** Ice Cream Eating Now Official Thread **

[Crucifist]

Yeah man, glad to add it!

Would love to feature some more from you guys if any of you guys are up to it!

Would love to participate if I can rise above poverty long enough to get a phone that will let me upload pics...

Same thing I say about pizza in Chicago.. People outside the city only heard of Giordano's, Geno's, Uno, and Due but there are waaaaaay better pizza here

Last hijack, I promise, buuuut... PM me a list of recommendations? I could use some inside info for my next visit. I'm a deep dish guy, with a preference for the sauce on top. Stuffed variety is a major plus.

[Dre4]

Talenti Tahitan Vanilla Bean


In short, pretty solid. Worth the try but not good enough to get again. 7.6/10

Thinking of picking up some of their fruit flavors, namely Roman Raspberry, Blood Orange, and Mango. Anyone tried those flavors?

[Robboe]

Thinking of picking up some of their fruit flavors, namely Roman Raspberry, Blood Orange, and Mango. Anyone tried those flavors?

Those are all sorbets, not gelato. I think only their cherry, black raspberry and their new strawberry are fruit gelato.

I've posted about High Road's sorbets in here but ultimately don't think anyone else bothers with them.

[Robboe]

Decent cookie dough pieces and chocolate chips in one of the best bases going. Not much else to report. If you like cookie dough ice cream you will love this.

[Dre4]

Those are all sorbets, not gelato. I think only their cherry, black raspberry and their new strawberry are fruit gelato.

I've posted about High Road's sorbets in here but ultimately don't think anyone else bothers with them.

Yeah I know they're sorbets, jw if they're any good.

[Robboe]

Yeah I know they're sorbets, jw if they're any good.

Probably very good as far as sorbets go. But getting excited about sorbets, to me, is like getting excited to wait in line for something.

[Tdiguy]

Not to shabby, i really dont like b&j chocolate base after having graeters i just cant enjoy it lol

[Chadillac2000]

Freezer Finds: Paul (IrishPilot) from Minnesota finds Blue Bunny's limited-edition White Chocolate Caramel Cluster in Wal-Mart.

http://www.theicecreaminformant.com/...ota-finds.html

[ErickStevens]

I haven't seen a new Blue Bunny flavor here in over a year. Feels bad man.

[sofocused978]

Finished off a pint of Haagen Dazs Chocolate Peanut Butter last night. After eating Talenti's CPBC and B&J's Peanut Butter World I wasn't impressed at all with the HD. Not even in the same league. I need to rescoop the Talenti and do a side by side comparison with Peanut Butter World to see which one takes 1st place. I would have said Talenti but PBW was amazing and I haven't had Talenti CPBC in months.

[Chadillac2000]

NEWS: Only 6 more days to enter the Front Porch Free Stuff Giveaway. Enter by going to the URL below...

http://www.theicecreaminformant.com/...-giveaway.html

[Vendetta52]

I have. It is very good. I actually thought I had already thrown it up in this thread but perhaps not.

The base is not my favorite vanilla (Would rate High Road's, talenti's and maybe Gifford's ahead of it) but it is still awesome and works perfectly with the PB swirl. A very good blend of salty and sweet.

I totally agree, vanilla is a little lacking but the pb swirl is awesome. Thinking about digging into some Saturday or Sunday night.

[usawinston]

This Friday, post leg w/o:
I taste tested it at their ice cream shop in Columbus, and thought it was okay, but I didn't get any of the cookie dough or significant chocolate chunks. Putting it to the test. Why hasn't Chadilac2000 rated this yet?

[Robboe]

This Friday, post leg w/o:
I taste tested it at their ice cream shop in Columbus, and thought it was okay, but I didn't get any of the cookie dough or significant chocolate chunks. Putting it to the test. Why hasn't Chadilac2000 rated this yet?

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...BB5567F0-1.jpg

This is one of the reasons I reserved why I said I was reserving judgement. I finished the pint, but was still in two minds. I am prepared to re-buy to double check, but I was ultimately disappointed. The base seemed to overpower everything else in the pint.

Apologies in advance for pic-quoting myself.

Reserving judgement on this until i re-scoop.

[Robboe]

While on the subject of Graeter's, it looks like their newest LE is cherry chip: http://www.graeters.com/flavors.aspx

Also, yesterday EattoBlog posted up a review of some of their flavors. Doesn't seem like the blogger was too impressed (though they love Steve's if you check the blog archives): http://www.eattoblog.com/2013/01/graeters-ice-cream/

[Chadillac2000]

This Friday, post leg w/o:
I taste tested it at their ice cream shop in Columbus, and thought it was okay, but I didn't get any of the cookie dough or significant chocolate chunks. Putting it to the test. Why hasn't Chadilac2000 rated this yet?

[IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/winstonp/food%203/ADABA7F3-BD39-41AA-AE5C-82EB288BD989-823-00000048BB5567F0-1.jpg[IMG]

I thought we had settled this haha. Buckeye Blitz in most states are branded as Chocolate Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip. Same flavor.

Not sure why you guys aren't getting mix-ins. Mine was packed full.

http://www.theicecreaminformant.com/...ut-butter.html

With the upcoming giveaway, another Front Porch review. Mountain Mint Chip.

http://www.theicecreaminformant.com/...mint-chip.html

[Robboe]

Found this while looking for red velvet pop tarts. Had looked for it months ago when I first saw it on the Breyer's website, but had no luck until this weekend.



