Lovelies!!
I am so excited to share with you one of my favorite desserts and the one item I never leave the grocery store without! Halo Top ice cream is seriously the best thing invented for ice cream lovers like me because it has all of the goodness of ice cream without the calories! It is protein based and has a low amount of sugar and each pint is under 400 calories! You heard correctly a whole pint!! I would say ice cream is my guilty pleasure and the one reason I don’t think I could ever go Vegan I love it way too much! It’s just not the best for you to have weekly… unless it’s Halo Top then it’s not a problem! Since the ice cream is protein based I actually can’t finish a pint in one sitting… I mean I could, but I choose not to since it does fill me up faster than regular ice cream would from the amount of protein per serving. I first heard about this ice cream on Instagram and once my local grocery store started selling it a year ago I have been a frequent customer of it and of course have tried EVERY flavor I could each shopping trip I get a pint or two depending if they have a flavor in store I have never had. I love ice cream lovelies and Halo Top lets me enjoy my favorite treat without feeling guilty. Today I am going to go over all the flavors I have tried so far. This past month Halo Top has come out with 7 new flavors and sadly no store in my city sells them… I wanted to be able to talk about those flavors with you, but unfortunately I’ll have to share that another time! I promise once I get a hold of one of the new flavors like “Cinnamon roll” I will let you guys know exactly what I thought about it.
You can go to Halotop.com and see where you can buy this yummy ice cream and even see what stores are selling what kind! How awesome is that?! I was going to be running around town looking for a certain flavor and instead I just used my iphone and saved some time. I will have to say that not all the flavors are as amazing as they sound and I have gotten a little disappointed in a few flavors, but the majority of them are true to what they say and the texture is just like regular ice cream. I have tried other protein ice creams like Artic Zero and that was like flavored chocolate water so gross! I am going to break down each flavor for you from my prospective and tell you my favorites and not so favorites to help you decide which flavor you will pick up on your next grocery trip!
My Favorites:
Cookie Dough: This is my number one pick because it actually has pieces of cookie dough and the ice cream it’s self is sweet and savory. The texture of everything is just like regular cookie dough ice cream, but for only 360 calories for the pint.
Birthday Cake: This is close to number one since I love cake ice cream flavor and Cold Stone “birthday cake remix” has always been my favorite. Halo Top birthday cake has confetti sprinkles inside it and it taste just like a fun fetti cake like I would have growing up! SO delicious and 280 calories a pint.
Salted Caramel: I love caramel as a topping and think it goes best with chocolate, but in Halo Top there are actual swirls of caramel! It’s so good and salted caramel is the best kind salty and sweet and all for 320 calories a pint.
Smores: If you are a fan of the camping favorite treat you will love this ice cream! Every bite is filled with graham cracker, marshmallow and chocolate all for a lovely 320 calories a pint.
Mint Chip: I love mint anything from Mojitos to ice cream and add chocolate and it makes everything that much better! For this ice cream you really taste the mint and it’s fresh tasting no artificial taste here and pieces of chocolate chip in every bite for a lovely 240 calories a pint!
Oatmeal Cookie: I actually just tried this flavor for the first time and fell in love! I am more of a chocolate chip cookie lover, but this ice cream takes oatmeal cookies to a whole new level. There is even chunks of oats inside I think that’s what got me! The flavor taste just like grandma’s classic cookie, but for only 280 calories a pint.
Red Velvet: You are probably going to say I am crazy, but I actually don’t care for red Velvet cake however Halo Top ice cream has the perfect flavor to me. I really liked the flavors inside each bite. For me I would take this ice cream over the cake any day and for 360 calories a pint you might just too.
Peanut Butter Cup: If it’s not caramel with chocolate it’s peanut butter for me. This pint is almost like having a Reese’s, but of course for only 320 calories a pint.
Chocolate Mocha Chip: I just tried this flavor as well and I really liked it. I like coffee ice cream and I mentioned my love for chocolate so the combination was just right with little mocha chip pieces in every bite! For a lovely 280 calories a pint!
Chocolate Almond crunch: This flavor reminded me of a crunch bar with crunch pieces in every bite and a chocolate ice cream base. A lovely 280 calories a pint!
Least Favorites:
Cookies & Cream: I was excited for this flavor and a little disappointed it was good and taste similar to Oreo cookie, but not quit Oreo. If your craving Oreo’s or cookies and Cream ice cream this can do the craving fix for 320 calories a pint!
Lemon Cake: I love lemons and the freshness in its taste. This ice cream taste just like a lemon cake my only complaint is after you open the pint and save it the next time you go to eat it they texture changes a bit. Other than that it’s a great alternative for your favorite lemon cake for 240 calories a pint!
Pistachio: This is one of my favorite nuts and I am a fan of the Gelato and I guess I was expecting Halo to have the same taste. It is very similar don’t get me wrong just not as good as Gelato, but of course not cause it’s not full of sugar. So to get that Pistachio Gelato craving out of the way Halo wins with a 240 calories a pint!
Chocolate Covered Banana: This is my least favorite Halo Top I ever had. I was pretty sad about it thinking it would taste similar to an ice cream Sunday. The banana tastes so artificial and I hate things that taste fake and specially banana! Laffy Taffy candy anything that’s banana “flavor” is usually not the same. So save your money on this one lovelies. Unless that doesn’t bother you then You can enjoy it for 280 calories a pint.
I obviously tried a lot of what Halo has to offer and I still have seven new flavors to try! I guess you can say I am a huge fan and a little bit of an addict. I hope this helped you in deciding what flavors you want to try and maybe even not try. I would love to hear what you think about any of their flavors they sell. Or if you have tried a new flavor or seasonal flavor like the “Pumpkin Spice” I want to try that one soooo bad! Leave a comment and let me know lovelies I’d love to hear some feedback!
Thank you for reading and this weekend is my birthday so I will be sharing with you some of my birthday foodie adventures on Instagram bellow are links to my accounts! Have a lovely weekend lovelies!
Xoxo Shaunté
“I’ll stop the world and melt with you. ”