Ice Cream

[Bastet]

There's nothing like buying something you know you're not going to like and then somehow still being disappointed when you don't.  There was a good sale on Talenti gelato, so I tried one of the new layer flavors, the vanilla fudge cookie.  It's dark chocolate gelato, then pieces of dark chocolate cookie, then fudge sauce, then vanilla bean gelato, and finally waffle cone crumbles.

I love chocolate, but I hate chocolate ice cream/gelato.  I know this about myself; it hasn't changed in over 40 years.  But I thought, well, maybe it won't be so bad as a layer and I'll like the whole combination.  Yeah, no.  I wound up scooping off that top layer and dumping it down the garbage disposal.  What was left was delicious.

I wanted to try the salted caramel truffle - which is, from top to bottom, sea salt caramel gelato, chocolate cookie pieces, dulce de leche, vanilla gelato, and chocolate caramel truffles - but my store didn't have any. 

I'm bummed they retired their chocolate chip gelato, but I guess it was too basic a flavor for most people.  Those are the kinds I love, though -- vanilla or sweet cream ice cream/gelato with chunks of other things mixed in.  At least they still have the caramel cookie crunch, which is my favorite, and chocolate chip cookie dough.

Edited September 1, 2019 by Bastet

[ebk57]

1 hour ago, Bastet said:

I wanted to try the salted caramel truffle - which is, from top to bottom, sea salt caramel gelato, chocolate cookie pieces, dulce de leche, vanilla gelato, and chocolate caramel truffles - but my store didn't have any. 

I am going to have to pretend I did not read this or I will go out and buy some and eat all of it.

Thanks for nothin'

[PRgal]

On 8/10/2018 at 8:39 AM, larapu2000 said:

I've really started to dig on "nice" cream as a replacement for my summertime cravings for the real thing.  You slice a banana, put it in the freezer, let it freeze solid, then puree it in a blender/food processor with flavors like other fruit, peanut butter, chocolate chips, etc.  You can slice a bunch of bananas in advance and just make them one at a time, too.  The banana really doesn't turn brown (Mine have only lasted a week in the freezer, though, so longer may turn them eventually).  I really love adding fresh berries, and I'm trying out using some passionfruit pulp I had thrown in the freezer a while back today.  You can add a little cream if you want some richness, or almond milk.  

It's definitely NOT ice cream.  But it definitely suits my craving when I'm trying to lose weight.

I make this myself!  I sometimes would add coconut or dairy kefir in along with tons of other ingredients.  On another note, I LOVE Death in Venice gelato/sorbetto.  It's a Toronto-based (i.e. local for me) small batch company known for their interesting flavours.  Some (more conservative) flavours are good, but they also have things like Grilled Cheese and Sourdough, Everything Bagel (they also have a NU Bagel and Cream Cheese flavour right now) and Coconut Cold Brew Latte.  The bagel ones are WEIRD.  The founder was a $10K winner on Chopped Canada a few years ago (his dessert incorporated rosemary, ricotta and lemon.  Pretty Chopped-ish, huh?).

[Gramto6]

1 hour ago, Bastet said:

I wanted to try the salted caramel truffle - which is, from top to bottom, sea salt caramel gelato, chocolate cookie pieces, dulce de leche, vanilla gelato, and chocolate caramel truffles - but my store didn't have any. 

I got the chocolate cherry cheesecake layered flavor. It is OK but I don't like the tiny chocolate chips. I don't think my store had the sea salt carmel flavor 'cause that would have been what I would have bought!

[RealHousewife]

If I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, it would be ice cream. Cookie Dough is my favorite. I also highly recommend Ben & Jerry's Phish Food.

[chessiegal]

I got some Breyer's Extra Creamy Vanilla ice cream. I love soft ice cream, and this is really close in texture, and is delicious. I've been sprinkling on a little peanut butter powder.

The Fresh Market carries a brand called "Homemade". I've never seen it in any other store. It is really good.

[Anela]

I got my Jeni's Darkest Chocolate ice cream, last Friday. I'm eating some right now. 

[Bookish Jen]

We have two great locally-sourced ice cream vendors here in Milwaukee, Purple Door and Scratch. I think I'm going to pick up some this weekend.

[PRgal]

My son is getting his back-to-school haircut tomorrow and our (summer) ritual is to go to the ice cream place in the area (actually, there's more than one ice cream/gelato place there...too many, in fact (that neighbourhood is basically pizza, sushi and frozen goodies)).  Their scoops are made in house and they've been around since the mid-80s!

[isalicat]

On 8/16/2024 at 11:09 AM, PRgal said:

My son is getting his back-to-school haircut tomorrow and our (summer) ritual is to go to the ice cream place in the area (actually, there's more than one ice cream/gelato place there...too many, in fact (that neighbourhood is basically pizza, sushi and frozen goodies)).  Their scoops are made in house and they've been around since the mid-80s!

What kind of ice cream does your son like? I always find it interesting the variation of flavors that kids will love or hate...Although my kid was quite picky as a small boy about many foods, he would try and generally like *any* kind of ice cream 😸

[PRgal]

10 hours ago, isalicat said:

What kind of ice cream does your son like? I always find it interesting the variation of flavors that kids will love or hate...Although my kid was quite picky as a small boy about many foods, he would try and generally like *any* kind of ice cream 😸

He loves cookie dough (just like his Daddy!), chocolate brownie, birthday cake…..I’m not sure if he has dislikes.  As for me, I love apple cinnamon (it’s probably not all that common.  It’s basically apple pie without the crust), chocolate hazelnut (ie Nutella), strawberry, chocolate chip…..when I was his age, I really only ate vanilla and chocolate chip.  I thought chocolate had weird aftertaste.  

[GreekGeek]

To commemorate the end of summer, I finally bought a scoop of Baskin Robbins Beach Day. The blue color was a bit weird--not sure if it's supposed to be the sea or the sky--but it was otherwise great. It had milk chocolate caramel "turtles" and graham crackers.

[PRgal]

21 hours ago, GreekGeek said:

To commemorate the end of summer, I finally bought a scoop of Baskin Robbins Beach Day. The blue color was a bit weird--not sure if it's supposed to be the sea or the sky--but it was otherwise great. It had milk chocolate caramel "turtles" and graham crackers.

What does it taste like?  I haven't had BR in eons (we have too many independent ice cream and gelato shops in our area)!  My favourite is World Class Chocolate (which before I could read, thought was Whirl Class Chocolate because that's what it sounded like with my parents' HK accents).

[GreekGeek]

On 9/3/2024 at 8:39 PM, PRgal said:

What does it taste like?  I haven't had BR in eons (we have too many independent ice cream and gelato shops in our area)!  My favourite is World Class Chocolate (which before I could read, thought was Whirl Class Chocolate because that's what it sounded like with my parents' HK accents).

It's vanilla, apart from the mix-ins. 

[Anela]

I felt really anxious over the last few days, and have had no appetite. My stomach wants something, but I have the ick, and don't even want to chew, you know? So I had hot fudge sundae from Mcdonald's. for dinner last night.

 

[chessiegal]

I love soft serve ice cream. Blue Bunny sells containers of soft serve that I really like. I might have to try another flavor than vanilla, maybe. 😄