I've been trying various non-dairy frozen desserts for a little while and I just had the chance to try two new flavors of my favorite brand: Purely Decadent. Therefore, I've decided to compile a list of reviews (I'll be adding to this post) of the various flavors that I find. My favorite type of non-dairy ice cream is coconut milk based. This is because you get the same creamy texture as with milk, without as many unique ingredients. In my opinion, coconut milk based ice creams are the closest you will come to real dairy ice cream. The only issue with coconut milk based non-dairy desserts is that it still has a slight coconut flavor in the background, which is a problem if you don't like coconuts.
Chocolate (5 stars)
If ever you could be in love with an ice cream, this could be it. Super creamy and just amazing. I've not tasted a chocolate frozen dessert that seriously rivals any ice cream, until this one. I don't even remember liking chocolate dairy ice creams unless it had other things in it. This one is great from the start, unlike others, it is creamy and doesn't have a huge cocoa powder taste like some do. I've even had some dairy ice creams that tasted powdery because of too much cocoa. This product does not that issue. The background of coconut flavor actually adds to the deliciousness of this.
If ever you could be in love with an ice cream, this could be it. Super creamy and just amazing. I've not tasted a chocolate frozen dessert that seriously rivals any ice cream, until this one. I don't even remember liking chocolate dairy ice creams unless it had other things in it. This one is great from the start, unlike others, it is creamy and doesn't have a huge cocoa powder taste like some do. I've even had some dairy ice creams that tasted powdery because of too much cocoa. This product does not that issue. The background of coconut flavor actually adds to the deliciousness of this.
Cherry Amaretto (4 stars)
This has a huge almond and cherry taste. I was surprised when I tasted it, though not too much so because the quality of this product is very consistent with the rest of this line. The taste in this is genuine, no artificial flavor aftertaste. And the cherries are a good size, you can enjoy a bit of cherry in almost every spoon. The only reason I didn't give this 5 stars is because it is not usually a flavor I enjoy- but because I did that's why it got 4 stars.
http://www.turtlemountain.com/products/product.php?p=purely_decadent_cm_cherry_amaretto
Cookie Dough (3 stars)
I liked the actual cream part of this dessert. It has the cookie dough, ripples of chocolate and basically all that you can ask from a cookie dough ice cream. I am not a huge fan of this because the cookie dough has a slight off taste too it- I can't quite pin it down. I also did not like that the chocolate ripples were of hard chocolate, it would have been much better as a ripple of fudge or something like that. It also wasn't creamy chocolate- but a kind of cocoa-y chocolate. While the effort was good, I just felt this was mediocre.
Mint Chip (5 stars)
What a great flavor! A friend of mine and I took this and made a shake out if it. It was amazing. Exactly what you expect out of Mint Chip. Actually talking about this one makes me want to go out and get some.
Vanilla Bean (4 stars)
First off, let me explain that in general I don't like vanilla bean ice creams. I do not like the grit that comes with the seeds. With that being said, this is a good vanilla bean frozen dessert. I love vanilla as a flavor and in general vanilla ice creams. The flavor in this is excellent. The only thing is the coconut milk has the background flavor so that doesn't really mix well in this one.
I've tried other non-dairy frozen desserts, and honestly, they just don't taste right. I've tried rice milk frozen desserts, almond milk frozen desserts, and even other coconut ice cream desserts and Purely Decadent is the best out there so far. If you have a different opinion- please let me know I'm happy to try new products and widen my view on things.
Flavors I would like to try:
Pomegranate Chip
Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl
Chocolate Brownie Almond
Passionate Mango
Turtle Trails
German Chocolate
Swiss Almond
***11/15/11 I've recently discovered I am allergic to coconut milk, I've suspected it for some time, but now it has been confirmed. So, I will not be able to review the remaining flavors of the Coconut Milk Non-dairy frozen deserts. I'm sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.
***11/15/11 I've recently discovered I am allergic to coconut milk, I've suspected it for some time, but now it has been confirmed. So, I will not be able to review the remaining flavors of the Coconut Milk Non-dairy frozen deserts. I'm sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.
