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The Unofficial Ice Cream thread

GNO said:
Peanut Buttah Core is one of the top of BnJ flavours so I think you need to eat more of the pint lol

Get PB world if you want a 10 ;)
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I'm not sure he had the peanut buttah.....just regular peanut butter core, of that's the case get the peanut buttah core asap
 
mkretz said:
I'm not sure he had the peanut buttah.....just regular peanut butter core, of that's the case get the peanut buttah core asap
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Lol my spelling was just off, I don't think I had enough of it to give an honest review. Will report back after I crush at least 1/2 of it!
 
Ample Hills Peanut Butter 4 President:

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With how much I love Peanut butter, chocolate, and cake this pint is everything I expected it to be. The bold, creamy, and luscious peanut butter base is loaded with flavor. With the cream cheese name attached to the peanut butter base it was nothing more than a small aftertaste. The cake pieces were the steal of the show in this pint. A dual layered ooey gooey yellow cake layered with chocolate and peanut butter. The chocolate was a combo of fudge and brownie batter. The peanut butter layer was a replica of a buckeye filling with a semi-sweet peanut butter flavor. For peanut butter fans if you did not grab at least 2 pints of this you missed out!

Grade: A
 
This brand is generally not great, but we're giving this one a try on the uniqueness

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Jana picked that one up, I'll try a spoonful later.
Grabbed Tonight Dough for myself, to cover a chunk of my refeed. Trip to the border will be soon to grab better
 
Driven2lift said:
This brand is generally not great, but we're giving this one a try on the uniqueness

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Jana picked that one up, I'll try a spoonful later.
Grabbed Tonight Dough for myself, to cover a chunk of my refeed. Trip to the border will be soon to grab better
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Get you some Graeters, and grab the PB For President off GNO. That pint is straight $$$$
 
Kroger and Wal-Mart were both out of Tonight Dough all week :(
 
Driven2lift said:
This brand is generally not great, but we're giving this one a try on the uniqueness

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Jana picked that one up, I'll try a spoonful later.
Grabbed Tonight Dough for myself, to cover a chunk of my refeed. Trip to the border will be soon to grab better
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def worth the try for the uniqueness alone... how bad could a gummy falvor really be?
 
I hate gummies as mix-ins (at least all I have tried) they seem to harden way too much to be enjoyed

This was a swirl though, we just tried it and agree we like the swirl, its almost icing density and texture but sour. The fruit punch base wasn't enjoyed by either of us though.

I'd like to see a sour type swirl from another company, in an ice cream or gelato base...
 
Driven2lift said:
I hate gummies as mix-ins (at least all I have tried) they seem to harden way too much to be enjoyed

This was a swirl though, we just tried it and agree we like the swirl, its almost icing density and texture but sour. The fruit punch base wasn't enjoyed by either of us though.

I'd like to see a sour type swirl from another company, in an ice cream or gelato base...
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swung by a convenience store in my area on Sat that I always drive by and never go in ...they had kwartha ic in pints :) Picked up a Moose tracks
 
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Strawberry Cheesecake is back at Graeters for a limited time
Creamy, cheesecake flavored ice cream with fresh sliced strawberries and graham crust pieces.

Also Key Lime Pie
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Our rich ice cream base flavored with real key lime juice and crunchy graham crust pieces brings a refreshing key lime pie taste to Graeter’s ice cream.
 
Salt & Straw Complement Crunch
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Overall the mix-ins were something not seen often on the ice cream market. When combined together did a great job with a top notch premium milk chocolate ice cream. Besides the sprinkles not providing much in this pint they were still noticeable. The graham crackers and rice crispy chunks were the steal of this show. For those who enjoy childhood treats like rice crispy treats and cinnamon graham cracker you will wish you got this in your April order. Salt and Straw did a good job with this one and combining a unique twist of random mix-ins. Credit the kiddo's for creating this unique flavor.

