The Big Muddy Ice Cream Blog

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...