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Halo top ice cream
blessingsfromabove721
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I Love Ice cream and I've heard that a brand called Halo Top is a "healthier" version. Has anyone tried it? What is the best flavor? Thanks!
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It's amazing. I'm in love with the sea salt caramel. Also enlightened ice cream is another good one. The peanut butter chocolate chip was delicious!6
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Hi!
I personally dislike the birthday cake flavor
I like the sea salt caramel flavor and chocolate. Enlightened has good flavors as well the caramel oatmeal cookie crunch is pretty good. I also think it tasted amazing. 1 -
It depends what "healthier" means to you...
I'd say lower calorie. Which doesn't mean healthier...8 -
xchocolategirl wrote: »Hi!
I personally dislike the birthday cake flavor I like the sea salt caramel flavor and chocolate. Enlightened has good flavors as well the caramel oatmeal cookie crunch is pretty good. I also think it tasted amazing.
That's funny! I love the birthday cake flavor...it's in my freezer now.3 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »It depends what "healthier" means to you...
I'd say lower calorie. Which doesn't mean healthier...
One serving of the pint I have in the freezer right now is 60 calories, 2g fat, 2g fiber and 6g protein. You think that's "unhealthy"?12 -
I just tried Halo Top for the very first time last week. I love it!! I purchased the mint chip flavor and served it on top of a warm brownie. I don't often eat dessert, and it was sincerely fabulous! I will purchase it again, but only once in awhile because I can see where I might have difficulty moderating it lol3
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It's made with things you are not able to digest. That's not food.5
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JeromeBarry1 wrote: »It's made with things you are not able to digest. That's not food.
I do agree it does have a more thicker texture a little FYI!2 -
xchocolategirl wrote: »Hi!
I personally dislike the birthday cake flavor I like the sea salt caramel flavor and chocolate. Enlightened has good flavors as well the caramel oatmeal cookie crunch is pretty good. I also think it tasted amazing.
That's funny! I love the birthday cake flavor...it's in my freezer now.
@srk369 - that's hilarious!!!
Op- you've heard feedback for this flavor on both sides
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Wynterbourne wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »It depends what "healthier" means to you...
I'd say lower calorie. Which doesn't mean healthier...
One serving of the pint I have in the freezer right now is 60 calories, 2g fat, 2g fiber and 6g protein. You think that's "unhealthy"?
I personally wouldn't call it healthy. The sugar alcohols give me all sorts of issues. I'd rather real icecream made with cream, sugar and eggs and all the calories.
It's a low calorie alternative that allows people to fit" icecream" in to their diet.5 -
I just can't get myself to pay that much $, I bought some frozen yogurt, the praline flavor is good & 100 cal, but sometime I just have ice cream for 160 cal. I don't have it too often2
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »It depends what "healthier" means to you...
I'd say lower calorie. Which doesn't mean healthier...
One serving of the pint I have in the freezer right now is 60 calories, 2g fat, 2g fiber and 6g protein. You think that's "unhealthy"?
I personally wouldn't call it healthy. The sugar alcohols give me all sorts of issues. I'd rather real icecream made with cream, sugar and eggs and all the calories.
It's a low calorie alternative that allows people to fit" icecream" in to their diet.
Milk, cream, and eggs are the first three ingredients and the sugar alcohols do absolutely nothing to me. Just because one person's body reacts to it differently doesn't immediately mean it should be considered 'unhealthy' by everyone. But that's a decision everyone has to make for themselves.10 -
Wynterbourne wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »It depends what "healthier" means to you...
I'd say lower calorie. Which doesn't mean healthier...
One serving of the pint I have in the freezer right now is 60 calories, 2g fat, 2g fiber and 6g protein. You think that's "unhealthy"?
I personally wouldn't call it healthy. The sugar alcohols give me all sorts of issues. I'd rather real icecream made with cream, sugar and eggs and all the calories.
It's a low calorie alternative that allows people to fit" icecream" in to their diet.
Milk, cream, and eggs are the first three ingredients and the sugar alcohols do absolutely nothing to me. Just because one person's body reacts to it differently doesn't immediately mean it should be considered 'unhealthy' by everyone. But that's a decision everyone has to make for themselves.
