# Design your own ice cream **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688 "2005-07-22T18:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/1 "2005-07-22T18:16:27Z")
I used to be able to buy tiramisu ice cream locally, but the two manufacturers have discontinued the flavors. So, I went online to see what I could find and I stumbled on [www.ecreamery.com](http://www.ecreamery.com) where you can design your own, potentially very very weird, ice cream. Like cucumber avocado with a dash of licorice and cheddar cheese. I don’t think I can afford one of these concoctions, but I’m still happily piecing together tiramisu ice cream with coffee soaked ladyfingers and a dark chocolate chip. What flavor combination(s) would you love to try? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/2 "2005-07-22T19:21:55Z")
If you’re going to treat yourself to ice cream, break bad and go for the high fat milk/cream. For me: Coffee ice cream for base, hazelnuts, dark chocolate chunks and a raspberry jam ribbon inside. Not for $100 a gallon though. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/3 "2005-07-22T19:28:24Z")
I do this all the time since I bought an ice cream machine. Some outstanding experiements: Chocolate-orange ice cream with chunks of chocolate-orange jellies in it Almond flavor ice cream with chocolate and marzipan chunks Ones I want to try: wild berry or blueberry ice cream Cantalope-cocounut ice cream I use Ben & Jerry’s recipe book for the ice cream base. yummmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/4 "2005-07-22T19:28:45Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > If you’re going to treat yourself to ice cream, break bad and go for the high fat milk/cream. Am I the only person in the world who doesn’t like high fat milk/cream based ice cream? Hagen-daz (or however it’s spelled), Ben & Jerries, all those really rich ice creams are way too much for me to eat more than one or two bites. Give me a really good quality lighter-style ice cream where I can actually eat a whole scoop at once, that’s the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/5 "2005-07-22T19:55:25Z")
After enjoying Green Tea Ice Cream for some time, I got inspired and whipped up a batch of Thai Tea Ice Cream. It was goddamned tasty if I do say so myself. This was over 10 years ago and I haven’t made any since. It’s a hassle to find Thai Tea, then you have to brew it and reduce it or else it’s too dilute for flavoring the ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/6 "2005-07-22T21:06:51Z")
Way cool. They’ve got some genuine Filipino flavors in there. Cream and maiz base, with halo-halo and macapuno toppings; a taste of home! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/7 "2005-07-22T21:19:35Z")
I wish I could actually buy the ice cream. 😕 One I really liked - white mint, plus candied roses and violets ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/8 "2005-07-22T21:27:59Z")
I’ll have one scoopful of every possible combination. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/9 "2005-07-22T21:32:20Z")
Ginger-wasabi iced whipped soya with _hamachi_ or _sake_. Guaranteed to confuse the hell out of your taste buds, sinuses, and investors. (I’m just not sure how to keep the fish from freezing.) Just wait…it’s coming. Look out for it at your local Whole Foods Market. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/10 "2005-07-22T21:36:09Z")
Pistachio ice cream with dark-chocolate-coated pistachios mixed in. Call it **Swisstachio** , if you like. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/11 "2005-07-22T21:40:36Z")
I wonder if CUCUMBER DILL WEED tastes as awful as it sounds. I also wanna know why the success of cookies and cream flavors hasn’t spawned pretzels and cream varieties. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/12 "2005-07-22T21:59:17Z")
I like: 14% Premium White Chocolate/Dark Chocolate Liquor White Chocolate Chips/Cashews for a start. This flavor: 14% Premium Anise/Almond Peach pieces/White Chocolate Chips might be good as well. (As long as their anise is mild, and not overpowering.) Others that look promising: Classic mix Cantaloupe/Cream Peach Pieces/White Chocolate Chips (Maybe with Almonds/Peach Pieces instead) Classic Mix Green Tea/Jasmine Broken Cones/Cashews (Maybe with Almonds and Broken Cones instead.) Classic Mix Honeydew/Kiwi Pecans/Caramalized Pears Super Premium Cream/Pistachio Pistachios/Broken Cones (Or maybe White Chocolate Chips) Super Premium Cheesecake/Cream Strawberry pieces/Almonds (Or substitute Blueberry pieces for the Strawberries) Ok, I’m done. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/13 "2005-07-22T22:43:47Z")
If I win the 170 Mega Million jackpot tonight, I’m so buying a gallon of this: Nutty Chocoraz Chocolate Merlot ice cream, chocolate covered hazelnuts, raspberry ribbon ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/14 "2005-07-22T23:01:34Z")
:eek: People actually spend that much money on icecream? ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/15 "2005-07-22T23:21:52Z")
I wonder why cinnamon ice cream isn’t more common. They didn’t even bother describing the “Clove” flavor. I like clove gum, but that doesn’t translate well to ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/16 "2005-07-23T00:03:21Z")
An apple icecream with cloves, cinnamon, ginger and raisins would work well. I’d invent Lime and Techquilla Sorbet with bitter chocolate chips. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/17 "2005-07-23T02:16:35Z")
There’s a place here in Toronto that does a vanilla, apple, and spice ice cream. It’s good. The dark chocolate with cayenne, coffee and ginger is even better, though. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/18 "2005-07-23T02:23:48Z")
I came up with Dulce De Leche Ice Cream with Candied Rose Petals with an 8% gelato base. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/19 "2005-07-23T04:31:18Z")
I’d like to find a good recipe for a mocha type ice cream. Either a coffee base with chocolate added, or a chocolate ice cream with, say, coffee or instant espresso blended in. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688/20 "2005-07-23T15:09:45Z")
A while back someone emailed me a link to an English-language article in the Mainichi Daily News, a Japanese paper… surveying the bizarre world of some of the more exotic flavors of ice cream produced in Japan. The link doesn’t work any more, but I was able to turn up [this](http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/photospecials/graph/040701ice/) on their website, which has a series of photo images and subtexts describing what the ice cream containers… contain… Goat’s milk ice cream. Ice cream made with seawater. And whale flesh. And horseflesh. And many more! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-your-own-ice-cream/313688.md?page=2)