The Big Muddy Ice Cream Blog

No I am not in Boston. Before recently, I was under the impression that nowhere in Iowa City sold Ciao Bella. However, I finally dragged my butt to the New Pioneer Co-Op. And by dragged my butt, I mean drove 5 minutes from my house. I realize I have been a terrible Iowa City resident given that I have lived here 6 months and I am only now going to New Pi for the first time. I feel like I find myself saying this a lot on this blog, but better late than never. Of course, you can always count on local grocery stores to have unique ice cream selections, even if the selection isn't huge. In addition to these Gelato Squares, I also picked up a pint of Capanna Gelato, a brand I hadn't heard of before. So look forward to that review coming at you soon. These treats are described as Sea Salt Caramel Gelato with Caramel and Chocolate Swirl & Dark Chocolate Squares . First note. I am always underwhelmed by the size of ice cream treats. I look at the nutrition facts a...

Raspberry and Chocolate is the second flavor in the duo of Kemp's Frozen Yogurt Shop flavors I recently purchased.  I was really, really excited about this flavor because lately I've been in the mood for fruity ice cream, but it let me down a bit.  This is described as Creamy raspberry frozen yogurt with thick chocolatey swirl with semi-sweet chocolate curls topping. Photo featuring my lovely Red Fuji poster. The texture was the same amazing smooth, creamy, very-similar-to-ice-cream texture I have come to expect from the Kemp's Frozen Yogurt Shop line.  It was maybe a touch icier than the two flavors I have tried previously, but nothing like normal store-bought frozen yogurt. Unfortunately the flavor was the disappointing part.  The raspberry flavor by itself was pretty good and the flavor of the chocolate swirl by itself was pretty good, but they clashed with each other quite a bit. The raspberry was on the tarter side (as opposed to the sweeter side...

This past weekend I went to the Missouri State Fair for the first time EVER! The fair is every year in Sedalia, Missouri, which is about an hour northwest of Eldon. The drive was all on rural highways by cute little towns and beautiful farms. The first places we saw were a handful of ice cream options at the state fair. There were some just soft serve places and one spot that said "homemade ice cream" in the general food section. But those spots looked like all the rest of the food booths offering turkey legs and funnel cakes and other standard fair food, that really isn't unique or exciting. So those spots were not the place for me. As we wandered around the fair some more we saw two spots that looked like good options. One was ice cream made by the Missouri Dairy Association and the other was ice cream made by Mizzou Agriculture Students. From another AmeriCorps member I had heard about Tiger Stripe ice cream made by Mizzou Agriculture Students, so I decided this was th...