Ok, its summer and a popular season for ice cream [though its great all
year 'round].   What's your favorite flavor[s]?  Soft serve or regular
'scooped'?  What are your favorite  ways to have it served [dish, cone,
sundae, banana split, shake, whatever]? Favorite  places to get ice
cream??


And what other summer treats do you enjoy?

39 responses total.

One of my all-time flavors is rocky road from Baskin Robbin's  [though I
rarely get to  have it since I don't live near one; probably a good
thing!].  My next favorite is  probably pralines and cream...  I used to
not understand why people would get vanilla  when there's so many
'flavored' ones out there--but in the past couple years, I've  gotten to
like vanilla more and more.

Most of the time, I eat the regular ice cream since its more readily
available but soft  serve is great, too.  [One summer many many years
ago, I had a job where I had to  scoop up ice cream to the customers.
Some kinds were much harder to scoop than  others. And of course, we
always had a line up; eventually, I really didn't like scooped  ice
cream for quite some time...]

Usually, I have mine in a bowl but once in awhile, I'll do the cone or
something a bit  more elaborate.  Shakes and 'blizzards' are always
good...  And a month or two ago I  ate out with family and we were
served root beer floats; they were great and brought  back lots of
memories of having them during childhood.

Just heard that Traffic Jam and Snug on Canfield in Detroit has Bacon
Ice Cream...

Even though i am on a strict diet i cant help but consume ice cream 
during summer on regular basis :( 

My fav flavors are Vanilla fudge ripple and Chocolate marshmallow! i 
usually prefer having it a disposable cup or cone! 

Hot chocolate fudge! (It's raining here, and i eat ice-cream at night.)

Baskin Robbins - pralines and cream, anything chocolate, and mint 
chocolate chip. In a sugar cone. Yum.

Rocky Road!

Vanilla frozen custard with chocolate, puree raspberries and two shots
of espresso mixed in. Or if that's unavailable, Baskin Robins's Jamoca
ice cream in a waffle cone. 

It's a pity I can't have those (stupid diet!). 

Black walnut ice cream with maple syrup on top.

Baskin Robbins has it occasionally, Busch's carries the Haagen-Dazs
version all the time.  

Coldstone is the best! I like that I can get plain mint ice cream with
out cholate mixed in. Or cake batter ice cream with raspberries and
fudge mixed in.  Or banana ice cream with nuts and bits of brownie mixed
in. Or... Hmm, must make a Coldstone stop soon. Or hit up the Peppermint
Twist in Portland...

Growing up I loved Blue Moon and Superman ice creams. I've had them more
recently and they taste better in my memory. ;)

I prefer cones to bowls- unless it's a Coldstone waffle bowl. *laughs*

I've had some pretty interesting ice cream cakes in the past [like the ones
that Baskin Robbins create].  Then, of course, ice cream WITH cake is always
good.

One kind of ice cream I didn't like as a kid was butter pecan... For whatever
reason, I haven't tried it again since I was a kid. I don't know all the
reasons why not because I do like ice cream with pecans and/or other nuts
[like my favorites-rocky road and pralines and cream].  Maybe I just don't
want to chance still not liking it--so I get something I *know* I'll like.

The best Ice cream in my opinion...

Breyer's Butter Pecan
Ben amd Jerry's Pistachio
Edy's Cookie Dough
Cold Stone Lemon with Strawberries
Baskin Robbins Daquari Ice  (before they changed it this year.)

My favorite flavor of ice cream always has been and probably always will be
mint chocolate chip. I've loved it ever since i tasted it and it just gets
better every time i taste it.

My favourite store-bought flavours are:
    * Blue Bell Canteloupe & Cream
    * Blue Bell Tres Leches con Pina y Coco
    * Blue Bell Cookies 'n' Cream (Blue Bell Creameries invented this flavour)

We're very lucky in Austin to have a locally-owned chain of ice cream shops,
Amy's Ice Creams. (sorta similar to Marble Slab or Coldstone, but much
weirder). Whenever I go, I always sample the strange flavours of the day, like
Guinness, but I always end up getting Mexican Vanilla with strawberries
"crushed in".

