Taste testers evaluated 21 different frozen treats, including bars and sandwiches from
Dove, Good Humor, Häagen-Dazs, and Klondike.
Nostalgia-favorite Good Humor bars were the lowest-rated dark chocolate ice cream
bars tested. Sensory tasters described the coating as thin, waxy, and crumbly, with ice
cream that tasted of artificial-vanilla and a hint of the wooden stick.
Several other dark chocolate bars got sweeter reviews, including Häagen-Dazs and
Dove. Both rated excellent. The bars had rich and complex vanilla ice cream and dark
chocolate.
But they are expensive, costing about $1.25 a bar. And just like all the ice cream bars,
nutritionally they have a lot of fat and calories, so you might want to save them as a
splurge.
For only 50 cents apiece, consider the ice cream sandwiches from Walgreens. That’s
right! The drugstore’s “Old Fashioned Ice Cream Sandwich” was the only sandwich
tested that wasn’t gummy. It has a soft, cakelike cookie that has a big cocoa flavor.
Consumer Reports says that if you’re looking to satisfy a craving for an icy cold treat
with fewer calories and no fat, consider frozen fruit bars. Testers sized up strawberry
bars and rated several highly, including top-rated bars from Whole Foods. They are the
365 Everyday Value and cost 68 cents each.
