With this taste being a staple on any ice cream counter, it’s almost impossible to be disappointed by cookies and cream, but My/Mochi’s attempt at the classic falls a bit short. The color of the mochi isn’t quite right, for one; it’s more of a pale gray, which is a missed opportunity to use dark cocoa powder to give this variation a more well-known cookie-colored exterior. Inside, the ice cream is smooth and has a similar gray tint. However, unlike the picture on the box, it contains no cookie chunks to offer texture or extra flavor. That’s a real a shame as flavor is in short supply here.

The ice cream tastes watered down, similar to the effect freezer burn has on an improperly stored carton. With a muted taste and bland appearance, this flavor is cookies and cream in name only. It doesn’t taste bad, but if I was offered this variety in a blind taste test, I might have mistaken this flavor for an underwhelming vanilla. And at 90 calories per piece, which is more than both the matcha and cereal flavors, you might as well find something that more boldly fulfills the promise of cookies and cream.