Batch

I personally appreciate finding a local ice cream sans stabilizers and other additives and I have been very happy with the texture of batch ice cream – not at all icy, very smooth and creamy without the slick/​slimy feeling I get from other brands that include weird ingredients.
I’m giving them 4 stars because the flavor offering is a bit limited and I’m not crazy about them. I enjoyed the chocolate and cinnamon chocolate chip a lot, but the salted caramel was a bit too sweet and not salty enough for me. I wish they had mint chip and I wish they had a real scoop shop. The ice cream truck is cute but basically just paying a bit extra for what you can serve yourself at home, they didn’t have cones when I tried it at the Cambridge River Festival.

I dont get it. I bought the Salted Caramel based on the excellent reviews. Mediocre flavor, nothing at all special. And the price almost made me fall backwards– I expected 14K gold pieces to line the container. Needless to say I was disappointed.
As an addendum, some time later I saw the Green Tea flavor selling elsewhere at a more reasonable price (dont buy from a specialty shop!!). I love green tea ice cream and was ready to take another chance. So here is the result: much better than the salted caramel but nothing to write home about. The flavor is mild and it is more like ice milk than ice cream — not rich and not at all creamy. So there you have it. I’m moving on — no more Batch ice cream for me.

Salted caramel, I love you.
Green tea, I love you.
Batch, I love that you’re local. I only wish you were a little less $$$ and not quite as bad for my waistline. ;) Maybe the fact that you are $$$ is good for my waistline…

This ice cream is absolutely amazing. I am a huge fan of ginger ice cream and theirs is truly the best of the best. Plus we are supporting a local company with ethical ingredients. It is worth the price to me. I would rather pay more and eat something not full of crap I can’t pronounce.

I tried this ice cream as a sample at whole foods. I had to buy a container. Absolutely delicious. Simple ingredients. A little pricey but I buy as a special treat and only have a few tablespoons at a time. The ginger i love. Try it. Smooth creamy perfectly balanced. The real thing. Not as heavy as JP Licks. Better than Hagen Daz.

This ice cream is some of the best ice I have had in quite a while. Their chocolate and cinnamon is fantastic! I can’t wait to try more flavors.

Batch’s chocolate and salted caramel flavors are amazing — I cannot put down my spoon! Marshall’s Fenway farm stand on Boylston sells pints!

I was fortunate enough to have been treated with an unexpected private tasting of batch ice cream. The Salted Caramel put me in a state of… well…I had to go to my private place.
The Cinnamon and Chocolate bits flavor is phenomenal — you can tell this ice cream is nothing but pure goodness. And as one of the owners explained to me — there’s nothing in it but good stuff.
So, with 5 or 6 ingredients in each of their ice cream flavors, the makers of batch have managed to make a product that is nothing short of divine inspiration for all us ice cream lovers. They’re a woman-​owned startup that deserves a try and it seems that Whole Foods on Symphony Road is doing just that. So, get on your bike and get some of this goodness.