Ben & Jerry's Phish Food

...the other products from the Ben and Jerry's range it is very attractively designed. You will see a lot of the colour purple on it and this varies from deep purple to a light and quite bright purple. The two colours blend in together perfectly and fit in with the lid. Which is coloured just like the rest of the carton except it is black around the rim. You will also see picture's of chocolate shaped like a fish on the left and right. The pictures ...
...top you will see the Ben and Jerry's logo. You will see the same one in their ice cream and coffee houses, proudly written above the door. The only difference is that those letters are huge and these are small but that doesn't make the carton any less inviting than the shop is to walk into.

When you open the carton you will be greeted with the strong and very pleasant scent off chocolate and caramel. Although there are other ingredients ... more

WHAT DO YOU GET?

This comes in a carton made with cardboard. The carton is a circular shape and like all of the other products from the Ben and Jerry's range it is very attractively designed. You will see a lot of the colour purple on it and this varies from deep purple to a light and quite bright purple. The two colours blend in together perfectly and fit in with the lid. Which is coloured just like the rest of the carton except it is black around the rim. You will also see picture's of chocolate shaped like a fish on the left and right. The pictures of the fish shaped chocolate have a blue glow behind them and in-between this you will see the words Phish food. These are written in a nice, bright blue colour and also with very fancy letters. On the top you will see the Ben and Jerry's logo. You will see the same one in their ice cream and coffee houses, proudly written above the door. The only difference is that those letters are huge and these are small but that doesn't make the carton any less inviting than the shop is to walk into.

When you open the carton you will be greeted with the strong and very pleasant scent off chocolate and caramel. Although there are other ingredients present inside this delightful carton. These two were the most apparent scents to me and filled my senses from the minute i got the lid off. The plastic covering on lid was quite hard to open and it required scissors for me to remove it. This was quite frustrating as when i got it. I literally couldn't wait to eat it because i hadn't had this flavour or any Ben and Jerry's ice-cream for that matter in ages. I am very picky when it comes to food. So this is not a regular occurrence. I am never that enthusiastic about food in fact, i think that once i turned 16, i am now 20. I think that around about that age almost "everything" stopped being as exciting and lost the magic that it appeared to have once before and became well, "kind of normal" and this ice-cream is the only thing that has managed to make me like a little kid in a sweet shop again.

It really is something to look forward to and with its wide range of flavours that are available. I think there will be one to suit just about everyone who likes ice-cream. The chocolate shaped fish are one of "my favourite parts" mixed with a bit of marshmallow which is also inside and then of course some of the delicious soft caramel and then the smooth,creamy chocolaty ice-cream. Mmm this is the closest thing to heaven inside a carton that i have ever had. The chocolate shaped fish are delicious and there is quite a strong taste from them too. There is just the right amount of every ingredient inside the carton and plenty of the chocolate fish. This is my favourite flavour by far but i dare say the rest of them will be just as lovely too. I think it would be hard for Ben and jerry's to make a ice-cream which wasn't appealing because no matter what they do they always seem to get it right.

The only not so pleasant experience that i had with Ben and Jerry's was when i decided to buy a Ben and Jerry's milkshake. Surprisingly it was not in the slightest bit pleasant at all. The day that i got one, i was shopping in castle court and seen the stall which sold them and being so sure that it would taste nice because of their their other products. I decided to get one, i chose to get one with lots of the chocolate type with cookies mixed in as my ice -cream of choice and this may also be partially my own fault because there was lots of little bits which were quite off putting but i assume that they came from the cookies. They were a turn-off when they were sucked up through the straw and i wound up throwing the rest in the bin through fear of choking on it. The ice-cream however in my opinion can do no wrong. The flavours are so rich and tasty that you can really pick up on them. So much so in fact that even if you weren't to read what type it was that you were eating you could guess. I love that because i once got a supposedly banana ice -cream from Mauds and not only did it not taste of banana, it hardly had any taste to it at all and i was very disappointed by it. The Phish food flavour is available in a 500ml carton.

OTHER FLAVOURS AND THEIR DESCRIPTIONS

* Caramel Chew Chew - Ben and Jerry's describe this as Swirls of Caramel and Chocolate -Covered Caramel Chunks Swimming in a Sea of Caramel Ice Cream. This is available in both 150ml size and 500ml.

* Cookie Dough - Ben and Jerry,s describe this as Vanilla Ice-Cream Colliding with Chunks of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. This is available in both 150ml size and 500ml.

* Strawberry Cheesecake - Ben and Jerry's describe this as Strawberry Cheesecake Ice-Cream with Strawberries and Cookie Swirls.This is available in both 150ml size and 500ml.

* Jamaican Me Crazy Sorbet - Ben and Jerry's describe this as Chunky Pineapple Sorbet with Passionfruit Swirls. This is available in 500ml size.

* Chocolate Fudge Brownie - Ben and Jerry's describe this as Chocolate Ice-Cream Laden with Chocolate Brownie Pieces. This is available in both 150ml size and 500ml.

* Chocolate Macadamia - Ben and Jerry's describe this as Chocolate Ice-Cream Swirled With Vanilla Ice Cream with 10% Macadamia Nuts Covered in Chocolate.This is available in both 150ml size and 500ml.

* Vanilla - Ben and Jerry's basically say that this is a Plain Vanilla Ice-Cream. This is available in both 150ml size and 500ml.