Which is why I said "it depends what healthier means to you".7 -
I looove ice cream! Halo top is so good. I've liked every kind I've tried. I've had the strawberry, chocolate, mint chip and most recently the birthday cake one. I like the birthday cake one the bestiest.2
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I looooove halo top. I'm trying most of the flavors and so far I love almost all. Here's my take on the flavors:
1. Peanut butter cup - delicious and has peanut butter ripples, but there's no chocolate which I expected from the name.
2. Oatmeal cookie - delicious flavor but it has little oats in it which can be strange if you're not used to it.
3. Black cherry - not my favorite but it's fruity and good. It has little bits of cherry in it
4. Cookie dough - yummy but the cookie pieces are tiny and there's not a lot of them.
5. Red velvet - pretty good flavor and has little brownie bits, but as with cookie dough, the brownie bits are tiny and few.
6. Birthday cake - I love this flavor. It has little sprinkles in it.
7. Sea salt caramel - this is probably my favorite flavor.
8. Cookies and cream - probably my least favorite flavor. It's not a bad flavor per se, but cookies and cream usually means oreo and it tastes nothing like oreo.
As other people said, it has erythritol (sp?) which can be upsetting for some people's stomachs. For me, I can eat half a pint per day with no problems, and there's a GQ article about a guy who went on a Halo Top diet (nothing but 5 pints of halo top per day) and he seemed to survive well enough.7 -
I love it! Salted Carmel, Cookie Dough, Chocolate, Vanilla Bean, Birthday Cake, Peanut Butter ... wicked expensive though. I only buy it when it's on sale.
Another treat--try Icelandic Provisions Skyr Yogurt. the Vanilla is the Halo Top of yogurts.
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Oatmeal can't all be digested. Neither can beans or corn. Neither can a lot of food. There's soluble and insoluble fiber in a healthy, well rounded diet.JeromeBarry1 wrote: »It's made with things you are not able to digest. That's not food.
Prebiotics are perfectly healthy and just as necessary as probiotics.
If anything the sugar alcohols would be the unhealthy part of Halo Top.
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I LOVE Halo Top. My favorite is Red Velvet.2
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My favorite is lemon cake!1
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Had it for the first time this week and really enjoyed it (chocolate almond crunch). I'm not a big ice cream fan but I made brownie ice cream sundaes for the family this week and wanted to have something with them, while staying low calorie since I'm in a short weight loss phase for summer prep. Really liked the texture and flavoring of Halo Top and will definitely buy it again!1
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It's not "healthier" it's lower calorie. I like the mint, cookie dough, and red velvet. The chocolate is lack-luster. I think the peanut butter cup is pretty good too.0
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I tried it for the first time last week!!
OMG! Where have you been all my life?
The calorie/protein macros are terrific!
I'm a peanut butter person, but was surprised to find this was my least favorite flavor so far.
The cookie dough is out-of-this-world! I've got lemon cake and birthday cake in the freezer, waiting for taste testing.
BTW, I read this funny article about HaloTop/ArcticZero/HaagenDazs. A woman has her co-workers taste test them.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ariellecalderon/low-cal-ice-cream-taste-test?utm_term=.hcXMboKzY#.vqa53jpJ92 -
Favorites are sea salt caramel and s'mores. I haven't been able to find the oatmeal cookie one locally, but I'm curious about that one. YUM YUM YUM! And it's stupid expensive, but that's good because I do need to eat other things... sometimes...0
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blessingsfromabove721 wrote: »I Love Ice cream and I've heard that a brand called Halo Top is a "healthier" version. Has anyone tried it? What is the best flavor? Thanks!
Healthier is a matter of opinion. But it tastes good, has a good texture (seems like real ice cream) and is lower in calories than regular ice cream. So I can have a decent portion without eating half of my daily calories in one sitting.0 -
I love Halo Top and have a serving every night. I like Peanut Butter, Oatmeal Cookie, Cookie Dough, Pistachio and Red Velvet. Not a huge fan of the plain flavors like chocolate and strawberry and don't think the espresso chip has enough kick.
Not sure how it is "unhealthy," but I am not a purist when it comes to sugar substitutes.3 -
I've been resisting the $6.99 price but I guess I'll have to give it a try!0
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I love Halo Top! I like to stay on the lighter calorie options, so my favorites are the Birthday Cake (because I love sprinkles), Sea Salt Caramel (has swirls of caramel inside), and the Vanilla Bean flavor.0
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I tend to pay $4-5 for a pint of it. Like the vanilla bean and red velvet and black cherry. Need to try more flavors.0
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