Grade: B+
 
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Wholly Couch - Vanilla ice cream with a salted caramel swirl, caramelized pecans, and blondie brownie chunks
Sofa So Good - Caramel ice cream with a salted caramel swirl, chocolate brownies, and chocolate cookies
 
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New ample hills
Coffee ice cream
Coffee brownies
Infused coffee espresso toffee pieces


Hngggg who wants to split an order
 
Salt & Straw Triple Chocolate Cheerio Chimp
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Overall this is a good pint, not a top tier S&S flavor, but still very enjoyable. Being a chocolate fan I would easily consider this one in the future if the quality of the cheerios could be brought up. The base if you ever tried S&S is superb. The dark chocolate banana's were the highlight of this pint, but the only problem was the amount. The dark chocolate swirl bonded well with the milk chocolate base to add a different chocolate element. The combination of chocolate flavors flowed together and enhanced the chocolate presence. While this may seem unique with the combination of mix-ins the quality could of been upgraded. With that said this is a good offering, but not the best from the April order of Salt & Straw.

Grade: B
 
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An intense butterscotch flavored ice cream loaded with butterscotch candy pieces. Buttery, scotchy, yummy!

last seasonal flavor from Graeters.


Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip is back as well

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Strong.....
 
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An intense butterscotch flavored ice cream loaded with butterscotch candy pieces. Buttery, scotchy, yummy!

last seasonal flavor from Graeters.


Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip is back as well

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Strong.....
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Ugh I love butterscptch, Bob if this shows up at your Wegmans or giant eagle or w.e u have around there please pick me up one!!
 
mkretz said:
Ugh I love butterscptch, Bob if this shows up at your Wegmans or giant eagle or w.e u have around there please pick me up one!!
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Only online & scoop shops , wont be retail stores.
I had the salted caramel chocolate chip 2 years ago at the arnold. Absolute FIRE
 
Celebrating my birthday right -- with a pint of Half Baked.

NOM NOM NOM

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Round 2 for Jeni's.
Good thing ever since the first case I have only tried a few samples in the shop, and the flavors were not as good as before..
Time to really steer clear for good!

More AH & Graeters it is!

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Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is once again battling listeria, a problem that caused a huge disruption in the company's business last year.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration found listeria in the company's Michigan Avenue production kitchen this past winter after two out of 75 swabs taken in January and February came back positive, according to a letter the FDA sent to Jeni's CEO John Lowe earlier this month.

The two positive swabs were from the prep-room floor and a wash room floor, the FDA said.

No listeria was found in Jeni's products, however, and the FDA took no further action. second finding of listeria on the floor in the kitchen occurred last year as well. The problem cost the company at least $2.7 million and resulted in the recall of 535,000 pounds of ice cream.

The bad news, he said, is that the strain of listeria found this year matches the strain found last year in a pint of Jeni's ice cream on the shelf of a Whole Foods in Nebraska and at the production kitchen.

"Oh, gee, that’s not good. It is not a sporadic, random event," Yousef said. "It seems that there is a niche in the environment that is breeding this and reproducing it."

Jeni's created a cleaning and testing program last year after it recalled products and revamped its kitchen in the wake of the outbreak. Jeni's has taken more than 2,000 swabs in its facility over the past year and only found listeria on the floor, according to a blog post on the company's website in response to the FDA's letter. It also noted, as experts have before, that listeria is just about everywhere.
 
I don't get it.

I toured Nestle 3 days ago, running 150 years, 50 years at the plant I toured. Listeria not even once.

In other news I saw the World's Largest Ice Cream Cone

It destroys the old record, it was thousands of pounds and is being given away free at the fairgrounds here this year. They hope to serve at least 30,000 with it

I'll get a pic up once it's there on display I just saw it in the factory freezer
 
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Gotta keep that AH stash fresh.
Had to re up myself on the taste of NY Gowanus is 10/10
Floating over the highline (not pictured)
 
Salt & Straw Sea Salt with Caramel Ribbons

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This review is short and simple because Salt and Straw kept a basic concept and executed it well. With an over the top sea salt vanilla ice cream they implemented dense in house caramel swirls. For those who enjoy caramel this will be a hit. There is nothing that really sticks out besides high quality ice cream and thick swirls.

