.  I found it at the Target store in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul.  Proceeds of the flavor will go to organizations interested in the advancement of criminal justice reform.  Not everyone likes mixing politics with ice cream -- even Stephen Colbert who has a popular flavor named after him is making jokes about it.  That said, a new flavor is a new flavor and unlike the recent Pecan Resist which was just a clone of New York Super Fudge Chunk this is a new flavor and I am eager to check it out. 

What this flavor appears to be is a blend of two other flavors: Cinnamon Buns and Chocolate Fudge Brownie.  That sounds a bit derivative at first, but Ben & Jerry's has had big success doing just this with their Half Baked flavor -- which is a blend of their Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Chocolate Fudge Brownie flavors.  When Ben & Jerry's releases their list of top ten most popular flavors each year, Half Baked tops the list almost every year.  Will a similar pint with cinnamon bun dough instead of cookie dough be just as successful?  Let's check it out.

Removing the lid, I see a lot of chocolate, but hints of the cinnamon base as well.  Like in Half Baked, the two bases here are marbled instead of fully blended together.  With the first spoonful, I taste both chocolate and cinnamon together.  It is good.  This gives the feel of a Mexican chocolate which I have seen several times from other brands but not from Ben & Jerry's.  There are two types of mix-ins scattered throughout the pint.  Each mix-in stays within its corresponding base.  The cinnamon dough within the cinnamon base sections and the brownies within the chocolate sections.  The cinnamon dough are like little nuggets of chewy cinnamon-and-sugar bites.  They are fun to chew on and provide extra cinnamon flavor.  The brownies are soft and chewy and provide extra chocolate.  The side of the container says the brownies are 'spicy', but any spice that is in there does not stick out amongst the cinnamon that is in the other ingredients.  The brownies are good though.  Ben & Jerry's pioneered the use of brownies as a mix-in back in the 1980s and the have not lost their touch.

This a fun and successful blend of chocolate and cinnamon from Ben & Jerry's.  Everyone knows and loves their Half Baked and Chocolate Fudge Brownie flavors.  This pint blends in their underrated Cinnamon Buns flavor instead of regular cookie dough and this blend does work out really well.