Halo top has arrived in the UK

Faebert
Faebert Posts: 1,588 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I’ve read so much about Halo Top lurking on this forum I thought other Brits might be interested to know Ocado have just introduced it. £4 a tub introductory price (will be £5).

Any flavour recommendations or ones to avoid from the fans out there?
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  • CoachJen71
    CoachJen71 Posts: 1,200 Member
    I like peanut butter cup and birthday cake best. Chocolate is so-so, but did not like chocolate almond. Tastes like amaretto. Mint was all right, but not much chocolate. People rave over red velvet, but I found it a bit fruity. Heard great things about cookie dough and salted caramel, but since vanilla isn't my favorite, have not tried them.

    Have not tried the newest flavors, either, but heard candy bar is pretty good.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Hark! Is that singing I hear?
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    Good—you can have it. All it’s done here is crowd the real ice cream off the shelves as everyone rushes to jump on the bandwagon.
  • Brimstone14
    Brimstone14 Posts: 36 Member
    Is this some sort of 'healthy' ice cream? I've seen the name float about.
  • Faebert
    Faebert Posts: 1,588 Member
    Don’t know about “healthy”, but it’s low calorie in comparison with normal ice cream. About 300 cals for an entire tub on the ones I saw on the ocado website.

    To be honest I’m not usually that fussed about ice cream (unless it’s on top of a warm brownie!) but I’m intrigued so will give it a shot.

    Thanks for the tips x
  • ayesha639
    ayesha639 Posts: 12 Member
    I actually really like it. In Tesco it's £5 but it was on offer at £2.50, and to me it was just like normal ice cream. I had the chocolate one, and I'm a really big fan x
  • Meelisv
    Meelisv Posts: 235 Member
    I've seen Halo Top mentioned before. What is special about it?
    As I understand it is ice cream with high protein content and bit lower in calories than "average" ice cream (though not by much) and is crazy expensive.
    Similar to Lohilo ice cream we have here.
    Anything I'm missing?
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,933 Member
    What's this cookie dough thing? Cookie dough is just sugar, flour, eggs and fat. How can this be an ice cream taste?
  • angelsja
    angelsja Posts: 859 Member
    Omg going to have to get some 320cal per tub compared to my normal b&j at over 1k calories per tub :o
  • angelsja
    angelsja Posts: 859 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    What's this cookie dough thing? Cookie dough is just sugar, flour, eggs and fat. How can this be an ice cream taste?

    Have you never eaten raw cookie dough never licked the spoon or bowl out after your mum finished baking well it's like that but in once cream
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,933 Member
    angelsja wrote: »
    yirara wrote: »
    What's this cookie dough thing? Cookie dough is just sugar, flour, eggs and fat. How can this be an ice cream taste?

    Have you never eaten raw cookie dough never licked the spoon or bowl out after your mum finished baking well it's like that but in once cream

    Yeah, but... it's not really something I'd like in my ice cream. It just shows that this is a highly processed product and not quality ice cream.
  • AMC110
    AMC110 Posts: 188 Member
    I tried vanilla, chocolate and cookie dough but vanilla was my favourite. My partner has also tried the mint chip flavour, which is his favourite.
  • mortuseon_
    mortuseon_ Posts: 257 Member
    I’VE ALREADY EATEN THREE TUBS I’M SO EXCITED I’M GOING TO BUY EVERYTHING THEY HAVE

    SO FAR MY FAVOURITE IS MINT CHIP

    AAAAAAAAH
  • judywalsh97
    judywalsh97 Posts: 12 Member
    Only tried cookie dough so far, spent weeks eyeing up the empty shelf in tesco with the price labels ready for them.
  • Meelisv
    Meelisv Posts: 235 Member
    I find all this excitement fascinating specially considering prices. :)
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Eat real ice cream. So much more satisfying and none of that weird aftertaste or 'mouth burning' feel.
  • jwcannon70
    jwcannon70 Posts: 28 Member
    angelsja wrote: »
    Omg going to have to get some 320cal per tub compared to my normal b&j at over 1k calories per tub :o

    My sentiments exactly. Ice cream is my weakness and I cannot do just a little. I have to do the whole tub and Halo Top allows me to do that. I just discovered it several weeks ago and I am so grateful I did. To have a tub of ice cream within my calorie allotment just seems to good to be true.
  • abirdintherain
    abirdintherain Posts: 73 Member
    From a very highly experienced Halo Top consumer, I recommend the chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream over any other flavor, but I do also enjoy the rainbow swirl, cookies and cream, mint chip, and chocolate mocha chip very much. It's all amazing. I use a pint of Halo Top as a reward for getting through work almost every night
  • thelegendofsakura89
    thelegendofsakura89 Posts: 105 Member
    Meelisv wrote: »
    I've seen Halo Top mentioned before. What is special about it?
    As I understand it is ice cream with high protein content and bit lower in calories than "average" ice cream (though not by much) and is crazy expensive.
    Similar to Lohilo ice cream we have here.
    Anything I'm missing?

