I have kids. Kids love ice cream. When I was approached to check out some of the newer varieties Klondike has to offer, I jumped at the chance. Here is the disclaimer I am supposed to include.
“I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Klondike. I received free product coupons to facilitate my review as well as compensation for my participation.”
What follows is my family’s honest reaction to some of the Klondike varieties.
It was a hot day and ice cream was definitely welcome.
We started with the Oreo Klondike Sandwiches. I had to cut them so everybody could have enough. Honestly, I thought they were a little thick. If they were thinner, perhaps a slightly thinner cookie and a third less of the ice cream, they might be able to fit 6 in a package – like the regular Klondike Bars. This variety was Ciaran’s favorite.
Next we tried the Cookie Dough Swirl. This one caused a bit of confusion among us as we had difficulty discerning the true flavor of the ice cream. Was it vanilla with cookie dough swirled around or simply cookie dough flavored ice cream? It wasn’t bad, but didn’t taste as distinctive as we had expected. Don’t get me wrong – it was eaten up.
Our attention moved on the the Heath variety of Klondike Bar. This was a unanimous crowd This is much like the original Klondike Bar, but the chocolate shell has bits of toffee in it. Yes, this is in a way an ice cream treat version of the candy bar, with more emphasis on the ice cream part of the equation.
Finally we tried out theCaramel & Peanuts Klondike Kandy Bar. My wife didn’t like it because the peanut taste was too heavy. In general it fell between the Heath and Cookie Dough Swirl in appeal. That there are only 4 in a box makes it difficult for this to be a regular purchase in our household. Even at $3.99 suggested retail price we have to pick up two boxes for everybody to have their own. It is simply more cost effective to get the regular 6 pack Klondike varieties.
Klondike offers up a number of varieties of their “traditional” bars, other than the Heath and Cookie Dough Swirl. I had wanted to try the Reese’s variety but it wasn’t offered at the two different stores I visited. Other varieties include Mint Chocolate Chip (which Xavier would have loved), Krunch, Caramel Pretzel, Dark Chocolate, Rocky Road, Double Chocolate, Neapolitan, and of course, the Original Klondike Bar.
I like the concept (or should it be koncept) of the Klondike Candy Bar and wish my local retailers had something other than the Caramel & Peanuts for us to try. Other varieties to look for are Mint Fudge Cookie, Fudge Krunch (which I am particularly interested in), and Cookies & Cream.
While I am being compensated for this post all opinions are my own, except for those of my family members. They have their own opinions. Everybody liked the Heath, and many stated it was their favorite. Ciaran’s favorite was the Oreo, and a couple actually disliked the Caramel & Peanut Kandy Bar as too peanuty. We might need to pick up another package of the Cookie Dough Swirl to get a definitive opinion on that one.
Over the summer it looks as if we are going to be searching through different stores to find new varieties of Klondike Bar to try. Some of these newer varieties are of great interest to my family.