This month, we tested 10 brands of coffee ice cream, and I think it’s fair to say that this taste test falls into the “easygoing” category. Everyone loves ice cream, and if it’s infused with a creamy, roasty coffee flavor, all the better. After a very lively, opinionated tasting, we emerged with three favorites that we think you’ll love too.
If there’s one thing better than a bracing coffee first thing in the morning—and I’m not totally convinced there is—it would be an oversized scoop of coffee ice cream in the middle of the afternoon.
Coffee ice cream works because it leans on a delicate tango of two beloved flavors: sweet cream and roasty coffee. Like vanilla, coffee ice cream is impressively versatile, ready to adorn pie or brownies or whatever dessert is on your menu. Unlike vanilla, it has caffeine! Its malty bitterness balances the inherent milky sugariness of the custard, for a nuanced, not-too-sweet flavor.
But in a world where the supermarket freezer section is more crowded—and ice cream flavors more fantastical—by the day, store-bought pints have got to stand out. That means a baby-bottom-smooth custard and cold-brew-strong coffee flavor. To find the very best, our discerning staff put 10 popular supermarket brands through a taste test in the Test Kitchen.
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