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| - So I was completely disappointed earlier this year when Nekter took away the vanilla Skoop! My husband and I love going out for a treat off and on and at that point they only had chocolate and strawberry. I consider myself unusual when it comes to ice cream because there aren't many flavors I won't try, but most people swear up and down by vanilla. My husband is one of those vanilla fans that isn't crazy about fruitty or chocolate ice creams. I guess my advice to Nekter is make sure vanilla is always on the menu, and switch out the other flavor or add more flavors instead of just two! Vanilla is so universal, that you can make it fruitty with toppings or chocolately with toppings as well.
I hope one day to get to try their strawberry, but hopefully they will carry vanilla and strawberry at the same time next year! I do find their chocolate Skoop to be richer than the vanilla.
So fast forward to our recent visit, Nekter brought back vanilla - but there's a twist.. it's black. So I love seeing new holiday treats, but what I don't love is all the added dyes, preservatives, chemicals and what not. I often wander the grocery store aisles seeing all sorts of new treats I can't have, because when I look at the ingredients I'm overwhelmed by everything they put in "food".
I come to Nekter because things are more natural here and wholesome (and Skoop is dairy free), and their Scary Skoop is no exception. I was excited when I opened my email last week to discover a Halloween treat I could actually get behind eating. I'll be honest, vanilla to me is ok on it's own and not necessarily my first choice unless it has toppings or is part of another dessert like apple pie. I also do not like creamsicles - I'm not a big orange fan. I also 95% of the time do no order cones, because they are just added calories, and in my opinion don't add anything extra for those calories. So this being said, I'm probably not the target market for the Scary Skoop; my husband however is (loves creamsicles, cones, and vanilla).
We both ordered a Spooky Skoop and I can say I was pleasantly surprised. The activated charcoal didn't impart any overly noticeable flavor to the vanilla (you just have to get over the look of it.. which is really neat for Halloween). The cone was light and super crispy and was not an artificial orange taste, strong enough but not too strong. I hope Nekter keeps the cones around and brings in some of the other flavors that Konery makes.. like Birthday Cake? Red Velvet? Cinnamon Brown Sugar? Chocolate Hazelnut? Yes please! Konery and Nekter have completely changed my mind about cones.. but no, I still don't want a normal cone somewhere else.
My visit was good, but the only thing that could make it better would be quicker service. I was able to order quickly, but it took about 5 minutes before my husband and I were given our cones which is a long wait considering there were only a couple of people in the store (it was by no means packed). Better service would have resulted in 5 stars, so for now it's a 4.
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