Because I’ve never shied away from dealing with the big issues.
Hood has a flavor of ice cream they have named Cow Chow. They describe the flavor as “corn cereal”.
Obviously Hood didn’t want to pay for licensing rights . But what is the corn cereal that this ice cream supposedly tastes like? Kellogg’s Corn Flakes? Corn Chex? Kwix? Cap’n Crunch? Quisp?
I’ll admit I’m not a cereal fan and I don’t see the appeal of an ice cream with a cereal flavor.
From their site:
Indulged in our combination of chocolaty sugar cone pieces, peanut butter swirl and chocolate cookie crumble in corn cereal flavored reduced fat ice cream
They’re probably going for taste of the milk left in your cereal bowl after you finish eating it.
Here’s a review:
https://www.masslive.com/food/2021/07/inside-scoop-hoods-boston-common-cow-chow-not-that-impressive.html
Let’s talk about the ice cream base. While it doesn’t taste like vanilla it also doesn’t have a distinctive cereal taste. The flavor that most strongly stands out to me is the sweet milk left behind at the bottom of the cereal bowl after you’ve had sugary cereal. I liked it, but it didn’t make me think of corn cereal.
It may be worth noting that ‘cereal milk’, while not common, isn’t unheard of flavor for this kind of thing:
Liquid Death even makes cereal flavored water.
I keep seeing this title as “Chow Chow ice cream” and that is NOT something I want to try.
Personally if I had been in charge of developing an ice cream called Cow Chow, I would have made it grass flavored.
Which might indicate why no ice cream company has put me in charge of developing new flavors.
Hot Pot flavor.
Cinnamon candy ice cream with cinnamon weed gummies
The inability to transport your ice cream across state lines is going to hurt national sales.
Well,
Hay is for Horses…
Blech. Never liked sweet cereal milk from those kinds of breakfast cereal.
What I do like is Wheat Bix, which is a fairly plain (Australian) wheat cereal, low level of sugar, salt, and malt (like Corn Flakes level, not Frosted Flakes).
That I like with ice cream, and I do it myself. Milk, Wheat Bix, Ice cream. I’d buy and ice cream with that flavour.
But what about Chow Chow ice cream? I mean dog milk has a much higher butterfat content that cow’s milk. Maybe it would be super-rich and delicious 
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I did have sweet corn ice cream at the Minnesota State Fair a few times. It was delicious. Think cornbread with cinnamon butter.
I keep thinking that, too.
I know you all have been anxiously awaiting my review of Graeter’s Kentucky Derby ice cream, featuring bourbon, black cherries and praline pecans.
I’d rate it as close to 4/5 stars, good crunch and flavor. Probably not something I’d feel compelled to buy a gallon of, but would get again the next time Derby season rolls around.
“You know, dog’s milk lasts longer than any other kind of milk.”
“why?”
“No bugger’ll drink it.”
Just make sure you don’t mistakenly get the Kentucky Derby Ice Cream made by another company. Theirs tastes like horses.
Yeah, it’s been a bit of a trendy thing here in the Northeast for a while. I first heard about it being popularized by Milk Bar bakery years ago.
A couple of months ago I had a brunch cocktail that was cereal milk, vodka, and ice with fruit loops on top. It was fun to try but not something I’d be clamoring for regularly.
I’d rather have Cao Cao ice cream. (Goes great with General Tso’s Chicken.)