New Golden Manuka Honey ice-cream
My first job was selling New Zealand ice-cream at the Kiwi Waffles & Cones shop in Canberra. During that 3-year stint as the ice-cream queen of the ACT I consumed a rather large number - a lady never tells exactly - of scoops and flavours of what is one of my favourite foods. So, when I received an invitation from New Zealand Natural to taste their new ice-cream flavour - Golden Manuka Honey - it was only natural to accept.
I was supposed to go to the official tasting to see what everybody’s impressions were and then relay them in this post but alas due to other commitments that didn’t happened. Fortunately, the PR people were kind enough to save me a tub to take home. The tub turned out to be a 9.2 liters box of ice-cream.
Creamy Manuka Honey and Gold Kiwifruit Ripple are combined to create this iconic New Zealand flavour. A few of us have tasted it already and the overall verdict is that it’s a winner. The ice-cream ticks a few boxes - it’s creamy, has an appetizing colour, and it smells and tastes like honey. It’s also quite sweet, which in my eyes could have been it’s downside but interestingly the kiwi fruit ripple running through it brings a bit of zing to the flavour, which helps to balance it out. Good choice of a secondary star ingredient.
Personally, I prefer ice-cream flavours in the vanilla/chocolate/caramel spectrum. I secretly wish they gave me 9 liters of Cookies & Cream but if you are a Boysenberry Ripple kind of person then a bowl of this Golden Manuka Honey ice-cream with some freshly sliced kiwi-fruit would be right up your alley. Give it a go next time you’re at the New Zealand Natural ice-cream counter.
As for my massive box of ice-cream, I think I will take it down to our Australian Day BBQ for a tasting session of my own. Not the most patriotic move but I am sure my friends will not be complaining. Comments and feedback to follow…
p.s. For a limited time, New Zealand Natural are offering customers a FREE scoop with any purchase of a regular ice cream to allow people to try the delicious new flavour.