It's sugary, it's sweet, and it does taste like birthday cake ice ice cream (ish, it is a FDD after all). At least it does eventually, the flavor onset is on a slight delay and I didn't get it until the second or third bite. This is likely due to the high overrun of the product.

The cake pieces are chewy like cookie dough, so I should dock points for that, but I quite like this texture.



Ultimately, however, it is lacking something on the back end. The thing that Turkey Hill's and Blue Bunny's similar offerings provide. Probably due to it's calorie content being 130kcals/serving and it's ability to stay immediately-scoopable even if left outside in Antarctica for a month.

Give this one a miss fellas.

[ugasar]

Found this while looking for red velvet pop tarts. Had looked for it months ago when I first saw it on the Breyer's website, but had no luck until this weekend.


It's sugary, it's sweet, and it does taste like birthday cake ice ice cream (ish, it is a FDD after all). At least it does eventually, the flavor onset is on a slight delay and I didn't get it until the second or third bite. This is likely due to the high overrun of the product.

The cake pieces are chewy like cookie dough, so I should dock points for that, but I quite like this texture.

Ultimately, however, it is lacking something on the back end. The thing that Turkey Hill's and Blue Bunny's similar offerings provide. Probably due to it's calorie content being 130kcals/serving and it's ability to stay immediately-scoopable even if left outside in Antarctica for a month.

Give this one a miss fellas.

Thanks for the mini-review! This flavor was not on the top of my list to try and I will definitely be passing it by now..
On another note, any luck with the pop tarts? I am striking out myself.. Hopefully they are still in distribution, and not the fact that any stores in my town aren't carrying them!

[Robboe]

Thanks for the mini-review! This flavor was not on the top of my list to try and I will definitely be passing it by now..
On another note, any luck with the pop tarts? I am striking out myself.. Hopefully they are still in distribution, and not the fact that any stores in my town aren't carrying them!

The red velvet poptarts are brand new so don't fret about missing out on them just yet. I've only seen one confirmation of them actually being on shelves (and that was a walmart, so not really a shocker). I've only looked for them properly once. I'll update when and where I find them if I strike lucky though.

[MITCHAPAL00ZA]

The red velvet poptarts are brand new so don't fret about missing out on them just yet. I've only seen one confirmation of them actually being on shelves (and that was a walmart, so not really a shocker). I've only looked for them properly once. I'll update when and where I find them if I strike lucky though.

dude its hilarious. I went into wal mart looking for them too but no luck...ended up leaving with the bday blast as well. I gave it a 7/10. defintiely thought it was missing a frosting swirl/ribbon and I wasnt a fan of the cake pieces, thought their texture and taste could have been way better... I believe chad is putting my mini review on his site tmw

[Chadillac2000]

I believe chad is putting my mini review on his site tmw

Yep, going up tomorrow.

Freezer Finds: @UncleBuccs from AZ finds Blue Bell's Birthday Cake, one of their best, in the Foothills Mall Wal-Mart.

http://www.theicecreaminformant.com/...m-arizona.html

[usawinston]

I thought we had settled this haha. Buckeye Blitz in most states are branded as Chocolate Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip. Same flavor.

Not sure why you guys aren't getting mix-ins. Mine was packed full.

Ahh. makes sense. Sorry.

WTF @ your pic!!! I am def missing out on the mixins.

[AlwaysTryin]

dude its hilarious. I went into wal mart looking for them too but no luck...ended up leaving with the bday blast as well. I gave it a 7/10. defintiely thought it was missing a frosting swirl/ribbon and I wasnt a fan of the cake pieces, thought their texture and taste could have been way better... I believe chad is putting my mini review on his site tmw

Weren't you trying to give away all your poptarts a while ago? Lol

[Robboe]

Slightly smoother than usual HD, and lower in fat. Clearly they are using a higher percentage of skim milk and egg yolks than usual, and I assume a lower amount of cream. but not completely a gelato mouthfeel to this. The flavor is great though, I am a big fan of black cherry.

[Chadillac2000]

Max's review of the lastest addition to the Breyer's Blasts lineup, Birthday Blast.

http://www.theicecreaminformant.com/...s-breyers.html

[ErickStevens]

Not ice cream but when I was at Publix earlier I noticed they now have Publix Premium Cookies. I almost bought the Moose Tracks version but put it back. There was also a Buckeye flavor, Butter Pecan, and a couple others.

[BjjLeanBulk]

Grabbed me some Ben & jerrys Cow Power for tomorrow's weekly pint! Hopefully will get the review over to Chad for his website

[ErickStevens]

Grabbed me some Ben & jerrys Cow Power for tomorrow's weekly pint! Hopefully will get the review over to Chad for his website

Do you live in the US?

[Carvinge]

Do you guys eat a pint of ice-cream in one sitting? or over the course of a few days? I find myself loving ice-cream too damn much to not eat the entire pint, so I eat it for my cheat day.

Anyways, if I can, looking for reviews on Ben and Jerrys Cinnamon Buns, if suggested will get.

[Tuberacer]

Do you guys eat a pint of ice-cream in one sitting? or over the course of a few days? I find myself loving ice-cream too damn much to not eat the entire pint, so I eat it for my cheat day.

Anyways, if I can, looking for reviews on Ben and Jerrys Cinnamon Buns, if suggested will get.

There's over a billion reviews for cinnamon buns in this thread alone. Just do a quick search.

And yeah, most of us do smash the entire pint in one sitting - even on some of the high cal premium stuff.