Artic Zero

I've been eating this stuff for years, although I have not had the opportunity to try their newer flavors such as the salted caramel or chunky pints since the stores near me seem to never have them available :c However, I tried the "new" cookie shake one, and was surprised that it was the same exact thing as their old cookies & cream flavor - the recipe didn't change at all like the pint made me think it had.
That being said, I do enjoy these pints very much. In order of preference: Cookies & Cream (or cookie shake), Coffee, Vanilla Maple, and then a tie between their Chocolate/Mint/Peanut Butter and Strawberry.
Do they taste as good as real ice cream? Of course not!
But they're 150 calories per pint, so what do you honestly expect? I eat these things for the sake of feeling good about being able to still binge on something cold without wrecking my diary for the day, and these sure do the trick. The only thing that really bothers me is their price.
I've also discovered something wonderful: you can make your own "frozen dessert" very similar to Arctic Zero's by blending your own protein powder into a smoothie and then freezing it. I'm still working out how to make it soft (it gets super hard and needs to be microwaved before eating), but every attempt is closer to the real thing! There's tons of recipes online for protein ice creams using protein powder and other things (such as yogurt), I have yet to try these though!

I really wanted to like it seeing as it's really low-cal but after one spoonful, I just couldn't. It tastes like chocolate flavored slushy water

PikaKnight wrote: »

hgycta wrote: »

I've been eating this stuff for years, although I have not had the opportunity to try their newer flavors such as the salted caramel or chunky pints since the stores near me seem to never have them available :c However, I tried the "new" cookie shake one, and was surprised that it was the same exact thing as their old cookies & cream flavor - the recipe didn't change at all like the pint made me think it had.
That being said, I do enjoy these pints very much. In order of preference: Cookies & Cream (or cookie shake), Coffee, Vanilla Maple, and then a tie between their Chocolate/Mint/Peanut Butter and Strawberry.
Do they taste as good as real ice cream? Of course not!
But they're 150 calories per pint, so what do you honestly expect? I eat these things for the sake of feeling good about being able to still binge on something cold without wrecking my diary for the day, and these sure do the trick. The only thing that really bothers me is their price.
I've also discovered something wonderful: you can make your own "frozen dessert" very similar to Arctic Zero's by blending your own protein powder into a smoothie and then freezing it. I'm still working out how to make it soft (it gets super hard and needs to be microwaved before eating), but every attempt is closer to the real thing! There's tons of recipes online for protein ice creams using protein powder and other things (such as yogurt), I have yet to try these though!

Have you tried making protein fluff? You can't freeze it but it's usually pretty easy and fast to make each time so not a big deal.

Thanks, I actually have not tried this yet, but looking it up online I most definitely will now! Thanks!!

hgycta wrote: »

I've been eating this stuff for years, although I have not had the opportunity to try their newer flavors such as the salted caramel or chunky pints since the stores near me seem to never have them available :c However, I tried the "new" cookie shake one, and was surprised that it was the same exact thing as their old cookies & cream flavor - the recipe didn't change at all like the pint made me think it had.
That being said, I do enjoy these pints very much. In order of preference: Cookies & Cream (or cookie shake), Coffee, Vanilla Maple, and then a tie between their Chocolate/Mint/Peanut Butter and Strawberry.
Do they taste as good as real ice cream? Of course not!
But they're 150 calories per pint, so what do you honestly expect? I eat these things for the sake of feeling good about being able to still binge on something cold without wrecking my diary for the day, and these sure do the trick. The only thing that really bothers me is their price.
I've also discovered something wonderful: you can make your own "frozen dessert" very similar to Arctic Zero's by blending your own protein powder into a smoothie and then freezing it. I'm still working out how to make it soft (it gets super hard and needs to be microwaved before eating), but every attempt is closer to the real thing! There's tons of recipes online for protein ice creams using protein powder and other things (such as yogurt), I have yet to try these though!

I have never had issues with binge eating or even "volume" eating as some people like to call it, so I really can't relate to the concept of wanting to eat an entire pint of something that tastes terrible, or even average (to be generous since you seem not to be bothered by the taste) compared to eating a single serving of something really good. I do think though that learning how to be satisfied with smaller portions and eating the things you like in moderation is an important step for many of the folks on here who have struggled with binge eating issues in the past.

Good luck with your quest for frozen protein desserts - I think I have heard decent things about Halo Top ice cream, which has higher protein in it, but I haven't tried it myself.

I much prefer Halo Top to Arctic Zero. Especially the mint chip and salted caramel flavors.