The Big Muddy Ice Cream Blog

FUN. That's my one word review of Coolhaus Birthday Cake Ice Cream Sammie, rainbow sprinkle cake cookie and cupcake frosting ice cream. Coolhaus started as an ice cream sandwich company and later expanded to produce pints. Their pint flavors are hit or miss for me, but I've never had an ice cream sandwich I didn't thoroughly enjoy. The Birthday Cake Sammie may not be for everyone - it's very sweet - but I loved it. The cookies are a basic sugar cookie, but with a perfect texture and plenty of sprinkles baked in. The cookies are thick, soft, and chewy, but don't get soggy. This means you don't have a mess on your hands (literally!) if the ice cream starts to melt. The sprinkles really took this to the next level. These were no weak-ass sprinkles! These were huge, sugary sprinkles, and the cookies were chock full of 'em! Honestly, I would eat these cookies alone. If you didn't get your sugar fix from the cookies, the cupcake frosting ice...

I know what you are thinking. This is not a dessert blog. We've had the discussion, we've had the debate. This is an ice cream blog and nothing more. And don't worry. I am not about to review cupcakes. However, there is a cupcake shop in Iowa City which also sells ice cream. I was out getting a few drinks during happy hour at a bar with some people, and while headed home, I missed my bus. Obviously, instead of waiting an hour for the next bus, I decided to walk home. Not too long after my walk started, I stumbled upon Molly's Cupcakes. A sign out front told me they had a few flavors of ice cream. My walk was long enough I definitely needed ice cream to help me get home. The sign out front telling me there was ice cream listed the flavors available that day. I believed the list read as follows: "Cookie dough, peanut butter, Nutella, cake batter." The Nutella sounded like it would totally hit the spot, so I ordered it. When it was handed to me, my se...