 Recently (a year or so ago, I think) Haagen Dazs introduced a flavor
 called "Mayan Chocolate".  It's primarily chocolate, with a bit of 
 cinnamon.  Mmmmm..

I remember Superman ice cream!  Everybody else told me it looked (and tasted)
like Play-Doh but I loved it.

Re #14 and Mayan Chocolate ice cream: Man does that sound good.
THANKS A FRIGGIN' LOT, MIKE!

I haven't been to Cold Stone but people tell me it is good. 

My favorite ice cream is Bryers Vanilla.

Mine too, if you mean Bryer's *Natural* Vanilla.

Yeah. That's the one I like. 

I like those Bluebunny strawberry shortcake ice cream bars on a stick.

Oh, yeah, I like those things, too. I remember being introduced to them
as a kid, buying  one from the Good Humor truck that was going through
the neighborhood [I was rarely  able to get anything from GH].

[This is now linked to the cooking conference as item 251 from
agora-summer, 2007, item  69.]

Mmmmm...mega-chocolate ice cream.

Fortunately, i have plenty of will power at the cash register.

  Ok, I'm just gonna say this once. 

  There is a place nestled in Cleveland Ohio called Pierre's Ice Cream, who
makes THE best ice cream on the planet. Fortunatly for you who dwell north
of Our Glorius State, Pierres can be obtained at any Circle K store. You might
want to sample the newest creation, Hola Fruita Sherbet. To Die For.

  Then there is Handels. They are based in Youngstown, but fortunatly have
had the good sense to branch out into Toledo, Sylvania, and Perrysburg (Where
the Sun Always Shines, and there is NO RAIN, except when we need it, and then
only when it's convenient). Better than Coldstone, and not at all fattening.

 (It is widely accepted that Ice Cream, when driven for, becomes less
fattening in direct proportion to the miles driven)

Wow, I didn't know that.  Roadtrip in the making!

Circle K store?  I'd only heard of Circle K as the college version of
Kiwanis Club.

Is Handels an ice cream place, or a live mix-in entertainment place?
(Or aim i confusing Coldstone with somebody else?)

Yep, road-trip time!  :-)

Where are some of the other great places to buy/eat ice cream and its
various  concoctions?

I know Circle K as a gas-station convenience store.  Forgot which gas
station.  

The Circle K near me is only a conveniance store [doesn't sell gas].
Though I've never  stopped there for anyting...

Hey! I've found Hola Fruita at Kroger. The blueberry/pomegranate sherbet
is wonderful!

I am looking forward to trying oberweis ice cream.  Oberweis is supposed to 
have the highest butterfat content of any ice cream (18%)  Their only store
here in michigan is in Royal Oak, but they are building more.

Oh, man, that sounds excellent.

[Another grexpedition?? :-)   There's a new item in the cooking [also
known as kitchen]  that was entered today to plan/discuss any
food/drink-related excursions...]

Alma's Ice Cream Cafe out of Jackson Road has a smoothie with orange
juice, pineapple juice and vanilla ice cream that tastes amazingly like
an Orange Julius.

  Yes, I agree, You all need to come here to see me, come to a Hens game then
feast at Packo's at the Park, 

   There is a place in Monroe county named Calder Bros. 16% butterfat and oh
so good. Of course you could do like me and go right for the gold. There is
cheese, St Andre which has 85% butterfat by French Law. Funny how the French
can't defend themselves yet have time to make laws abut cheese.

Join us more often, omni.

Toledo isn't too far away...

(There is a Circle-K at the corner of Packard and Stadium; I can see it
through the window here.)

My favourite has long been French Vanilla.  I also like Butter Pecan.

I tried Coldstone Creamery twice and then gave up, since the ice cream
was tasteless and I don't much go for mix-ins.

I recently had some kind of ice cream that had carmel swirled in it; it
was good!

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