Goat’s milk ice cream? Sounds gross, right? Well, um, it is. But let’s not go blaming the goat, now. The inherent goatiness in this frozen dessert is the least of its problems.
The first problem is the price: This pint (pint!) of ice cream cost a whopping $8.99 at our neighborhood market. We bought it on a whim. It sounded interesting and exotic, and in these recessionary times, splurging on a nine-dollar pint of ice cream seems a lot more reasonable than splurging on a Maserati, or heck, even a Kindle. Plus, the flavor was molasses tipsycake with bits of oatmeal cookie, which sounds very gooey and yummy. How could we not be enticed?
Other problems with this product were many. Flavor: I like molasses as much as, if not more than, the next person, but this tasted of pure molasses and nothing but molasses. It was overly sweet and one note, except for the slightly earthy aforementioned goatiness. Texture: Not creamy in the slightest. This dessert was nothing but ice crystals with some rolled oats dispersed throughout. Oh, that’s another thing. The “oatmeal cookie” mentioned on the packaging was not represented by chunks of cookie or cookie dough, but by flakes of oatmeal that tended to stick to the tongue like so much lint.
All in all, not a pleasant experience. I would not recommend La Loo’s at any price, but especially not at $8.99 a pint. We threw out about $7-worth of it. I have a cow’s milk intolerant friend who has tried a different flavor by this company and said it was alright, so who knows. But I am not sure I will give it another chance.
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