Jun
07
2010
Ice Cream!
Posted by Heather MacAllister in Heather MacAllister, tags: Blue Bell, Graeters, ice cream, summer
photo by Becco Eliacik
My current favorite is Blue Bell Pecan Pralines ‘n Cream. I like Blue Bell, but it’s expensive. On the other hand, I detest the way other brands are downsizing. Or even worse, whipping the product so that air increases the volume and leaves foam when it melts. Blech. So Blue Bell remained the gold (or brown-rimmed) standard for us until my brother-in-law claimed his home-town favorite, 
Graeters, was better. Impossible. So he ordered it and served it to us. And, well, okay. It was better. But not by much and at $4.99 a pint, now that it’s available locally at Krogers, it’ll remain a holiday treat.
What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?
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Breyer’s Health Bar Toffee Bar Crunch is my favorite. I can find it in Florida but not in Wisconsin. In Wisconsin my favorite was Blue Bunny’s Exquisite Mint but I can’t get it any more.
So in Wisconsin I visit the University of Wisconsin Babcock Dairy Store. Love Union Utopia and Mint Fudge Ribbon.
I’ve tried Blue Bell in Florida, several different flavors. My husband and I did not like the taste of any of them. Strange because others told us they liked it too. A case of different strokes for different folks!
LOVE Heath Bars! I think I’ve had that flavor before. Must go investigate.
My favorite ice cream flavor is “coffee”! Here’s an easy recipe for ice cream lovers:
COOKIES ‘N CREAM PARFAITS
In a tall parfait glass, place one scoop of your favorite ice cream. Crumble some cookies of your choice (good way to use broken pieces), and add enough cookie pieces to cover ice cream. Top with a little of your favorite syrup. Repeat. Top off with whipped cream, nuts, sprinkles, candy, cookie pieces…whatever you like. Just be sure to put a cherry on top : )
Oh, yum. That would be good with coffee ice cream and mint cookies
When I was pregnant with my youngest, there was nothing like low fat cookies and cream with hot fudge sauce. Yummy.
See, I would have skipped the whole low-fat part.
One of my favorite things, Ice Cream. I eat it all year long even on cold winter nights. My favorite is Wegmans Chocolate Chip. The chocolate chips are the perfect size and the vanilla ice cream is yummy. But if you give me vanilla, Cookies N’ Cream, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, or any ice cream with peanut butter in it I wouldn’t turn it down lol
I don’t know the Wegmans brand. My kids loved Cookies n Cream.
Baskin Robbins Rocky Road is my favorite. They do you Blue Bell in our grocery store. It is our grocery store favorite. They have it buy one get one free this week. so we got Turtle Tracks
Turtle has it all–nuts, chocolate, caramel. (Y)
Love Ice cream! One of my favs is Cookie Dough! Yummy!
I don’t know if I’ve ever had that one. What I need is a sample sale!
Yummy, ice cream. Love ice cream, most of my family does! My favorite is Trader Joe’s Coffee Blast, scrumptious, other top choices are Haagen-Daz Rocky Road because it has marshmallow cream not marshmallows! Starbucks Caramel Macchiato those are the top favorites but there are several others that are also well liked. Partly it depends on what is on sale as I like the pricey ice cream, if I am going to be bad I want really good bad!!
My doctor told me he thinks ice cream is one of the worst inventions, ever! Maybe because my cholesteral is a tad high! I’m not giving it up but am trying to not over indulge!
Great topic Tawny. (Y)
Yes, eat the real thing, but not as often. I haven’t had the Starbucks ice cream yet. Hmmm. Maybe have to give that a try.
My favourite ice cream is plain Vanilla with fresh ground black pepper on top
Other than that I’ll take any that is going (banana is nice) as I just loooove ice cream
I haven’t tried ice cream with pepper, but this morning, someone mentioned pepper with sweets. There’s a popular sauce here – raspberry chipotle. Hot and sweet.
Mmm…ice cream. Truly one of my reasons to get out of bed in the morning!! My favorite is Peppermint Bonbon. I haven’t seen it in years…
Mint chocolate chip is a decent substitute, and much more readily available! Yum.
Is this it? http://bit.ly/9ePro1
Wow – that just might be it!!! I grew up with Kemps! I’ll have to share that with my dad and grandma. They still live in the midwest and can maybe track some down. I inherited my love of ice cream from them.
Thanks, Heather!!! I never even thought of doing an internet search….LOL!
We don’t have Blue Bell here. My favorite flavors are vanilla, butter pecan and cookies n cream.
Cookies n cream seems to be a favorite. After all this ice cream talk, I just bought some at the store.
all the suggestions sound very yummy, but THE best flavor is Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia, cherry flavored ice cream, dark choclate chunks and black cherries. It is killer, and my favorite reward for pages completed.. try it!
jody :-P
I’ve heard about this forever, but I’ve never had it. However, in the interest of research . . .
Hi Heather! I like most of the others love my ice cream! My favorites are cookies and cream, butter pecan and mint and chip. But the mint and chip with the shaved chips not the chunky chips. Now I really want ice cream. You think ice cream works as a breakfast food? LOL!
Have a great day! (*)
Why wouldn’t it work as a breakfast food??? Milk, protein (nuts), bread (cookies), antioxidants in chocolate . . . Gotta be as good as a doughnut.
My husband has been dianosed as diabetic, but we have discovered that Blue Bell puts out a No Sugar Added series of ice creams. They taste as delicious as other Blue Bell Ice Creams. My favorite is the Half-Chocolate, Half-Vanilla, but the Butter Pecan is a close second. I have both in my freezer at present, along with their Strawberry. Yummy! Yummy! Yummy! In fact, I will just stop and enjoy some.