* Chunky Monkey (my second favourite) Ben and Jerry's describe this as Banana Ice-Cream with Chocolaty Chunks and Walnuts.This is available in both 150ml size and 500ml. They also would like you to know that no monkeys were harmed in the making of this lol.

* Vanilla Toffee Crunch - Ben and Jerry's describe this as Vanilla Ice - Cream with Chocolaty Flavoured Chunks.This is available in both 150ml size and 500ml.

* Half Baked - Ben and Jerry's describe this as A Crazy Concoction of Chocolate Ice-Cream and Vanilla Ice - Cream Mixed with Fudge Brownies and Chunks of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.This is available in 500ml size.

* Baked Alaska - Ben and Jerry's describe this as Vanilla Ice-Cream Mixed with Marshmallow Swirls and White Chocolaty Polar Bears.This is available 500ml size.

* Cheesecake Brownie - Ben and jerry's describe this as Cheesecake Flavour with Brownie Pieces and a Cheesecake Style Filling.This is available 500ml size.

* Mango Berry Swirl Sorbet - Ben and Jerry's describe this as Mango Sorbet with Chunks of Mango Swirled with Mixed Berry Sorbet. This is available in 500ml.

THE BEN AND JERRY'S WEBSITE

Ok, so i am looking at the site and moving on to the next part of my review. The site has lots of bright colours and is quite nice to look at although saying that I nearly jumped out of my skin when noises started coming from the part which is called The Goodness Barn. Here you can watch Ben and Jerry's inspired videos. These are very informative but one video could almost put me off ice-cream for life because they are talking about eating ants. This is not something i wanted to see after having eating half a carton of this but thankfully it is a joke (At least i hope it is lol) I would have avoided this part if i could of but it is up to you weather you want to watch it lol. There is quite a few different videos available at this part though and maybe they are not all the same. I only seen the first one and didn't want to see any more after the mention of ants. Moving on now there is a section called fun and games, here you will see the following things.

Mystic moo is the first thing that you will see. She is a cartoon and she moves her tongue around quite a lot and juggles a spoon whilst staring at her ice -cream. This is rather funny to see and you can even see her act like Uri Geller at one point and bend her spoon. This is quite well animated and a fun part to visit. There are five options and when you move your mouse across them you will hear a "ding" noise. At the part were she tells you your horoscope, she is sitting where she is in all of the other parts and there is cool sound effects, when you choose your horoscope and she then tells you what apparently lies ahead. When she is deciding your fortune for each one of the five options her ice-cream changes through a complete array of different colours. This part is good fun and even though the answers that you will receive are far from realistic.They are still fun to read and good to give a visit if you have nothing better to do.

At the all about us section you will see this written, back in ’66, in a school gym class, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield realised that they hated running but loved food. Years later in ’78, Ben was fired from a lot of jobs and Jerry had failed for the second time to get into medical school. So, with a $5 correspondence course in ice cream making, they both opened their first scoop shop in a gas station in Burlington, Vermont. They soon became popular in the local community for the finest all natural ice cream. Ben had no sense of taste so he relied on what he called ‘mouth feel’, so big chunks of chocolate, fruit and nut became their signature. While they disagreed at times over the chunk size, they both agreed that they wanted to enjoy themselves – as Jerry put it ‘if it’s not fun, why do it?’.

They also said that In the early days the boys were pretty bad at book-keeping. After two months they ended up closing the store and hung a sign that said that they were closed, so that they could figure out if they we’re making any money’. And they weren’t. But they learned a lot and by 1979, began wholesaling pints of ice cream out of Ben’s VW campervan. The rest, as they say, is history. Four of their flavours now have fairtade status and they say that Fairtrade is about making sure people get their fair share of the pie. They tell you that the whole concept of fair-trade goes to the heart of their values and the sense of right and wrong because nobody wants to buy something that was made by exploiting somebody else. If you sign up to their site you will have the chance to win stuff in competitions and you will receive their newsletter.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION FOR 100G SERVING

• Calories - 250kcal/920kj
• Protein - 4g
• Carbohydrates - 40g
• Fat -5g
• Fibre - 1.5g
• Sodium - 0.1g

MY OPINION

The other night after reading a review by one of the lovely members on here about ben and jerry's ice cream. It reminded me how nice this stuff really is. I was left really wanting some and because it was so ridiculously early in the morning, there was no way in which i could get any lol. My favourite flavour is the one that i am reviewing which is named "phish food" this is probably the nicest ice cream that i ever have or ever will taste. I had also tried the chunky monkey one which i got when i used to go to bingo with my mum and sister. I never really liked bingo, so the highlight of going was buying a carton of this. These are quite expensive yes but in my opinion this one in particular is worth every penny. Ice cream has many purpose's as we all know such as cooling us down on a warm day or being of comfort to us if we feel upset. This could be the best choice for you, if you are looking to treat yourself and you like the flavour. Well today i was determined that i was going to treat myself and my dad said he was going to tesco and offered to get it while he was there. I am not exaggerating in any way when i say that this is probably one of the nicest things i have ever tasted. Every spoonful of this ice-cream tastes delicious and some even taste different depending on which of the few ingredients that you scoop up onto your spoon. All of the ingredients in this work in harmony with each other and make it simply define!

PRICE

The 500ml cartons cost £3.98 and that is the only type available in this flavour. 

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