Let’s be honest; when most people hear the word “vegan,” they think bland and tasteless. But the vegan ice cream at Go Lightly in Montclair turned out to be tasty and near-addictive. It was also a bit ice-crystally; we’ll blame it on being in the freezer too long.
The owner is 38-year-old Jennifer Chaky, who attended Montclair High School and has been a vegan for 22 years. Go Lightly opened as an eco-store, with sustainably crafted merchandise made from recycled or repurposed materials. Ice cream was added this April. After sampling various vegan ice creams, Chaky settled on Maze’s Creamery, on Staten Island.
The ice cream is from milk made with hemp seed; Chaky says hemp “has the cleanest flavor and is the most tolerated” of all vegan ice creams, including those made with cashew, almond and soy milk.
Trella admired “the very distinct flavor profiles.” Her favorite — and the Munchmobile driver’s — was the dark chocolate. Trella’s least favorite: the strawberry balsamic. Luby loved the “true peanut flavor” of the peanut butter fudge.
“I didn’t miss that I wasn’t eating a regular cream or milk-based frozen treat,” Earles said.
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