There’s still a little kid hiding in all of us. Fudgesicles, Ice Cream Sandwich, Nutty Buddy, Push-Up, Heath Bars they are all good.
What’s your favorite ice cream treat on a hot day?
What do you buy and keep in the freezer?
What do you occasionally buy off the truck that comes by every day?
I keep Klondike Bars in my freezer. They remind me of going to the Tastee Freeze for a chocolate dipped vanilla cone. I’ll usually enjoy a Klondike Barr after I’ve finished mowing the yard. They’re best under a shade tree where they can drip freely onto the ground.
The kid in me sometimes can’t resist the ice cream truck that drives by. You can hear the music a block away. Usually I get a Push-Up (orange sherbert) or a Nutty Buddy.
I am extremely fortunate to live within walking distance of one of the great ice cream parlors of the world, Mitchell’s Ice Cream. On a hot day, I just head over for a cone of the tastiest, most decadent freshly made ice cream you can find. I also like their sundaes, and on special occasions I’ll even go for a banana split.
I’m trying to stay away from ice cream, as it is a huge weak point for me and I really am trying to cut out the things that I can’t seem to manage in moderation.
But, I decided to treat myself to a pushup, because I figured, as far as ice creams go, sherbet isn’t so bad. Plus, it was soooo hot and I was sooo tired.
I bought the first push I had in years. I removed the paper on top, my inner child chomping at the bit…and disappointment. It wasn’t orange sherbet at all, it was some tri-colored mess of lime and cherry and orange, I think. And it tasted gummy and not at all as creamy and delicious as I remember it.
Maybe another time, I will try a creamsicle and see if it is as I remember.
Ice cream in the summer? Make my mouth all gunky? No thank you, the closest I will get to that is a sweet lassi, ifn I can manage to get the recipe right.
My favorite ice cream treat is sadly enough not available in my area anymore. Remember those malt chocolates about the size of a small milkshake? The ones you could either eat with a tiny wooden spoon or let melt awhile and drink it up a like a milkshake?
Otherwise my faves are fudgesicles and creamsicles. Haven’t eaten off a ice cream truck in ages; you look a little odd buying by yourself in your 30s.
Jeni’s in Columbus is one of the city’s best food type places. She has a Riesling Pear Sorbet that is about the best thing you will ever eat.
For ice cream, I am partial to the goat-cheese cherry flavor.
The Wildberry Lavender is also incredible.
I love shave ice. The sugar free strawberry is actually pretty good in most places, and I say this as a person who generally doesn’t like sugar free flavors.
I like to keep a package of fruit bars in my freezer, because it tastes and feels healthier than ice cream.
But if healthiness were not a consideration, and I were picking my frozen confection based solely on what tastes the best, I’d definitely stock my freezer with Snickers ice cream bars.
Fudgesicles, Ice Cream Sandwich, Nutty Buddy, Push-Up, Heath Bars they are all good.