Yummy. Vanilla ice cream, fudge covered waffle cone pieces, lots of caramel.
There was no detectable taste of right or left wings.
I had to hunt for it up here, but it was well worth it.
Yummy indeed!
Fry up some crispy bacon and eat it with the ice cream!
It will be delicious, and incredibly American.
(This is a not a joke. Bacon goes great with Americone Dream.)
Talk about your no-brainer. What DOESN’T bacon go great with?
Matzos? 
It is one of the few reasons I will shop in the local Wal-Mart Supercenter.
I had a long, long argument with an old friend via ICQ about Americone Dream -vs- the highly superior Haagen Dazs Caramel Cone. It started off simple: “Haagen Dazs is better because they don’t have all that carageenan crap in it”.
He responded by indicating that Haagen Dasz is evil because they donate to pro-Israeli causes and he’s boycotting them.
I came back with “Uhhh…Haagen Dasz is owned by Pillsbury. Since 1983. Also, it tastes better because the only thing in it is milk and sugar and cream and eggs and stuff.”
He came back with “Yeah, but look at all the money B&J donates!”
I came back with “Uhhh, yeah, but B&J sold out to Unilever, who put in carageenan and all that other crap that B&J never would have allowed in the first place.”
Sooo…well, Mike’s never tried Haagen Dasz Caramel Cone.
As much as I like Colbert his ice cream sucks in comparisons.
Sorry, Steve. 
Fact: Here in VT, everyone gets free Ben and Jerry’s You can’t walk down the street without someone trying to give you some Cherry Garcia, or Chunky Monkey. Actually, more often than not, we have to throw it down the storm drains because we’re just sick of it. We’d ship it to you guys, but you know…we don’t want to.
Also, maple syrup comes out of our faucets instead of water.
RE: Americone Dream - I was just about to post, “I see that stuff everywhere!”
bouv: Yeah, one good thing about VT, that.
I miss every free cone day downtown, though.
I love their Strawberry Cheesecake flavor, but I have a hard time finding it sometimes, actually. Either that, or the stores are conveniently out on the rare occasions I want ice cream.
Seriously, anyone who likes Americone Dream, do yourself a favor and try Haagen-Dasz’s Caramel Cone. As chique said, it is highly superior. The ice cream is richer and, more importantly, the pieces of cone are crispy instead of soggy.
I tried Caramel Cone and it was good, but not as good as Americone Dream.
What’s wrong with carageenan?
Nothing, really. It’s a natural extract from seaweed that can help ice cream have a better texture.
Man am I glad I’m planning a winter weekend up there.
I haven’t had any AmeriCone Dreams in a while, but the bodegas near me are usually pretty well-stocked with it. Meanwhile my gut tells me this thread should be in Cafe Society.
It’s the first time I’ve seen the flavor in a local store.
FYI, in the spirit of scientific inquiry, I have just returned from a shopping expedition with a pint of Haagen Dazs Caramel Cone.
I’s not often I eat two pints within a week, but sometimes science is a cruel bitch.
Yup, nothing, really.
To my abby normal palate, however, carageenan (and that other stabalizer thing I can’t remember the name of as I don’t buy ice cream that has either) does the exact same thing to my tongue that corn syrup (rather than sugar) sweetened sodas do - it’s a kind of coating effect that makes me feel like I have to spit something out.
Beyond that, the idea of paying premium prices for an ice cream with the same ingredients as that plastic gallon of Blue Bonnet makes me twitch.
I’m sorry I hijacked your thread - mostly, though, because I reallyreallyreally wanted to like Americone Dream.
I’m all about the scientific inquiry, though.
Now, having tried the Haagen Dazs version, I have to say I prefer the Ben & Jerry’s version.
Primarily due to the caramel. It was slighly noticeable in the HD version, and totally mixed in with the ice cream. In the B&J version, it was discrete, not mixed in, so there were like veins of pure caramel. The cone chunks were a wash, the HD ice cream maybe a little thicker. But, ahhh, the caramel more than made up for it.
Science triumphs again.
Wait - you ate a whole pint at once?
Yes, this is America.
I’m sorry, this doesn’t compute. There’s a different way to eat ice cream?
Your scientific method SUCKS (she hollers while waving a banner emblazoned with “De gustibus non est disputandum”).
