Desserts- Turkey Hill Coconut Cream Pie Ice Cream

     As a coconut fanatic I had high hopes for this ice cream, and as usual Turkey Hill delivers a smooth, well proportioned ice cream.  There isn't too much or too little of anything, but despite the satisfactory balance of ingredients I wasn't as thrilled with this flavor as I'd hoped to be.
     Maybe it's partly because they put such delicious looking slices of coconut cream pie on the carton, or maybe I'm just spoiled by having had "cream pie" flavored concoctions at Cold Stone several times...I'm not sure exactly who to blame here, all I know is I was disappointed with this ice cream.  It had all the elements of a coconut cream pie, I suppose, but I was simply not convinced that I was eating a true pie-flavored ice cream. 
                          ~There was coconut, and a delightfully perfect amount, at that...just enough tiny flecks in each bite to give texture to the rich ice cream.
                         ~There was technically cream, so I guess they had that part right by default.  Not sure if that counts.
                         ~There were what Turkey Hill refers to as "coconut cream pie pieces", which are little more than pieces of dough which taste more like Play Doh than pie crust. 

     These false pie pieces are where the real problem lies for me with this ice cream.  If you're making a flavor that's meant to replicate the flavor of pie, the crust is a pivotal aspect of that flavor!  Pie is not only about the filling; in fact more people would probably argue that it's the crust which defines the pie.  The crust has to be on point, or it's not a convincing flavor.  End of story.  3/5 stars....I ended up picking out most of the "pie pieces", but extra credit for the coconut flecks.