Dolcezza - Peanut Butter Stracciatella

Peanut Butter Stracciatella - Peanut Butter Gelato with Shredded Chocolate Chips

 

Today, we return to the Dolcezza Gelato brand for their Peanut Butter Stracciatella flavor.  I picked up this flavor at the Whole Foods on Selby in Saint Paul.  It has a peanut butter gelato base and stracciatella is a way of making 'shredded' chocolate chips which is popular in Italy.  So, this is basically a peanut butter and chocolate flavor.  Let's check it out.

Removing the lid, the peanut butter base has a rather light color and the stracciatella chips are variable-sized flakes of chocolate.  Digging in, the peanut butter flavor is stronger than I expected given the light color.  There is a sweetness mixed in with the peanut butter which keeps it from feeling 'heavy'.  As with their plain stracciatella flavor, the flaky chocolate chips are quite good.  Because of the sweetness mixed into the peanut butter, I have no problems finishing the pint in one sitting.

This is a very well done implementation of a simple peanut butter chocolate chip flavor from Dolcezza.  The peanut butter gelato base was well done -- quite a lot of peanut butter flavor without feeling heavy.  Too many peanut butter and chocolate flavors in my archive to make a good comparison.  This is one of the better 'simpler' ones (no 'cups').  Check it out if you like peanut butter.