Bebe Zito - Dat Malt Dough

Dat Malt Dough - Malted base Ribbon with Chocolate Ganache Cookie Dough

 

Today we return to Bebe Zito in south Minneapolis for their Dat Malt Dough flavor (instagram link here).  Piecing together details of the flavor from the flavor page, the instagram link and the ingredient list on the side of the carton, it looks like there is malted cookie dough in the base ice cream and also malted cookie dough mix-ins plus there is also chocolate ganache as a mix-in.  Sounds good.  The name of the flavor sounds like a slang or dialectical way of saying "that malt, though" which the double entendre on the 'dough'.  And sure enough, someone at Mental Floss wrote an article on the history of the expression "That <noun> though".  Enough nerdy linguistics, let's check out this ice cream!

Popping off the lid, there is this nice marbly look to the top of the pint.  The darker color of the chocolate ganache looks half-mixed into the malted cookie dough base.  Plus there is a sizeable cube of cookie dough right on top.  Digging in, I can taste the malt right away.  The cookie dough flavor in the base does not stick out, but the base here is just a vehicle for the mix-ins.  The cookie pieces are quite good.  They are salty and chewy.  Next there are larger chunks of chocolate ganache.  These are soft and chewy as well. Chocolate ganache is an excellent mix-in.  I like the fact that it can be made gooey like or sauce or it can be made chewy almost like a flourless brownie.  Altogether this is very delicious.  The malty base complements the two types of mix-ins very well.

This is an excellent flavor from Bebe Zito.  This might be an odd comparison, but it reminded me a bit of Ben & Jerry's Half Baked flavor, but better.  Half Baked is Ben & Jerry's most popular flavor every year for several years now and I think Dat Malt Dough tops it.  This flavor has a more interesting base with malt in it.  The cookie dough is better, the ganache is like a better version of brownies.  So, as eclectic of a comparison as this is, I mean it as a great complement.  If Half Baked is also your flavor and you want to see a local shop one-up it, then check out Dat Malt Dough.