The Big Muddy Ice Cream Blog

Now that I making my way through all of the new for 2017 flavors, I need to take a quick break and get the last of the destination series before they possibly go away! Yes, I know this flavor is so  2016, but I promise I'll be back to new stuff in the next review. This flavor takes us to New Orleans, featuring chicory coffee. It is described as Collaborating with the small batch artisans at CC Made, we swirl sweet cream and coffee ice cream with thick ribbons of chicory coffee caramel for an experience rich with New Orleans flavor.  Swirl magic! Okay wow, I enjoyed this. Coffee and caramel should always go together. The chicory adds a bit of nuttiness or woodiness or something to the coffee. The flavor of the coffee ice cream was rather light, and paired with the sweet cream served as a wonderful backdrop for the chicory coffee caramel. There was as much coffee ice cream as sweet cream. I liked that they did a sweet cream as opposed to vanilla or something, becau...

I really like that Haagen-Dazs has decided to parter with smaller companies for their Artisan Collection and their new Destination Series line.  It's put a lot of small, awesome, dessert-oriented companies on my radar.  I recently picked up Sweet Cream Coffee Caramel, described as Collaborating with the small batch artisans at CC Made , we swirl sweet cream and coffee ice cream with thick ribbons of chicory coffee caramel for an experience rich with New Orleans flavor. Before I talk about the ice cream, I just want to say that CC Made have some really interesting looking caramel sauces including a rosemary infused caramel sauce and a bay leaf infused caramel sauce.  I can think of so many ideas for this in both sweet and savory dishes. So, how was the ice cream? I think it was really designed to be the perfect backdrop and let the chicory coffee caramel swirl stand out, but my pint didn't have very much caramel!  There was a giant glob at the very top of...

Lizzy and I are both on spring break this week, and I'm currently visiting her in Iowa City to help her eat some of the ice cream New Orleans Ice Cream Co. generously sent.  Over the past couple days we've been on a coffee kick and tried both coffee flavors in the lineup: Coffee & Chicory and Cafe au Lait & Beignets. Coffee & Chicory is A uniquely N'awlins twist as fresh cold brewed coffee & chicory jolts this delicious blend of ice cream. Cafe au Lait & Beignets is The famous taste of the Old New Orleans French Market, with cold brewed coffee & the toasty flavor of scalded milk, loaded with real beignet pieces & finished with a sugary swirl. Madeline's take: There is definitely room in the New Orleans line for both of these coffee flavors; the two base flavors are totally different.  First let's talk about Coffee & Chicory.  I've never had chicory alone, but I've had a coffee and chicory mix, a...

Man oh man, Lizzy has been churning out the reviews lately, I have to catch up! A sequence of somewhat random events led me to the discovery of a new-to-me brand and a possibly new favorite spot to buy ice cream.  A few weeks ago, scrolling through my Facebook timeline, I saw one of my friends was going to an ice cream tasting event at a brewery.  Does it get any better than that!?  I wasn't able to go to that event, but I got curious and researched the brand.  The brand is  Sweet Science Ice Cream , a local ice cream maker from St. Paul, Minnesota.  Let me tell you, I was like a kid on Christmas morning looking through their flavors.  THEY HAVE RHUBARB ALMOND CINNAMON AND PEAR RIESLING SORBET AND CARAMEL APPLE CIDER CRISP AND LEMONGRASS GINGER BARK AND OLIVE OIL AND SWEET CORN BLUEBERRY AND BLOOD ORANGE CREAM AND CRANBERRY GRAPEFRUIT SORBET I AM YELLING BECAUSE I AM SO HAPPY OH MY GOD I AM DYING.  dead. Ugh. Amazing.  They also source a...