Welcome back to Cookin Vegan with Miss Krystle.
Today I'm going to be trying dairy-free ice cream, aka, vegan ice cream.
And, I've selected an array of brands that you can find at both major grocery stores,
as well as, specialty grocery stores.
And, you'll find that these ice creams come with bases like: almond milk, coconut milk,
as well as soy milk.
And, there was one in particular that I selected that actually has the main ingredient of bananas.
So, I'm really interested to see what these taste like.
So, let's get into it.
So, to start, we have Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia non-dairy frozen dessert.
When I saw that Ben and Jerry's was coming out with vegan ice cream, I was pretty excited.
This is a very mainstream, brand, kind of, ice cream line.
And so, to come out with something vegan friendly is very much appreciated.
This guy is based with almond milk.
So, let's give it a try and see if it's any good.
I can do it, oh, here we go.
Oh, yes.
Oh, that sounded lovely.
It smells really good.
Gotta get the good chunky stuff going on in there.
Oh, Okay.
Okay, so definitely creamy.
It's a very, very, um, thick and sweet kind of texture, which obviously you would expect
from any kind of ice cream.
But, specifically with this one, it's very, very, not almost cake like, but it's a very,
very, thick and super sweet.
And, I'm really loving the contrast between the softness of the cherries, they're kind
of exploding between the bites, and then we have the chocolate chips which are hard.
Um, so just creating a whole experience, I'm having an experience.
And, next we have Hakuna Banana Choco Choco Chip.
For a base it looks like we have coconut milk, and bananas.
And then also, yep, we have a good amount of potassium in here.
It looks like B6 vitamin, vitamin C, and then a bit of iron.
I like getting my vitamins from my ice cream, personally.
All right.
I'm seeing lots of chocolate chips in here.
Let's give this a go.
Mm-hmm.
Wow.
It's very heavy banana.
We got a little ice cream, and a whole lot of banana going on in here.
It has more of a mousse texture then, let's say, with the Ben and Jerry's, which is a
little more similar to ice cream.
But, this is good.
Especially if you like bananas, this is the one for you.
And, up next we have Almond Dream.
It's based with almond milk, surprise, surprise.
This looks good.
So, this guy is Cappuccino Swirl.
If you're a caffeine addict, this one's for you.
I like the top best.
All right.
Dream, a registered trademark.
All right, looks like we've got some sexy swirls going on, hello.
Okay.
Okay, it's good.
I definitely like the chocolate.
I like the swirly action, it's working for me.
There's something about this that isn't working for me, though.
I like it a lot, and I actually have had this brand with different flavors.
But, this one in particular, I don't know that I'm loving it right off the bat.
We're gonna do, we're gonna give it another try, cuz fair is fair, let's give it another try.
Okay.
So, I'm gonna, I'm gonna amend what I just said, it's pretty good.
Sometimes I find when you're doing vegan ice creams or something like that it's, it's,
you got to get past the first taste.
I don't know what it is, but the first taste seems different than the rest of the experience.
So, on the first taste, not absolutely loving it.
But, second taste, I could see myself sitting there with a good Netflix and chill.
So, I would say this is really good, give it a go.
Still not my favorite, but pretty, pretty, good.
Pretty, pretty, pretty, good.
And, up next we have So Delicious Mint Chip.
All right.
Ooooh, this look good.
You guys see it?
Now, full disclosure, my favorite ice cream when I was growing up was mint chip.
So, this is gonna be a big letdown or win, we'll see.
Oh yeah.
Oh, that's just like, delicate and light.
Sweet, but not overly sweet.
I'm getting the feeling like, when I ate ice cream, when I was a kid.
Oh, this is really good.
Uh oh Ben and Jerry's, So Delicious is coming for you.
Yeah, I'm loving this.
And also, the chips are really heavy.
You're getting a lot of the chocolate with every bite.
This one's a winner for sure.
Up next, and I'm going to read it because this is a mouthful.
The flavor is Summer Berry Swirl by Luna and Larry's Organic Coconut Bliss.
As the main ingredient, coconut milk.
But then, of course, everything is organic, berry swirl, organic strawberries, organic
blueberries.
Really nice on the ingredients.
So, my only comments about the design on this is that, it's not it terribly intuitive, like
the other ice creams.
It gives you a picture of what you're about to eat.
So, this is probably, maybe the reason why I've never purchased this before.
But, I saw it, we're gonna give it a go.
Oooh, so pretty.
The purple of the, of the, what's purple, oh the berries, yeah.
All right, let's try it.
Oh wow.
Whoa, hello.
Oh no.
What are those things.
When I was a kid you get those little cups, and they had ice cream in them.
But, they had like, strawberry and blueberry swirls in it.
I can't remember what they are right now, but this is exactly what it's reminding me of.
Wow.
This is really good.
Very, very, creamy.
I'm almost getting like, a whipped cream kind of texture and flavor.
Boy, this is a different experience than any of the other ice creams.
I like this one a lot.
