Carte D'or Salted Caramel

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When I saw this new Carte D'or flavour from Wall's I couldn't resist giving it a try. I love all things caramel flavoured, but salted caramel can either be really delicious or really weird, depending on how it's done. Luckily Wall's got it right!

I found this tub on special offer in Morrisons for £1.75. It's described as "salted caramel flavour ice cream with caramel pieces (8%)" and contains no artificial flavours.

Opening the lid it smelled more like butterscotch than caramel to me. I scooped out a few portions into a bowl.

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It tasted creamy and delicious, as I expected. I was waiting for the salted caramel flavour to become apparent, but it tasted more like butterscotch. It was very tasty and moreish, and the caramel pieces made it even more so because they added a lovely chewy, fudgey bite to the icecream. After a while it hit me that it did actually have a slightly salty taste, which was difficult to detect initially. The flavour is very subtle and well done, but I maintain that it tastes more of butterscotch than salted caramel. It hardly matters though because it's delicious regardless.

Overall, this is a tasty new flavour from Carte D'or which I'm sure fans of toffee or caramel icecream will enjoy. The flavour isn't too salty or off-putting so if you don't like salted caramel then chances are you'll still enjoy this. It's very addictive and I'll definitely be buying it again. I think it could be improved even more with some actual caramel swirled in.

Price: £1.75 for 900ml at Morrisons, £2 at Tesco.
Nutritional/ingredients: Contains milk, whey solids, condensed milk. May contain nut traces. 

On the subject of Carte D'or does anyone else remember the coconut flavour Wall's used to make? It was one of their best flavours in my opinion; it was so creamy and luxurious and had an amazing coconut taste. I haven't seen it in years so assume it must have been discontinued. I'm seriously considering bombarding Wall's with requests for it's return!

Here is a pic (image courtesy of iceshop.co.uk):
If anyone else remember this flavour please let me know in the comments!

Comments

  1. Ana21 April 2013 at 17:16

    Wow, sounds so nice. The only new Carte d'Or flavours I've seen this year were Creme Brulee and Panna Cotta

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    1. Kevs Snack Reviews23 April 2013 at 04:02

      I think we get Panna Cotta here too, not sure about Creme Brulee. Do you mean the one with a liquid centres?

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    2. Ana24 April 2013 at 08:24

      I don't know what's inside, I haven't tried it yet, though I plan to do that this year. There are two versions, a big one and a small one. Panna Cotta looks something like this.

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    3. Kevs Snack Reviews24 April 2013 at 09:08

      Thanks for the links Ana, they both look amazing! I hope they get released in the UK, all we get currently is this: http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/asda-compare-prices/ice_cream/walls_carte_dor_signature_creme_brulee_450ml.html which I'm not really a fan of!

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    4. Anonymous16 April 2024 at 10:49

      I bought the salted caramel a few days ago it’s now in the bin.The flavour was horrible and the taste was powdery.Would not recommend.

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  2. Lot-O-Choc22 April 2013 at 11:28

    Aw I was really hoping that this was going to be really nice and salty :( shame its just butterscotch flavour; i think ill end up giving this a miss then.

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    1. Kevs Snack Reviews23 April 2013 at 04:04

      Don't get me wrong it's *slightly* salty, just not enough to be called a true salted caramel flavour in my opinion.

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  3. Grocery Gems23 April 2013 at 00:27

    This looks great, shame it's not more salty though!

    I definitely remember the Noix de Coco, in fact I'm sure I had a tub in the freezer last year. It had a gorgeous coconut flavour. I didn't even realise it wasn't available anymore :(

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    1. Kevs Snack Reviews23 April 2013 at 04:06

      Oh wow really? I haven't seen it in years but then I wasn't really looking I suppose. I had a look on mysupermarket and although they have the coconut flavour listed, it says it's not available at any of the main supermarkets. I might have to contact Wall's!

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    2. Anonymous31 May 2013 at 02:41

      The coconut flavour was incredible! So creamy and tasty. Such a shame they dont still produce it - someone definitely needs to get into Walls' ear about this!

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  4. Hannah The Review Addict2 May 2013 at 14:54

    Carte D'Or is a good price and it's pretty decent stuff too. I don't remember the coconut one but I NEED it in my life!

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  5. Anonymous5 June 2013 at 10:46

    I REMEMBER!

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    1. Anonymous30 July 2013 at 06:36

      I love coconut ice cream and find it very hard to find one, I remember this and thought I was going mad because my family kept saying I was imagining it, as I could not find it again to purchase, please, please, bombard Walls. Thank You.

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  6. Anonymous5 September 2013 at 13:41

    We tried the salted caramel tonight, I thought it was okay, but cant understand why salted caramel did someone add salt instead of sugar etc to the mix by mistake & this there way of passing it off as a 'new flavour' I won't be buying it again,

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  7. Anonymous16 July 2014 at 03:17

    I had the salted caramel last night, it had different packaging and was more of a plain ice cream, with "salted caramel sauce" I was very disappointed and the texture was more like a foam than a cream.

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