Product Review: Edy's®. Slow Churned Rocky Road Ice Cream

I'm in love, I admit it! Edy's®. Slow Churned Rocky Road Ice Cream has me smitten. The problem is I've searched stores, and the net and there is no place within 10 miles of my new zip code where I can purchase it. I'll expand my search until I find it, but until then let me explain why I love it and how I found it in the first place.

A while back I decided that I needed to keep my calories and fat content down, hey who doesn't now and then? At my local Stop and Shop I was standing in front of the Breyer's Ice Cream in the frozen desert section browsing for a tasty desert. An elderly gentleman approached and unsolicited he said, "If you're looking for a really great tasting low fat ice cream look no further than Edy's®. Slow Churned. You won't be able to tell it's a low fat ice cream." I wondered if it was that I really looked like I needed to go on a diet or if he was just that enthusiastic. I decided to take some home and chose two half gallons, one Coffee, the other Rocky Road.

Both flavors were smooth and creamy, just like real ice cream. The Rocky Road hooked me! There is just the right amount of almonds and marshmallows. The chocolate flavor is superb, so I would imagine that the Slow Churned Chocolate ice cream is good as well. Seriously, you would never guess that this is "light" ice cream.

Edy''s®. Slow Churned Rocky Road has half the fat and a third of the calories of Premium ice cream, as does all of the Edy's®. brand Slow Churned products. If you can keep your serving size to half a cup, that's only 120 calories and 4 grams of fat. Rocky Road is one of the almost 30 flavors in the company's Grand Light line. They also make Slow Churned No Sugar Added flavors and Slow Churned Frozen Yogurt. Edy's®. makes several gluten free flavors and Rocky Road just happens to be one.

According to company legend, "in 1929, after the stock market crash, founder William Dreyer created The Original Rocky Road. His mix of almonds, mini marshmallows and chocolate ice cream made people smile!" A year after joining forces with candy maker Joseph Edy, Dreyer added walnuts (later replaced with almonds) to his chocolate ice cream and, using his wife's sewing shears, cut marshmallows into bite-sized pieces to make the first batch of Rocky Road. It wasn't until 2004 that the company started making the Grand Light Ice Creams. They have since partnered with Starbucks, Skinny Cow®, Häagen-Dazs® and Nestlé® but the Edy's®. and Dreyer's®. brands are still marketed separately. In Texas where I am, it is known as Dreyer's®.

This is awesome ice cream, I recommend it without hesitation for anyone looking to lighten their load of fat and calories while indulging their sweet tooth.