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Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream Bars, Vanilla & Milk Chocolate
Frozen Foods
📊 NOVA 4🌾 Gluten-Free

Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream Bars, Vanilla & Milk Chocolate

Haagen-Dazs
9 foz
Available at Foodtown
280
Calories
4g
Protein
20g
Sugars
50mg
Sodium
1g
Fiber
33
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream Bars, Vanilla & Milk Chocolate occupy the premium frozen novelties section of the grocery store — you'll find them in the freezer aisle alongside other higher-end bars and pint-sized premium ice creams like Magnum and Ben & Jerry's. They read as a single-serve luxury dessert for moments when shoppers want something more refined than a generic ice pop. Typical occasions include a treat after dinner, a movie-night indulgence, or a pick-me-up on a warm afternoon. The brand positioning leans heavily into luxury, nostalgia, and culinary craftsmanship: minimalist, upscale packaging and storytelling about founders and quality ingredients target adults with discretionary income who value taste and provenance. Label claims you’ll notice — “made with cream,” OU Kosher dairy certification, and a statement about milk from cows not treated with rBST — cultivate a natural, high-quality halo without organic certification or explicit health claims. Visually and sensory-wise, expect a dense, custardy vanilla center (egg yolks and cream add richness) enrobed in a glossy milk chocolate and coconut oil coating that gives a satisfying snap and melt; bars are individually wrapped on sticks in a boxed format, lending themselves to a small ritual of unwrapping and biting through the shell. In plain language, this is a factory-made frozen dessert: dairy is pasteurized and churned, and the bars are industrially dipped and packaged. While ingredients are few and familiar, processing steps and added components like a chocolate coating and soy lecithin indicate it's an engineered convenience dessert positioned as an indulgent, premium treat.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1.0
Servings per Container: 3
Calories280
% Daily Value*
Total Fat19g24%
Saturated Fat13g65%
Cholesterol60mg20%
Sodium50mg2%
Total Carbohydrate22g8%
Dietary Fiber1g4%
Total Sugars20g
Protein4g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS:, VANILLA, ICE, CREAM:, CREAM;, SKIM, MILK;, SUGAR;, EGG, YOLKS;, VANILLA, EXTRACT., MILK, CHOCOLATE, AND, VEGETABLE, OIL, COATING:, MILK, CHOCOLATE, (SUGAR,, WHOLE, MILK, POWDER,, CHOCOLATE,, COCOA, BUTTER,, SOY, LECITHIN,, VANILLA, EXTRACT),, COCONUT, OIL..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • coconut oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • soy lecithin - Processed emulsifier
No Seed OilNo Emulsifier

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Although ingredients are recognizable, the product is an industrially formulated frozen novelty with a chocolate coating, added emulsifier (soy lecithin), and manufacturing processes typical of ultra-processed foods, so it fits NOVA 4.

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Common Questions about Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream Bars, Vanilla & Milk Chocolate

Healthy can be a bit subjective! These bars are deliciously indulgent, with 280 calories and a good amount of sugar (20g) per serving. They’re great for a treat but not necessarily a daily health food — think of them as a delightful dessert rather than a nutritional powerhouse.

Perfect For

movie-night
weekend-brunch
summer-treat

Vibe:

indulgentnostalgicluxurious
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