Anyone who follows me knows I love ice cream. Ice lollies, and ice in my drinks, I’ve even made my own ice lollies in the past. It’s quite ironic really how I survive without a freezer, relying on my neighbour from time to time to store a super market purchase mostly I am an eat and go ice cream girl, picking one up when I fancy it which is often, devouring immediately until next time so individual units are best for me, something very hard to find these days as most icecream comes in large tubs or packs of 4 sometimes 6 difficult to consume in one sitting, unless you are greedy. To be fair good ice cream does have the capacity to make even the most restrained greedy.
It was 19 degrees in the UK last week so the desire for an ice lolly loomed large. I had a funny experience in a corner shop as I purchased a bottle of water and went in search of ice cream in a broken freezer whose contents had to be abandoned. The lady behind the counter said it must be warming up if the requests for ice cream were arriving. I didn’t tell her I was a freak for an icy all year around treat.
It did send me in search of my ice cream elsewhere and in the supermarket I found something new, something I thought was Vegan, they do a few different vegan ice cream options, except this one didn’t turn out to be. I didn’t take my glasses into the shop but all plant based ice cream from Jude’s is clearly marked on the boxes.
I love a family business, I love the story of Mum and Dad teams partnerships forged in family tackling a problem, making something better and getting it to market, doing things differently, consciously, making change. That’s the kind of business I like to support. Jude’s hold B corporation certification too, not easy to achieve, you have to jump through a lot of hoops which adds credence for me their endeavours to be better.
The mint choc minis I purchased, 6 in total were delicious. It’s a small helping so you can easily polish off two in one go. I did, my friend ate one and we offered the other three to passers by in the car park, it was sunny and unusually warm for March so a kindness that gave us a lot of pleasure in and of itself. I don’t think they really bought the explanation of not owning a freezer in this day and age so the ice creams would be wasted if someone didn’t kindly help us out and eat them.
They tasted absolutely delicious, maybe because I thought they were plant and turned out not to be but hey, I will try one of the many vegan offerings next time. I love Jude’s for taking on the challenge of vegan ice cream. Not easy to make a good one.
I paid about £4.00 for the six ice cream mini treats so about £0.65 each which I thought was pretty good value for the taste.
The ice cream was creamy and pretty delicious with a chocolate coating with crunch.
The perfect sized sweet treat especially for youngsters.