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"There is a wonderful surprise inside every flavor of new Dove Ice Cream" croons the label.."Open it up to find a lusciously rich and creamy chocolate layer made from Dove Chocolate and fresh cream. We call it Dove Chocolate Ganache. You will call it heaven!"

I call it something more down to earth, say, a reason to check your health insurance policy's coverage for angioplasty and liposuction.  It is not as though people are clammering for fattier - and more fattening - ice cream. Yet, thanks to the layer of hardened chocolate and the chocolate chunks in the ice cream below, Dove squeezes some 300 calories and 9 to 13 grams of sat fat into a tennis ball size serving (half a cup). That puts it in the same ballpart as Ben & Jerry's and Haagen-Dazs.

Reality check: that "wonderful surprise" inside every flavor of Dove ice cream may turn out to be not so wonderful the next time you step on the scale or get your cholesterol checked. And the "lusciously rich and creamy chocolate layer" may become part of that stubbornly thick and hard to lose layer around your midsection. With names like "Unconditional Chocolate," "Give in to Mint." and "Chocolate & Brownie Affair," Dove is trying to link chocolate with romance. A scoop of ice cream can fill your heart all right BUT not with love.

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