Graeter's - Caramel Macchiato

Caramel Macchiato - Coffee Ice Cream with Caramel Truffles and Heath Toffee Pieces

The third pint from my recent six-pint shipment from Graeter's Ice Cream is called Caramel Macchiato.  It was a limited batch flavor and as I write this, it is already gone from their website.  I did find an instagram post about the flavor here.  So, a note to local readers that this flavor is not available in local grocery stores.  It is a coffee ice cream with chocolate-caramel truffles and Heath toffee pieces mixed in.  Coffee-caramel and coffee-toffee are both popular flavor combinations, but it not common too see all three -- and there is some chocolate coating the caramel as well.  Let's check it out!

Removing the lid, the coffee base has a light beige color.  It is lighter than most coffee bases, but that was true of Graeter's own Vienna Coffee flavor as well.  It looks like they are using that Vienna Coffee ice cream for the base here.  Digging in, I encounter the caramel truffles first.  These are similar to other chocolate-covered caramel pieces that I have found in other flavors -- including their own Chunky Chunky Hippo flavor.  They are a bit like Rolo candies.  Other flavors to include truffles like this are two caramel-centric Talenti pints (here and here), the Izzy's Trick or Treat flavor (actual Rolo candies!), and an old retired Ben & Jerry's flavor.  Also in today's pint are toffee pieces.  These are like the insides of a Heath bar with no chocolate covering.  See the pictures below for pictures of the mix-ins outside of the ice cream.  Anyhow, the mix-ins are quite tasty and since both caramel and toffee each go well with coffee, it is a delicious mix.

This is a fun pint from Graeter's.  The caramel truffles and toffee remind me quite a bit of their Chunky Chunky Hippo flavor which, in my opinion is even more fun (and not just because of the name and packaging).  Check it out if you'd like a coffee-twist on that Chunky Chunky Hippo.