Haagen-Dazs Light Dutch Chocolate Ice Cream

By: Tanya Taylor, PhD | May 17, 2005
3 stars

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Can ice cream ever be a healthy food? I don't think so, but they are trying to make it with less calories, fat and sugar as in the past, so it's not too bad for you. With this in mind, Haagen-Dazs has released the 'light' version of their ice cream (in June 2005). Haagen-Dazs is au-natural being made from all natural ingredients - stuff you can recognize such as milk, corn syrup, cream, sugar, egg yolks and cocoa. Their regular ice cream is usually very delicious and with 270 calories per 1/2 cup serving, 160 calories from fat
(18 g), 11 g saturated fat (55% of the daily value), 115 mg cholesterol (38% of the daily value) and 21 g sugar, it better taste damn good!

The Dutch Chocolate light version manages to live up to the high standards that ice cream lovers associate with the Haagen-Dazs brand. It is smooth, rich and creamy, though I believe it loses a little bit of the fullness in body and sweetness with the loss of some of the fat and sugar. Nevertheless, it is an excellent choice if you must -- absolutely must -- have ice cream. But, although it is 'light' there are still 190 calories per 1/2 cup serving, 45 calories from fat (5 g), 3 g saturated fat (15% of your daily value), 55 mg cholesterol (19%), and 15 g sugar. This is a huge improvement over the 'regular chocolate' mentioned above.

One pint of Haagen-Dazs cost $2.76 - not bad at all. **Please note** In the interest of writing this review, I consumed only 3 teaspoons of ice cream. I was only going to have 1 teaspoon at first, then just 2, which turned into 3. I forced myself to put this back in the freezer - God only knows what will happen if I don't get one of my friends to come and take it.

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