Peter's Ice Cream, Australia

Peter's vs Streets.  Which is technically "Australia's favourite ice cream"?  I think both claim to be.  Peter's at least seems slightly more authentic, as Streets is now owned by Unilever, and thus, has equivalent product lines worldwide (like Heartbrand in Europe, which I've reviewed before).  Peter's makes regular ice cream, but also assorted novelties like Drumsticks, and even has a partnership with Messina now, distributing gelato (yes, that Messina, Sydney darling ...)

Anyway, I am an ice cream lover, and travel frequently for work, and thus, discovering ice cream, even generic ice cream truck items, when I travel, is one of my past times.  Peter's is still relatively new to me, but I look forward to trying more of their treats.

Ice Cream

For foodservice, Peters offers 5 liter trays in a variety of flavors:  Vanilla, Choc Lovers, Rum & Raisin, Macadamia, Boysenberry, Choc Mint, Cookies & Cream, Violet Crumble, Hokey Pokey, Bubblegum, Passionfruit, O.E.T, Strawberry, Mango Tango, Triple Swirl, Banana, Honeycomb, Choc Chip.  Yeah, these are the generic mass distribution flavors, not exactly your standard lineup!

My office in Sydney recently switched to Peters as a supplier, so I was able to try several.

Boysenberry.

I started with the interesting sounding boysenberry.  

It was good, a vanilla base with the berry swirled in.  It was creamy, decent quality ice cream, good mouthfeel.

A bit too sweet for me, particularly in places where the berry swirl was over generous, but otherwise, good, and a fairly unique flavor, at least to me.

Mango Tango.

I don't generally go for such fruity flavors, but, the Mango Tango was a good one.  Great mango flavor, and the real winning element was the perfectly creamy texture.  Clearly a quality ice cream.

Best paired with some fruit, or perhaps coconut cream?

I was glad to get to try it, not one I'd normally seek out.

Novelties

As I mentioned, the office switched to Peters, not only for the ice cream by teh scoop, but for hte novelties that filled the ice cream freezers, switching from from Streets, which I've reviewed before.

I was of course excited just to try new things.

Super Choc Drumstick.

"Smooth Choc ice cream topped with lush chocolate sauce and crunchy peanuts all in a crispy wafer cone with delicious choc tip."

This was actually a pretty decent Drumstick. 

The ice cream was the best part, and the most surprising, as usually the ice cream quality in novelties like this isn't exactly the highest. It was very creamy, melted nicely, and has a good milk chocolate flavor.

The topping is fairly standard chocolate and nuts, but the amount was good and the quality reasonable.  I didn't love the toppings though.

Same with the cone, crispy, fine, but nothing special.  Bonus points for the chocolate tip though, very generously filled.  I liked that quite a bit.

I liked it enough to have another of these cones the next day.

Oreo Sandwich.

"Your favourite cookie just got a whole lot cooler! Tuck into this frozen OREO cookie sandwich with OREO cookie crumb throughout."

Not being an Oreo lover, I liked this far more than I expected.

The cookies were soft chocolate cookies, the ice cream was creamy, seemingly good quality, very "cookies & cream" flavored.

I'd have another.