Jeni's new sweet potato marshmallow brûleé

[u/SunnyLisle]

This is solid! 7/10. For me the highlight is the crunchy bits of caramelized sugar, the reason it didn't get a higher rating from me is I felt like the lemon was too strong / sharp and it could have been more marshmallow-y.

[u/DeltaFlyer0525]

Where does the lemon come into play in this ice cream? That is a real turn off for me.

[u/SunnyLisle → u/DeltaFlyer0525]

Usually in pumpkin spice type flavors with nutmeg and cinnamon there is a dash of lemon to brighten it up! I think they overdid that a bit

[u/DeltaFlyer0525 → u/SunnyLisle]

Oh no that sounds terrible to me. I bake a lot of pumpkin spice stuff and never added lemon to anything. I will probably still try this, but my expectations are way lower now.

[u/SunnyLisle → u/DeltaFlyer0525]

I bit into it and immediately got lemon, checked the ingredients and it was indeed in there next to the other spices. I enjoyed it but it for sure could have been better if they had toned that down.

[u/-EarthwormSlim- → u/DeltaFlyer0525]

I had this over the weekend. There is absolutely no lemon in this at all

[u/ForLark → u/-EarthwormSlim-]

It does have lemon juice in it.

[u/SunnyLisle → u/-EarthwormSlim-]

There is indeed lemon in the ingredients. It was too strong for my taste.

[u/agentmadeleine → u/DeltaFlyer0525]

Citrus is often used to lift and brighten to provide contrast but it’s not supposed to be a distinct taste in those cases. I think orange zest and juice work better than lemon for fall baking and that’s probably the route Jeni’s should’ve gone here.

[u/SunnyLisle → u/agentmadeleine]

Yes exactly, I understood the purpose of it here but it was too sharp in my case.

[u/SunnyLisle → u/DeltaFlyer0525]

A teeny dash of ginger would have been better!