We ranked all seven of Hudsonville Ice Cream's Little Debbie flavors
HOLLAND — Two months later, The Sentinel has finally gotten hold of all seven of Hudsonville Ice Cream's snack cake-inspired flavors, and we've ranked them, worst to best.
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It's difficult to find the Little Debbie pints on shelves at Walmart. We obtained ours through Holland Eats, a local delivery service that saw a need and started to stock-up.
Here's what we found, as told by business reporter Cassandra Lybrink:
7. Swiss Rolls - 4/10
Chocolate cake ice cream with chocolate cake pieces and a swirl of whipped cream. It's hard to go wrong with a description like that. But as excited as I was about the prospect of Swiss Rolls in frozen treat-form, this one just had a weird aftertaste.
6. Honey Buns - 4/10
Honey bun-flavored ice cream with glazed honey bun pieces and a cinnamon swirl. Maybe it's the Hollander in me, but I wanted more cinnamon here. Ice cream is nearly always a sweet snack, but it was almost too sweet for more than two or three bites.
5. Cosmic Brownies - 6/10
Brownie batter ice cream filled with mini rainbow chips and brownie pieces. Of all the snacks featured here, Cosmic Brownies are my weakness. And while the flavor was far superior to Honey Buns and Swiss Rolls, it simply fell short of its other competitors.
4. Zebra Cakes - 7/10
White cake ice cream with yellow cake pieces and a milk chocolate fudge swirl. At first, I was getting a similar aftertaste to the Swiss Rolls, but I gave this one a second chance. Fortunately, my patience paid off. This is a very classic, chocolate-and-vanilla twist flavor.
3. Strawberry Shortcake Rolls - 8/10
White cake ice cream with yellow cake pieces and a tart strawberry swirl. The flavor is so familiar — it's like slipping right back into my elementary school days. My only request: It needs more strawberry.
2. Oatmeal Creme Pies - 9/10
Vanilla creme ice cream mixed with soft oatmeal cookie pieces and a hint of molasses. Much like the original treat, Oatmeal Creme Pie isn't the flavor you'd think to pluck off the shelf first — but you should.
Even though, upon opening, the pint seems like a lot of vanilla ice cream, that ice cream is tantalizingly creamy, perfectly reminiscent of this much-beloved snack.
1. Nutty Bar - 10/10
Peanut butter ice cream with chocolate waffle cone pieces and a thick fudge swirl. This flavor was, by far, the best. The waffle pieces hold up better than cake pieces, and the peanut butter brings just the right amount of balance.
Pints are available for $2.50, exclusively at Walmart.
— Contact reporter Cassandra Lybrink at cassandra.lybrink@hollandsentinel.com. Follow her on Instagram @BizHolland.
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