Imagine Whirled Peace

Made the journey to the outside freezer once again this week to pick our flavor. I had my 11 month-old nephew with me to help. He was no help at all; he just looked at me like I was crazy. I know what he was thinking…. It’s 7am, why are you in the freezer looking at ice cream? Even though he completely judged me I still love him.

Imagine Whirled Peace Verdict:

Sadly this flavor doesn’t spark ANY type of memory for me. I didn’t grow up listening to the Beatles, so their music isn’t part of my childhood. I grew up on good ole country music. But I have to give Ben & Jerry’s and the creative team an A+ on the name resemblance of whirled and world.

Caramel & Sweet Cream Ice Creams Swirled with Fudge Peace Signs & Toffee Cookie Pieces

So the last two weeks theme has been, simplicity. Well this flavor is simple all right. It’s so simple that I think they forgot to put as much attention into the ingredients as they did with the name. This shows that sometimes you need more than packaging and a great idea to have a good flavor. The mixture of it all seemed promising, minus the peace signs. I just couldn’t figure out where they would come into play. And my suspicions were correct; they never really came into play properly. Everything with this flavor choice was mediocre. I am going to blame my nephew on the bad flavor, after all he was sending me those bad vibes when I was selecting.

On the up side of it all…we discovered there is a designed message on the inside of the carton. That gives my family incentive to finish the pint once I take it home tonight. Oh and Michelle, I didn’t blame you either. You’re moving on up.

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Boston Cream Pie

My stockpile in the freezer at home is still going strong. This morning as I was drinking my morning smoothie I excused myself from the kitchen and told my sister, I’ll be back I am going shopping. I walked to the garage freezer and stood there and analyzed each flavor and chose the one that most fit me today.

Boston Cream Pie Verdict:

I was fortunate enough to have been able to visit Boston this past June. I had intentions of staying 5 days. Well that turned into 7 days and I LOVED it. I had the GREATEST tour guide, my cousin Kim. The great thing about having a local as a tour guide is that you get to see everything and more. Plus you don’t get lost along the way. SCORE! I could go on for a few pages of how great the trip was, but I will keep it simple. I not only got to meet my cousin Kim for the first time when she picked me up at Logan International Airport, but I got to meet a few new friends along the way. Some I don’t talk to anymore (only facebook stalk now) and a few that I still communicate with. One of my most memorable appropriate memories of the trip was on the first day there. We went into the city to grab some coffee and Kim informed me that Bostonians are not the friendliest people, and wouldn’t talk to you. Well while on the patio drinking our drinks not only did I get our picture taken, but I also got tour advice from the so-called “unfriendly” Bostonians. Yes, I rubbed that one in as we walked away after finishing our drinks.

Boston Cream Pie Ice Cream with Yellow Cake Pieces, Fudge Flakes & Swirls of Pasty Cream

Even though I didn’t have Boston Cream Pie while in Boston, this flavor fueled the memories of the trip. Going along this journey I have found that I like ice cream that is easily scoop-able from the container. This is a sure winner; it came out like butter. Once again I am going to stress how sometimes simplicity is the best. The yellow cake pieces are perfect…when mixed with the ice cream it’s like you’re eating an ice cream cake. The fudge pieces and the swirls of pastry cream add the perfect amounts of sweetness. With some of the other flavors the ingredients were too dominant, to chunky and too difficult to scoop. Boston Cream Pie has the perfect combinations of everything. I have been spoiled two weeks in a row now; I don’t want to go back to those days of misfortune of bad flavors.

Michelle: I know you are anxiously awaiting this review for you own tasting later…but I am going to step out on a limb and say you will enjoy this flavor. Will you enjoy it as much as I did? I don’t know. But I don’t want to be verbally abused, or have to call my lawyer on behalf of deformation coming from you. You may be family, but we are both feisty Italians so use caution.

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Oatmeal Cookie Chunk

his weeks flavor sat in the freezer at work since last Friday because I found that flavor we won’t talk about EVER again at the grocery store on my way to work. And thank God it was still there when I opened the freezer today. If you know our office, you know sweets are found in no time and devoured even quicker.

Oatmeal Cookie Chunk Verdict:

Growing up my mom would always make homemade cookies…chocolate chip, oatmeal and many more. My mom makes amazing oatmeal cookies and I love them. MHHMMM good. We still have the same cookie jar that we have always had for as long as I can remember. When cookies were made, my dad would come home from work and crab a cup of milk and eat the cookies directly from the cookie jar. Coming home to a house after school that smelt like cinnamon from oatmeal cookies baking in the oven was a highlight of my youth. Okay, coming home to the house smelling AMAZINGLY was the highlight of my youth and current age. It’s one of the MANY memories that I have growing up.

Sweet Cream Cinnamon Ice Cream with Chunks of Oatmeal Cookies and Fudge

When they say simplicity is the best at times…. this flavor is the perfect example of that saying. Nothing about this flavor is overwhelming in my opinion, perfect combination of everything. When I took the first bite it truly tasked like I was eating an oatmeal cookie. But do make sure you get a piece of all the incidents to fully enjoy the taste that I am trying to describe. This flavor isn’t the best of flavors, or the worst of flavors. It’s the perfect medium to what I would call a perfect evening. It’s that calming flavor that reminds you that you don’t always have to be all balls to the wall or the hermit on a Friday night.

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Schweddy Balls

Disclaimer: Janna, please read this before you relay it onto mom this week. If you find it appropriate for her viewing pleasure then read it to her. ...If not, make something up. My sister reads the blog to my mom every week and they anticipate my arrival home Friday nights

Well this weeks challenge was that…a challenge. I went to TEN different grocery stores trying to find this holiday special. I’ve walked up and down so many different freezer sections I feel like I should enter some sort of rehab. But I did feel special as I entered the aisle every time because as I walked down the aisle all the lights in the freezers turned on. Every few steps lit up another section. It was like I was a celebrity, lights flashing everywhere.

Schweddy Balls Verdict:

I know a thing or two about balls…. And I am going to tell you from the get go… I’ve had better. I mean come on! This Saturday Night Live skit was built around inappropriateness and underlying humor. So when I heard of the new flavor, I couldn’t wait to get Pete Schweddy’s balls in my mouth. I expected more with his balls…but then again, I have been disappointed before.

Vanilla Ice Cream with a Hint of Rum & Loaded with Fudge Covered Rum & Malt Balls

Honestly feel like I drove all around God’s green earth for nothing. You know that empty feeling you have after you did something you shouldn’t had done…yeah, that’s how I feel right now. The vanilla was surprisingly strong and not what I expected. Then when you mix the ice cream and the malt ball together into one combination in your mouth, it tasted like you were eating a more solid form of eggnog. Don’t get me wrong, I like my seasonal eggnog addiction, but it shouldn’t be included in my ice cream.

The only logical way I can sum this up in one statement is…. You know when you see someone and think; DAMN they are going to be good in the sack! And then after your roll in they hay you think…. That was BELOW par. Yep, that’s Pete Schweddy’s Balls in a nutshell.

If you can’t find this limited batch don’t worry, you’re not missing much.

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