Pumphouse - Dark Chocolate Mint

Dark Chocolate Mint - Dark Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream

I am back from my Thanksgiving trip and ready to get back to Twin Cities ice cream brands again.  Today's flavor is from Pumphouse Creamery from south Minneapolis.  It is called Dark Chocolate Mint.  This is a seasonal flavor from the fall that was leftover in my freezer from before my trip.  It is no longer available in the scoop shop, but maybe it will it will come back next season.  Dark Chocolate and Mint is not an uncommon combination during the holiday season.  Jeni's had a holiday flavor a while back which was this exact combination.  Allowing for mix-ins McConnell's Reindeer Tracks is this flavor with a small amount of cookies while Ben & Jerry's Minter Wonderland is this flavor combination with marshmallow and a cookies.  Let's see how this flavor from Pumphouse compares.

Removing the lid, the dark chocolate base is a medium brown color.  Digging in for my first spoonful, the chocolate is not too dark and the peppermint is not too intense but it is a good flavorful mix.  This is a homogeneous pint with no mix-ins.  Long-time readers know that mint chocolate chip is my favorite flavor so I am always up for having chocolate and peppermint together in ice cream in any combination.  I was able to easily eat the entire pint in one sitting.

This is a solid pint from Pumphouse.  It is not as intense chocolate-wise or mint-wise as Jeni's implementation of the same flavor but it is a likable pint which is easy to eat.  There are many ways to mix mint and chocolate.  They have the standard mint chocolate chip (I hope to try that soon) plus there is the holiday Peppermint Bark flavor and now this flavor.  Dark Chocolate Mint is you are more in the mood for chocolate than mint (yet still want both).  Look to see if it comes back next year.