The Big Muddy Ice Cream Blog

I feel like I go through cycles with Dairy Queen.  I'll go for months without having any, and then suddenly get it a lot until I get sick of it again.  I'm currently entering the ice-cream eating phase of the DQ cycle, so expect a few more Blizzard reviews!  Most recently I tried the Fanniversary Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Smash Blizzard.  This is Peanut butter cookies, chocolate chip cookie dough, peanut butter, and choco chunks blended with creamy vanilla soft serve. Ok, there was so much going on here.  I didn't read the description until after I finished the Blizzard, so the whole time I was eating I was trying to guess what all of the mix-ins were.  I got everything except the chocolate chip cookie dough, I thought it was peanut butter cookie dough. The most interesting part of this Blizzard was the textural contrast between the peanut butter cookie and the chocolate chip cookie dough.  The peanut butter cookies were about the size of m...

Confession time.  I eat so many Blizzards from Dairy Queen, but I don't always post about them.  The Metro stop near my school is a 2 minute walk from a Dairy Queen, so every time I'm getting off the train at school I stop for a Blizzard.  OBVIOUSLY.  Here is a review of a non-flavor-of-the-month Blizzard from a recent train ride. I had my eye on the Brownie Batter flavor, but when I got up to the counter to order I was struck with indecision.  I confidently said, "I'll have a...." and then trailed off and made a really weird sound of uncertainty.  The guy at the counter laughed.  Then I changed my mind and decided to get a Salted Caramel Truffle Blizzard instead.  This year is Dairy Queen's 75th anniversary, so they re-vamped their Blizzard menu and rolled out a whole line of 'Fanniversary' Blizzard flavors, including the Salted Caramel Truffle. I was expecting vanilla soft serve with salted caramel truffles and maybe caramel swirls, so it w...