Review Of Reese’s Nutrageous 1L
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups were invented way back in 1928. Since then, the brand has expanded into a sweet snack powerhouse.
Are you wondering if Reese’s Nutrageous Peanut Butter, Peanuts, Chocolate Flavour & Caramel is any good? I bought a tub to find out if this frozen dessert is worth the money.
What is Reese’s Nutrageous?
Reese’s Nutrageous is a reduced fat chocolate and peanut butter flavoured ice cream. It’s also got ribbons of caramel sauce running through the tub and small bits of diced peanut. This frozen dessert has 40% less fat than regular ice cream.
Is Reese’s Nutrageous any good?
Reese’s Nutrageous is an enjoyable tub of low fat ice cream. The chocolate and peanut butter flavour combination is excellent. A salty hit from the peanut ice cream makes this sweet frozen dessert much easier to eat.
The caramel sauce is deliciously oozy straight from the freezer. It makes up 10% of the tub, so some decent sized wells are waiting to be discovered further down the container.
No ice cream is perfect, though, including Reese’s Nutrageous. While its texture is smooth and creamy, it has a foamy consistency that won’t compete with more premium ice creams.
There are also a lot of ingredients for such a simple ice cream. The list of emulsifiers, flavours, colours, and thickeners drags on. While not a concern for some, it’s not ideal if you value a clean ingredient list.
Tip: You may also want to check out my review of Violet Crumble Ice Cream.
Pros
- Excellent combination of flavours.
- Delicious runny caramel sauce.
- Made in Australia.
Cons
- It’s got a foamy texture.
- Long ingredients list.
What are some similar products to try?
If you can’t get your hands on Nutrageous or you want something a little different, try one of these brands:
Connoisseur Laneway Sweets Crunchy Peanut Butter 1L: Try Connoisseur for a more premium ice cream. The peanut butter ice cream is mixed with caramel ice cream and choc peanuts. There’s also a salted caramel syrup that’s made using Murray River Salt. Connoisseur Laneway Peanut Butter Ice Cream Review>
Sweetporium Co Peanut Butter Cup 1L: Peanut butter ice cream with salted choc ripple and peanut butter cups.
Woolworths Peanut Butter Cup Raspberry Ripple 473ml: Peanut butter and raspberry ripple ice cream with peanut butter cups. Woolworths Peanut Butter Ice Cream Review>
Ingredients
Fresh milk and cream are the main dairy ingredients used in this ice cream. 10% of the tub is caramel sauce, and 4.5% is Reese’s Peanut Butter. Diced peanuts make up 4% of the product.
Ingredients List: Fresh milk, sugar, water, fresh cream (milk) (6%), peanuts (6%), glucose syrup, milk solids, maltodextrin, dextrose, emulsifiers (422, 477, 471), peanut oil, cocoa solids, thickeners (1442, pectin, guar gum, processed eucheuma seaweed), salt, colours (caramel iii & iv, curcumin, carotene), flavour, malt powder (barley), acidity regulators (citric acid, 319, 339), burnt sugar.
Milk fat
Milk fat plays a vital role in ice cream’s texture and mouthfeel. More of it results in a creamier, smoother texture associated with superior ice cream.
Nutrageous has less than 10% milk fat, so it doesn’t have the indulgent consistency of more expensive brands. However, it’s still enjoyable.
Did you know? Ice cream products sold in Australia with less than 10% milk fat can’t label the front of pack “ice cream”.
Nutrition information
Few frozen desserts are good for you, so eat them in moderation. This Reese’s tub has 7.7g of saturated fat per 100g and 24.1g of sugar.
Servings per package: 10
Serving size: 53g
| Quantity Per Serving | Quantity Per 100ml | |
| Energy | 615kJ | 1160kJ |
| Protein | 2.9g | 5.4g |
| Fat, Total | 8.6g | 16.3g |
| -Saturated | 4.1g | 7.7g |
| Carbohydrate | 14.2g | 26.8g |
| -Sugars | 12.8g | 24.1g |
| Dietary Fibre | – | – |
| Sodium | 117mg | 221mg |
About the manufacturer
Reese’s is an American food brand best known for its chocolate and peanut butter confections. Its most iconic product is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, a chocolate cup filled with peanut butter.
Reese’s was created by H.B. Reese, who founded the H.B. Reese Candy Company in the 1920s. The company became a part of The Hershey Company in 1963.
Nutrageous frozen dessert is manufactured in Australia by Bulla, an iconic Australian food manufacturer crafting ice cream since 1929. Its production site is located on the main street of Colac, Victoria.
