Pumphouse Creamery - Non Dairy Muscovado Sugar

Non Dairy Muscovado Sugar - Muscovado Coconut Cream

 

Today's flavor from the Pumphouse Creamery of south Minneapolis is one of their non-dairy offerings, Non-Dairy Muscovado Sugar.  This features a coconut cream base which is flavored with an unrefined sugar called muscovado.  Since it is unrefined, muscovado has some similarities with brown sugar and might have notes of molasses.  Pumphouse's website notes that you may also notice the taste of butterscotch.  I have had muscovado once before as the base of Van Leeuwen's Brooklyn Brown Sugar Chunk flavor.  In that pint, the highlight was candied walnut mix-ins.  Here, the muscovado gets the center stage.  Let's dig in!

Opening the pint, the muscovado coconut cream base has a creamy light tan color consistent with the color of butterscotch.  In the first spoonful, I do get notes of butterscotch right away.  I also notice the mild taste of coconut in the coconut cream.  It is a good blend.  The non-dairy coconut base is well implemented.  It is light and creamy and not at all icy or sorbet-like.  As I eat my way further down, the butterscotch brown sugar flavor of the muscovado holds up.  It is quite delicious.  This is a homogenous pint with no mix-ins.

This is a nice an appealing non-dairy flavor from Pumphouse.  The muscovado flavor is quite appealing.  The notes of butterscotch go well with the notes of coconut from the coconut cream.  It is a good option for those with dietary restrictions or an interesting flavor to check out if you like butterscotch as well.