And, last but certainly not least, we have, 365 Almond Milk Vanilla Bean.
And, 365, my understanding, is that this is a brand by Whole Foods.
I got this at Whole Foods but I'm not sure if you can get it anywhere else.
But, I wanted to try something very plain, and just to see, oh, yep.
It helps if you open it.
There we go.
All right.
As I was saying, I wanted to do something very, very, plain, and so, I could get kind
of a more genuine feel of, is it really ice cream like.
All right.
Let me show you what this looks like, here we go, with the little black speckles.
Okay.
Okay.
Pretty good, not my favorite.
Not dying over this one.
There's something about it that's kind of, this is like horrible, but I'm not gonna say it.
There's something about this that I'm not loving.
I'm gonna give it another try.
We're gonna do the second bite, let the, let the palate get a little conditioned to it.
I don't think this one's for me.
I'm gonna be honest, because I want to be very transparent with y'all.
I feel bad saying this, cuz I really like, Whole Foods.
I shop there all the time.
I don't need them blacklisting me.
But, um, this one's not for me.
So, maybe I need to give a different flavor a try, but there's something about this that's
not sitting right.
It could be all the ice cream I just ate, so, I'm getting a little of the nausea.
But, something's happenin' here that's not so good.
So, this guy's not for me.
But, Whole Foods, please don't hate me.
So, now that we've gone through all the different flavors, I'm gonna have my producer, That
Orko, come in, and I'm gonna have him try my top three picks.
And, we'll see what he thinks.
He's not a vegan, I don't even think he's tried vegan ice cream, prior to.
So, I'm interested to see what he thinks.
That Orko, hello.
Hello.
All right.
So, do you have any preference on which one we start with?
I don't think it matters.
Okay.
So then, let's go ahead and start with the Mint Chip.
Here I'll give you a clean spoon.
Very good.
That's pretty good.
What's wrong with that?
Do you think it tastes like actual ice cream?
Yeah, no, totally.
Well, have you ever had like, ice milk?
Sure.
This kind of has a texture of, kind of more of like, an ice milk.
It's light though, right?
Right.
That's what I'm saying.
It's like, super light.
No, this is good.
Do you see yourself eating something like that?
I think if you would have given this to me, and just, like, put it in a bowl, and be like,
"I got ice cream."
Because, I don't, I haven't had mint chocolate chip in a while.
I'd be like, "Oh, yeah.
It's just mint chocolate chip."
Okay.
No, that's good.
I like that.
All right.
So, it's That Orko approved, on the Mint Chip.
I like that.
Let's do some Ben and Jerry's.
So, you actually have had Ben and Jerry's ice cream before.
I love Ben and Jerry's.
And, I love Cherry Garcia.
I was very excited when I saw that this was going to be on the list.
Okay.
So, you got a little frame of reference.
Oh yeah.
So, let's give this guy a go.
This is me, Circle-K, like, just $4.99.
That's crunchy.
That's good.
Okay.
All right.
This is really good.
This is really good.
This tastes like Cherry Garcia.
But, that's really good.
It tastes like Cherry Garcia, but, it's like, it almost has like a, cake batter taste to it.
He's eating way too much.
What?
Are you gonna eat like, the whole thing right now?
It's really good, it's actually really good.
It's just, Ohm, you know.
I gotta tell you, I was only expecting to have a couple bites of it.
But, you would say, because your actual experience with the actual ice cream.
No, it totally tastes like Cherry Garcia, just with a little extra hint.
If it was like, Cherry Garcia with a little, like, cake batter, or something.
But, it's not like, heavy.
Okay.
That's good.
All right.
So, last, last but not least, let's do the Organic Coconut Bliss by Luna and Larry's.
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Well, thank you.
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What do you think?
This tastes like those school ice creams.
That's what I'm saying, it's like those little ones that you got at school or whatever it was.
Uh uh, it tastes like, for me, this tastes like, more like, frozen yogurt.
And, I'm not into frozen yogurt.
Okay.
Uh uh, it tastes like frozen yogurt.
It's not like, the berry stuff is good.
If you like frozen yogurt, or if you like yogurt, you would like this.
It's not that bad, it's good, it's fine, if you like yogurt.
Okay.
All right.
But, I don't like yogurt.
Fair enough.
So, when it comes to, why don't you take this one, and...
Well, I'm sure you need to wrap up with that.
That's good.
All right.
So, it sounds like we have a consensus on the Mint Chip, the Cherry Garcia.
Not so much on the Summer Berry Swirl, but I loved it.
Now the good thing here is that there's just lots of options.
I chose a handful to pull from today, and I did one per company, per brand.
So, per brand, when you go to any of these specialty stores, or normal stores, you can
get all kinds of flavors.
And, just give different things a try.
Cuz, at the end of the day, it's about finding a healthier way to enjoy things like ice creams
and desserts, and that's the purpose of the video today, so.
I hope you guys enjoyed this.
Make sure you try some of these different flavors.
And, let me know what you think.
And, I'll see you next time.
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