Chocolate Eskimo Bar
Эскимо Шоколадное
Chocolate Eskimo puts cocoa on both sides of the bar: chocolate plombir under a chocolate coating. It is the one to reach for when vanilla is not enough and you want the flavor to be the whole point rather than a background note. One bar, meant to be eaten cold and fast.
$65 order minimum · Free local delivery in South Florida and New York City
How it tastes
- First bite
- Coating and cream read as one thing at first, then the interior turns softer and deeper.
- Aroma
- Straight cocoa, more like drinking chocolate than a candy bar, with a milky edge behind it.
- Texture
- Smooth and almost fudgy at the center, under a coating that breaks cleanly instead of chewing.
- Finish
- Warm and low, the way a mug of cocoa finishes, with the coating's snap already forgotten by then.
About Chocolate Eskimo
Chocolate was never the default in Soviet ice cream — vanilla plombir was, and chocolate sat beside it as the version you chose deliberately. The Eskimo format made the choice easy: a coated bar sold from kiosks, eaten walking, no bowl involved. Korovka iz Korenovki still builds it that way, at a dairy in Korenovsk, Krasnodar Krai, that has been making dairy products since 1952.
Cocoa is a hard flavor to carry in ice cream, because it dries the mouth and mutes sweetness. Plombir handles it by starting from a high-butterfat base, the style Soviet GOST standards codified with minimum milk-fat levels commonly cited at roughly 12 to 15 percent. That fat coats the cocoa and keeps it round instead of chalky, which is why a chocolate bar made this way tastes closer to cold ganache than to sorbet.
Questions about Chocolate Eskimo
How chocolatey is the Chocolate Eskimo?
Both parts of the bar are chocolate: the plombir inside and the coating outside. The result reads as cocoa-forward rather than milk-chocolate sweet, with a slightly bitter edge at the finish. If you want a lighter chocolate note, the Chocolate Plombir cup is gentler.
Why does plombir carry cocoa better than lighter ice cream?
Cocoa solids are dry and astringent, and they need fat to stop them chalking the mouth. Plombir starts from a high-butterfat base, so the cocoa stays coated and round rather than powdery. In an airier, leaner ice cream the same amount of cocoa reads dusty, which is why lighter chocolate ice creams usually compensate with more sugar.
How do I order and what does delivery cost?
Order at korovkaicecream.com or in the Korovka Ice Cream iOS app. The order minimum is $65, and local delivery is free in South Florida and New York City. Deliveries are temperature-controlled and arrive frozen. Questions go to info@icecountry.com or +1 (475) 309-8943.
Can I buy Korovka in stores?
Yes, through retailers stocked by Ice Country LLC. Wholesale coverage runs across the Northeast — New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine — and Florida. Shops that want to carry the line can sign up at /signup.
Is one bar a single serving?
Yes. The Eskimo is a one-person portion, sized to eat from the wrapper in one sitting rather than to scoop into a bowl. You can combine flavors and formats across the range to reach the $65 order minimum.
