The Big Muddy Ice Cream Blog

I'm slowly and steadily making my way through the approximately 10 pints of ice cream I bought before and during spring break including the second pint Lizzy and I bought at the University of Minnesota Dairy Salesroom, Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffle. What a classic!  This is described as Chocolate base with peanut butter swirl and mini peanut butter cups. The chocolate base is a very, very milky chocolate base.  It reminded me of a really rich chocolate milk.  I tend to prefer a more pure, darker chocolate flavor, but this was well executed and I really enjoyed it.  The chocolate base had the same dense and smooth texture as the coffee base from Coffee Cappuccino Chip. The peanut butter swirl was thick and well distributed throughout the pint.  Even though the base wasn't very intensely chocolatey, it really overwhelmed the flavor of the peanut butter.  I had to really make an effort to taste the peanut butter in bites I knew I got a chunk ...

Soooooooooooo, confession time.  I've lived in Minneapolis and attended the University of Minnesota for nearly 3 years and didn't know that the U of M sold their own dairy products.  I'm a bad adopted Minnesotan.  Every week, on Wednesday from 2pm-5pm, you can go to the Dairy and Meat Salesroom in Room 166 the Andrew Boss Lab of Meat Sciences on the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus and purchase cheeses, ice creams, frozen yogurts, and meats produced on campus by students, faculty, and staff.  (Side note, can I please come over and play?) Lizzy loves meat! Lizzy and I went while she was visiting for spring break.  They had about 10 flavors to choose from in both half galls ($6.75) and pints ($3.50).  We chose two flavors and have a review of the first, Coffee Cappuccino Chip for you today.  This flavor is Coffee base ice cream with cappuccino and chocolate chips Madeline's take: This was not the strongest coffee ice cream I ha...