The Big Muddy Ice Cream Blog

Not too long ago, Madeline reviewed  the new Haagen Dazs Artisan Collection Tres Leches Brigadeiro ice cream. This ice cream is inspired by two dessert treats, tres leches cake and brigadeiros. Neither Madeline nor I have had brigadeiros. However, Madeline has never had tres leches cake while I have. First, I cannot believe I am related to someone who has never tried tres leches cake. I am going to fix that at the first opportunity I have. Ahhhh tres leches is soo good. It is one of my favorite things ever. If any of you, Dearest Reader, are so unfortunate and have not had tres leches I will describe it to you. It is a very, very, very moist cake made with obviously three milks. Those milks are sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and heavy cream. Basically tres leches cake tastes like the best white/yellow cake you have ever had just soaked in sugary sweet amazing milk. Like literally liquid pours out of the cake when you put your fork in it. I wrote that description w...

Tres Leches Brigadeiro is the second flavor I've tried from the new Haagen-Dazs Artisan Collection.  From their website: Through a collaboration with Paula of My Sweet Brigadeiro, we deconstruct her 'happy couple' brigadeiro to make a decadent sweetened condensed milk and cocoa, then swirl it into creamy tres leches ice cream. I had to learn about so many things before I could write about this ice cream! What the heck is a brigadeiro?  A brigadeiro is a chocolate candy from Brazil made with sweetened condensed milk.  They are spherical and I think about the size of those Ferrero Rocher candies.  These need to come to the states like right now.  I could see places selling these for 75 cents or a dollar.  I would buy them every day. The Happy Couple Bridageiro from My Sweet Brigadeiro is described as a combination of dark chocolate and white chocolate brigadeiros. What the heck is Tres Leches?  So obviously it means three milks.  But...