The Big Muddy Ice Cream Blog

So far in 2018, this is the most confusing flavor I've encountered. It took me like a really long time to realize the name, Keep Caramel and Cookie On, was an homage to the British WWII poster, "keep calm and carry on." But even once I realized that, I was still confused. Why do we need a Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor dedicated to this poster?? Reading the description of the flavor was no more enlightening. This flavor is described as Caramel malt ice cream with shortbread cookies, fudge flakes & caramel swirls.  Yeah, none of this makes sense. Maybe shortbread cookies are kind of a British thing? But also not really? And none of these components seem like they'll go together.  But I was wrong. Woah, this is the flavor I didn't know I needed. I know I'm behind the times and this has been out for a while, but woah. The base was a mild caramel flavor, but a strong malt flavor. And like, why don't we see malt in more ice c...

Dearest readers! Finally new-for-2017 Ben and Jerry's flavor that is actually good! It seems like B&J's was going for a more sophisticated flavor profile with their much-hyped new releases Oat of This Swirls and Urban Bourbon, but neither of these flavors really did it for me. Keep Caramel and Cookie On is a new Target exclusive, caramel malt ice cream with with shortbread cookies, fudge flakes, and caramel swirls. Most importantly, it is a new Ben and Jerry's release that I actually like! The caramel malt ice cream was superb. I like Ben and Jerry's normal caramel base, but it's so light in flavor that it's often drowned out by strongly-flavored mix-ins. The addition of malt gave the caramel base more punch, and made it the star of the flavor. I don't think I've ever had a caramel malt base before, and I definitely approve. It tasted like a slightly less sweet version of Honey Smacks cereal. The caramel swirl gave a nice pop of pure caramel sw...

Dearest Readers, I know you are probably tired of reading all of these posts about flavors that were new to 2016, but don't worry, I've got some new for 2017 flavors coming at you in a few days! So just bear with me while I finish a few more blog posts about some older flavors. This Haagen-Dazs Destination Series flavor takes us to UK for tea time. The flavor is described as Collaborating with the artisans at Rare Bird Preserves, we swirl creamy vanilla ice cream with ribbons of sweet-tart tangerine curd and buttery shortbread cookie for an especially delightful treat reminiscent of tea time in the UK.  First comment, shortbread is sooooo underrated. Or this was just very good short bread. It was super moist and sweet. The pieces were medium sized and just melted/crumbled in your mouth. There weren't a ton of them, but that made them extra special when you got one. Definitely my favorite part of this flavor. The most prominent flavor here was the vanilla. Haagen...

Vanilla, Tangerine, and Shortbread is the second flavor of Haagen-Dazs' new Destination Series that I've managed to get my hands on.  I think this is the only ice cream I've ever tried involving a tangerine element.  This is described as Collaborating with the small batch artisans at Rare Bird Preserves, we swirl creamy vanilla ice  cream with ribbons of sweet-tart tangerine curd and buttery shortbread cookies for an especially delightful treat reminiscent of teatime in the UK. Awwwwwwwwww! This ice cream is reminiscent of teatime in the UK! How cute! I had two very different experiences with this ice cream.  The first serving, I thought the vanilla flavor really overwhelmed the other flavors.  There weren't that many chunks of shortbread, and the ones that were there were crunchy and hard.  Also, the flavor of the tangerine curd was very light and almost completely masked by the vanilla base.  This was super disappointing as I absolut...

I bought this ice cream the same day that I bought the Klondike Bars. That day I didn't really have a plan as to what ice cream I wanted to buy at the grocery store; I wanted something to jump out and inspire me. The last Kroger frozen dairy product I had, I wasn't that impressed with. But when I saw the flavor, Fried Ice Cream, I was immediately intrigued. Anyone who has gotten fried ice cream at a Mexican or Asian restaurant knows that eating fried ice cream is an experience . It is always a little different at each restaurant, a different coating, different flavor, etc. I don't necessarily associate fried ice cream with with one particular thing, and I was excited to see how Kroger interpreted this ice cream experience into a flavor. There was no description on the box, but from the ingredients I could tell the base of the ice cream was cinnamon, there were cinnamon shortbread pieces and a honey caramel swirl. I was really hoping for some Special K/cornflake chunks...