Talenti - Peanut Butter Crunch

Peanut Butter Crunch - Layers of Peanut Butter Gelato, Graham Cracker Pieces, Brown Butter Sugar Sauce, Vanilla Gelato and Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

 

Talenti Gelato has a new special batch layers flavor called Peanut Butter Crunch.  This flavor is the result of the contest that they had on the Bravo Network's Top Chef program.  Bravo has a link here with details.  Talenti has a link here.  They told contestants to create a layered ice cream dessert and that the winner would be turned into a Talenti flavor.  The winner was a chef named Avishar Barua who created a flavor based on Buckeye Bonbons popular in Ohio.  Graeter's of Cincinnati had a flavor based on these treats as well.  This Talenti flavor is a layered flavor and the layers are peanut butter gelato, graham cracker pieces, brown butter sugar sauce, vanilla gelato and chocolate peanut butter cups.  Let's see how this turns out!

Unscrewing the lid, the top of the pint only shows the top peanut butter gelato layer.  For the purposes of taking pictures for the review, I proceed to carve out a slice to show all the layers.  Pictures are below.  The peanut butter base is fairly light in color.  The middle two 'mix-in' layers (graham cracker and brown butter sugar sauce tend to blend a bit and the chocolate peanut butter cups line the bottom of the container.  Slicing out the layers has the benefit letting me easily access all the layers in one spoonful.  It is a good mix of flavors.  The peanut butter gelato is indeed a bit light (not heavy).  The graham cracker brown butter form a tasty swirl.  The vanilla gelato further lightens up the pint and the chocolate peanut butter cups are chocolate-heavy and provide quite a bit of contrast to the rest of the pint.  It's quite delicious.

This is a fun and well-done peanut-butter themed layers flavor.  Talenti already has a layers flavor with similar ingredients called Peanut Butter Vanilla Fudge, but I think they manage to make this flavor unique.  There's much less chocolate in this pint -- it is limited to just the peanut butter cups -- and I like the graham cracker and brown butter sugar sauce better than the peanut butter cookies.  If you are a layers fan who likes peanut butter and chocolate, then check this out.