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Edy's 'Drumstick® Sundae Cone'

"Vanilla ice cream swirled with fudge, chocolaty coated peanuts and cone pieces."
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KRIS - Total: 12 (out of 20)
Consistency/Texture 2
Presentation 4
Taste 3
Value 3
There is something about a royal blue container that I really like. I am no graphic artist, but among the many cream and light colored containers, Edy's Limited Edition Drumstick Sundae Cone's container really pops. It is highly visible in the freezer section and demands attention. We all remember Drumsticks or Nutty Buddies or some kind of pre-packaged cone growing up. This is a nice way to bring nostalgia into a half gallon! The label is decorated with stars and confetti and a few Drumsticks with bites taken out for good measure.

Upon opening the container, a big heaping fudge swirl caught my eye. This is a good way to start things off! Under the first layer, peanuts started to become more visible. I put myself in "reality mode" for what to expect from Drumstick. Drumsticks are not premium quality. They are a little below and this made them affordable to the Average Joe going to pick up a snack from the Gas Mart. On the other hand, Edy's vanilla is pretty good and it is a premium brand of ice cream.

The chocolaty coated peanuts made me think instantly of the peanut flavor in a fresh bag of Peanut M&M's. The whole peanuts were mostly crunchy and had a good flavor. When discussing how many peanuts were in each bite, a new term was coined "Chunks Per Bite" (CPB). In this container I hit a peanut every three or four bites bringing the CPB down to .25. The best thing to me about a Drumstick is the cone. So, I was anticipating nostalgia galore upon hitting one of these pieces. The cone pieces were about the size of a thin Chiclet, covered in chocolate. They were crunchy, and had good flavor but were smothered with the chocolate so much so that it hid the flavor of the cone. A thinner layer of chocolate would have been the key. I even hit a few "cone gobs" that had no cone, just chocolate. There was .50 CPB of cone.

Edy's hit the nail on the head with the flavor and capturing of the real Drumstick taste (a course-textured ice cream and somewhat cheap taste). This ice cream tastes a lot like the real deal down to the gritty fudge texture usually found on the side of a Drumstick Cone. I liked the whole peanuts in this ice cream. Drumstick is known for having chopped peanuts on the top of the cone. I don't think chopped peanuts would have worked in this ice cream. By the time the chocolate coating covered the nut, there would be no peanut taste. I tried to get a clean shot of the vanilla ice cream to see if it was the traditional Edy's flavor. I could not seem to separate the ice cream from the fudge swirl (which is usually a good thing).

I would not buy this ice cream again. I love going to the store and buying the novelty cone and enjoying it for what it is. I don't feel the desire to have it harvested into a container-it just doesn't have the same appeal. The gritty fudge texture belongs with the economy cone, not in a $5.00 carton of ice cream. I applaud Edy's for trying this and keeping it a Limited Edition flavor. It was a risk for them. I will be excited to see the next batch of Limited Edition flavors and for this one to disappear off the shelves.
- Kris
FRED - Total: 17 (out of 20)
Consistency/Texture 4
Presentation 5
Taste 4
Value 4
As someone who enjoys the Drumstick Sundae Cone, I was eager to try Edy's Limited Edition "Drumstick Sundae Cone" ice cream. One of the things I first noticed about this ice cream was its bright blue container. A background of bright blue is sprinkled with pictures of Drumstick Sundae Cones (each with a little bit out of the top) and festive doodling. The bright blue certainly made this ice cream stand out amongst the typical off-white Edy's container and is one of the reasons I bought it for us to try. Well, that and the "Limited Edition" part. (On an interesting note, the ice cream is no longer listed on the Edy's web site, signifying that its run is over, for now).

We opened the container and the ice cream inside looked good. You could see some of the promised fudge swirl, as well as a few of the chocolate covered peanuts and cone pieces. Just looking at Edy's Limited Edition "Drumstick Sundae Cone" ice cream had me tempted to eat it, but when Kris took a scoop, I was even more tempted. This ice cream looks really good when scooped and looks to live up to its promise.

I fear I may have been overly-tempted or overly-excited about Edy's Limited Edition "Drumstick Sundae Cone" ice cream because when I took my first bite, I wasn't really ecstatic. This is good ice cream, but not great ice cream. There is a good mix of ingredients, but I noticed that I was finding more peanuts than cone pieces. Some would say that is because that's what you find with a Drumstick Sundae Cone, but I definitely wanted more cone pieces. The peanuts I found were really big and I think they would be better off as smaller peanuts with more -- you guessed it -- cone pieces.

As I ate more and more of this ice cream, I kept thinking how it was good, but not great. No single part of this ice cream stands out more than the rest. It reminds me of a good sundae where there's no bad part, but there's also no great part. Every ingredient does its job and blends well, but you're not left thinking how amazing it was. But this leaves me with a real cone-undrum. I like Edy's Limited Edition "Drumstick Sundae Cone" enough to buy it again and possibly enough to eat an entire container of it (yes, even the quart size!), but I can't single out any one part that was extraordinary, nor can I say that the ice cream as a whole was extraordinary.

In the end, I chalk it up to being a good ice cream with subtle flavors that won't overwhelm you, but will give you just enough to want to keep eating more. Edy's Limited Edition "Drumstick Sundae Cone" ice cream will make its way to my freezer if I ever find it in the store again, but I won't be buying every container I see. Again, good, but not great.
- Fred
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