Grade: B -
 
The Solution said:
Salt & Straw Sea Salt with Caramel Ribbons

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This review is short and simple because Salt and Straw kept a basic concept and executed it well. With an over the top sea salt vanilla ice cream they implemented dense in house caramel swirls. For those who enjoy caramel this will be a hit. There is nothing that really sticks out besides high quality ice cream and thick swirls.

Grade: B -
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$22-24 for a basic vanilla and caramel?! No thanks!
AH seems like a steal in comparison.
 
GNO said:
$22-24 for a basic vanilla and caramel?! No thanks!
AH seems like a steal in comparison.
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All their limited flavors per month are not always the best. For example last month Carrot Cake and Corn on the cob would be worth the $$.. the rest would be meh.. Every company has a few that stand out, but their basic line is not the best.

From The march --> Cupcake and pots of gold
From April --> Cinnatopia, Compliment Crunch, Wildflower Honey w/ Ricotta Walnut Lace Cookies (This one took me by surprise)

Off their basic line Salted Ganache and Almond Brittle is worth the $$ Possibly one of the best pints I have ever had period. SnickerDoodle is pretty good same with the brownie. I would rather skip some flavors I would find no interest in and invest in something of the basic line that would appeal to me and actually be worth my time. If i could order less then 5 pints I would after trying some of the basic flavors.
 
If I ,ale another salt and straw order almond butter will be on there no ,matter what the other flavors that was amazing.....
 
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Spectacular speculoos needs to come into pints ASAP

Dark caramel and vanilla ice cream
Speculoos cookies and cookie butter swirl

Hnnnggggg
 
^^^Spec core is probably my 3rd BnJ flav behind PB world & PB Buttah
 
Speculoos gets eaten by the jar here, I usually have 2-3 kinds around lol.
That one is a need for me to try
 
Driven2lift said:
Speculoos gets eaten by the jar here, I usually have 2-3 kinds around lol.
That one is a need for me to try
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We need to move bro. I was flying back from NJ and they had a mini BnJ kiosk right at the Air Canada gate, like just tubbing in our face smh...
 
GNO said:
We need to move bro. I was flying back from NJ and they had a mini BnJ kiosk right at the Air Canada gate, like just tubbing in our face smh...
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They have Jeni's disposable vending machines in the Columbus Airports.. lol
Just imagine if they had Graeters?
brb eating buckeye on my flight.
 
The Solution said:
Salt & Straw Sea Salt with Caramel Ribbons

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This review is short and simple because Salt and Straw kept a basic concept and executed it well. With an over the top sea salt vanilla ice cream they implemented dense in house caramel swirls. For those who enjoy caramel this will be a hit. There is nothing that really sticks out besides high quality ice cream and thick swirls.

Grade: B -
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Daaaaammmmmm that looks almost as good as the one you made with the Caramel cookie crunch modern

I love me some caramel
 
So what we need is a Speculoos swirl, salted caramel base, with brown sugar oatmeal cookie chunks

Maybe a second mix-in.

Spec. Core isn't in my top list, a few tweaks and it would/could be
 
LLN said:
this has to be a joke.
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Nope lol. Maybe I haven't tried enough but actually have had quite a few.

The Solution said:
Oatmeal Cookie Chunk
Dublin Mudslide
Gingersnap
Chubby Hubby
Candy Bar Pie
Coconut 7 Layer Bar
Cinnamon Buns
Milk & Cookies

>>>> Speculoos and PB Core
IMO of course.
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Of these flavours I have only had Cinn buns and still liked spec core better.
 
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