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...

Because I want to be exactly like Lizzy in every aspect of my life, I also tried a Ben and Jerry's make you own core Sundae.  Lizzy reviewed a sundae she made with the hot fudge core  here .  I loved the salted caramel core when I tried B&J's new Salted Caramel Core flavor.  It was so rich and yummy. I may have had a glass of wine or three before getting ice cream.  Under normal circumstances I have a hard time deciding which flavor of ice cream to get, so under these circumstances having to decide on two flavors that would complement the salted caramel core was nearly impossible. I ended up going with the limited edition, scoop-shop-only SNL flavor Gilly's Catastrophic Crunch and retired-but-still-in-scoop-shops White Russian.  I went with these because I didn't know if I would ever get the chance to try them again! Gilly's Catastrophic Crunch is described as Chocolate and sweet cream ice creams with caramel clusters, fudge-covered almonds, an...