The Big Muddy Ice Cream Blog

While you've probably recovered from your New Year's Eve debauchery at this point, you may still be looking for something to get you through the rest of 2018 since it's already shaping up to be as weird (politically) as 2017 which is ... not great. Sweet Science boozy ice creams may be just the thing. At their December free ice cream tasting, Sweet Science had two boozy flavors on hand: Old Fashioned and White Russian. About their Old Fashioned they say, We started with the basic elements: orange, whiskey, cherries, and bitters, and thought how best to bring them to life in a pint. Using 45th Parallel Distillery's Richmond Rye as a base, we layered in lots of rich flavor, a few brandied cherries, and rounded it out with a healthy dose of Easy & Oskey Cherry Vanilla bitters. Confession. I don't love boozy ice cream, especially when it takes inspiration from a cocktail that isn't creamy in the first place, so Old Fashioned wasn't totally my thin...

I've had my eye on local brand  JonnyPops  (All-natural frozen smoothies on a stick) for a long time, but never got around to picking up a box for several reasons. I don't eat a ton of ice cream treats (which I realize is something I really need to remedy), and the normal price of JonnyPops seemed a bit steep for only three popsicles. On a recent trip to the grocery store these were FINALLY on sale for ~$3.50 for a box of 3 bars, so I snagged a box of Coffee Chocolate & Cream pops.  All of their other flavors are fruit flavors.  There's not a product description, so to speak, but I'll go ahead and give you the ingredient list: Cold pressed coffee, heavy cream, cane sugar, dark chocolate, guar gum, salt. Not much going on there, but in a good way. Mmmmmmmm, creeeeeeaaaaaammmmm. These popsicles were really good. Like really good.  Good enough that I'm now convinced to try their other, fruity flavors. Cold brewing coffee (rather than traditional ...