I was at Walmart a couple nights ago and found out that Breyers has a low carb frozen dairy dessert that comes in two flavors: chocolate and vanilla. I love chocolate and I love ice cream. Though it’s not technically ice cream, I was willing to try it just to satisfy my sweet tooth (I don’t crave sweets often, but sometimes the mood strikes).
Just to explain real quick about the frozen dairy dessert and ice cream thing, Breyers can’t legally call some of their flavors ice cream anymore because they changed their recipes. (For convenience, I have this post tagged under “ice cream” because I don’t expect to have many posts after this about almost-ice creams). If you read some of the containers, they’ll say “frozen dairy dessert” instead. Their flavors may be similar to the recipes of the past, but their textures are different. I remember my favorite — vanilla fudge twirl — being hard to scoop out of its container (lots of ice cream is, but the reward is well worth the work). Now, it’s airy and creamy and seems like it melts faster. To me, it’s almost kind of like being in a permanent state of halfway melted.
Anyway, that’s a rant for another day. I picked up a container to try it out. It was only 4 net carbs — that excludes the sugar alcohols. I don’t think people count them, but they can still kick people out of ketosis.
It wasn’t terrible. I mean it’s close enough to ice cream and tasted good enough that I’ll eat it, but since I don’t really want to support Breyers because of the changes in their recipes. After finding this out years ago, I started having Ben and Jerry’s or Häagen-Dazs instead — which I’m obviously no longer having. I saw a couple brands on /r/keto that I might want to try Halo Top and Active D’Lites (looks like the latter is only available out west). It’s kind of out of the way to buy it, but I’m willing to make the trip if it’s worth it.
I’d like to try to make my own. That way I can control what goes in it.
Well, anyway, the CarbSmart dessert wasn’t bad. Like I said, it’s close enough to ice cream. So far, it doesn’t seem to have kicked me out of ketosis, though my strip has gotten a little lighter. It’s all about staying within your macros, I guess.
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