WHAT: The Munchies (+ chocolate chip cookie cone!)
⚪️ Pretzel-infused ice cream with clusters of Ritz crackers, potato chips, pretzels and mini M&Ms, description from Ample Hills' website.
WHERE: Ample Hills Creamery (Gotham West Market)
Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
THOUGHTS: Wow. A very unique ice cream experience. This was my first time at Ample Hills too, and I asked my server what he would recommend. "The Munchies", he said, and handed me a taste. I LOVED it.
This ice cream flavor is a combination of sweet + savory, which I like. It also had the right amount of crunch to it. The savory (chips, Ritz, pretzels) were hard to differentiate and resulted in being just a crunch whose taste blended into the sweet ice cream. The mixture itself was creamy and dense. After I finished, I was so full.
Now for the chocolate chip cookie cone, it's definitely a creative twist on what a cone is. However, I'm not sure if it's suitable for being paired with ice cream. The cookie cone was hard to bite into, and the ice cream didn't melt into it well. If the thickness of the cookie cone was less thick (like 100-calorie snack thickness), the cone would work out better.
Should you go try this ice cream flavor?? I say YES!! Especially if you've got the munchies :)