    It's WAY lower in calories than regular ice cream. The entire pint is like 260-320 calories, as opposed to 1,000-1,200 calories for something like Ben & Jerry's.

    It tastes pretty good too, imo.
  • zumbalinda22
    zumbalinda22 Posts: 182 Member
    Sitting down with a spoon and eating an entire pint of ice cream feels so satisfyingly "decadent"! I love the chocolate mocha chip and candy bar, which tastes kind of like a frozen Snickers bar. My new favorite, though, is caramel macchiato- yum! Smooth, mild coffee taste with some caramel flavor- delicious!
  • lovelylela415
    lovelylela415 Posts: 91 Member
    I love halo! I can’t have dairy and the grocery store near me started carrying the non dairy version. Of the non dairy (made with coconut milk) my favorite is chocolate (so creamy). Also liked cinnamon swirl. Not a fan of chocolate-banana though (after taste).
  • mortuseon_
    mortuseon_ Posts: 257 Member
    Another less proteinaceous option is the Waitrose Belgian Chocolate frozen yoghurt!

    I think people love to *kitten* on Halo Top and other ‘diet foods’ out of some weird food snobbery. Maybe my palate is less refined, but it tastes pretty damn good to me, and I’m not one for eating a small amount of ice cream :)
  • CoachJen71
    CoachJen71 Posts: 1,200 Member
    Forgot to add, you have to let it soften up or instead of being creamy it will be grainy. Huge difference in the experience.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Candy bar is my new favourite, it tastes like snickers ice cream :+1:
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    CoachJen71 wrote: »
    Forgot to add, you have to let it soften up or instead of being creamy it will be grainy. Huge difference in the experience.

    Yep, I leave the tub sitting on the counter for 20 minutes before putting it in my bowl. You'd also snap the spoon if you tried scooping it out straight from the freezer!
  • CoachJen71
    CoachJen71 Posts: 1,200 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Candy bar is my new favourite, it tastes like snickers ice cream :+1:

    Three times I have tried to get that one. Always sold out!
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    CoachJen71 wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Candy bar is my new favourite, it tastes like snickers ice cream :+1:

    Three times I have tried to get that one. Always sold out!

    Haha Halo top was on sale today at a grocery store chain here, I was going to stock up on the candy bar flavour... Sold out, sold out, sold out at three different stores that i was driving all over the damn country side to get too!! I ended up getting the last container, which was cookie dough. I hope it's nice!
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Ironically they had plenty of my 2 least favourite flavours (and perhaps everyone else's), birthday cake and mint chip. But i hate wasting money on stuff that that i think is just meh. The sale price was $7, so still not particularly cheap..
  • Meelisv
    Meelisv Posts: 235 Member
    edited February 2018
    thelegendofsakura89 wrote: »
    Meelisv wrote: »
    I've seen Halo Top mentioned before. What is special about it?
    As I understand it is ice cream with high protein content and bit lower in calories than "average" ice cream (though not by much) and is crazy expensive.
    Similar to Lohilo ice cream we have here.
    Anything I'm missing?

    It's WAY lower in calories than regular ice cream. The entire pint is like 260-320 calories, as opposed to 1,000-1,200 calories for something like Ben & Jerry's.

    It tastes pretty good too, imo.

    So I did some calculations (not easy because weird units and sizes Halo Top uses) and it seems to have about half the calories of "normal" ice cream while being about 4 times as expensive.

    Makes sense, most of nice things cost lot
  • MichelleWithMoxie
    MichelleWithMoxie Posts: 1,817 Member
    I love the pumpkin flavor, cinnamon roll is a favorite, mint chip is nice and refreshing, my husband loves the chocolate covered banana, the choco almond chip and choco mocha chip are yummy too. Lol. As you can see, we’re quite the halo top connoisseurs in my household. :lol:

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