Ice cream stories

[Halibut]

Taking a cue from the candy bar thread, what's your favorite ice cream? What about it appeals to you? Have your preferences changed over the years or are you loyal to the same flavor? Where do you go in TV when you're in the mood for a cold treat?

I don't drink coffee but love coffee ice cream. Ben and Jerry's Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch is the best, but Baskin Robbins Jamoca Almond Fudge will do in a pinch.

I also look forward to seasonal availability of peppermint candy flavor, usually only available in the Fall holidays months.

I met my future wife in high school when she worked at my local Baskin Robbins and I was in there a lot! :)

[Stu from NYC]

Taking a cue from the candy bar thread, what's your favorite ice cream? What about it appeals to you? Have your preferences changed over the years or are you loyal to the same flavor? Where do you go in TV when you're in the mood for a cold treat?

I don't drink coffee but love coffee ice cream. Ben and Jerry's Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch is the best, but Baskin Robbins Jamoca Almond Fudge will do in a pinch.

I also look forward to seasonal availability of peppermint candy flavor, usually only available in the Fall holidays months.

I met my future wife in high school when she worked at my local Baskin Robbins and I was in there a lot! :)

True love if she gave you an employee discount.

[Stu from NYC]

Cherry vanilla or Moose Tracks

[retiredguy123]

Reminds me of the cartoon where a guy is in an ice cream store and the only flavors on the menu are liver, broccoli, and vanilla. And, the guy behind the counter says, "we are out of vanilla".

[Graspher]

Haagen-Dazs.....chocolate and vanilla bean mixed together and softened. This brand of ice cream - to me - has the least amount of air whipped into it yielding a creamy fulfilling taste/texture.

[Stu from NYC]

Almost any flavor of gelato

[CFrance]

Talenti Sea Salt Caramel.

[Annie66]

Anything from Mystic Ice Cream, on the adult side of the list.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Chunky Monkey with Cherry Garcia a close second.

[Jodymouse]

I love coffee ice cream from any manufacture. I love McDonalds custard. Nice and creamy and smooth.

[Gerrys]

Cherry Vanilla has been my favorite for 50 years. I now buy Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia.

[Stu from NYC]

Sad that 1/2 gallon of ice cream is no longer 1/2 gallon

[Two Bills]

A scoop each of Kilwins vanilla and Belgian chocolate ice cream goes down well.

[La lamy]

Pralines and cream is SOOOOOO GOOOOD! But I often make banana 'ice cream' out of my overripe bananas.

[collector0915]

Vanilla Bean, simple and great

[Ginsanders]

If you like coffee flavor, you will love Chick-fil-A's frosty coffee! It is a bit of coffee blended in their ice cream! But the go to place for us when family is here is Ambrosio in Lake Sumter landing, lactose free, made with fruit juices. Pineapple, line, orange and vanilla flavors and you can get a twist. Grandchildren love them! And so do we! (Less expensive too)

[beckyallen]

Mint Chocolate Chip

[BlackhawksFan]

My current favorite is mint chocolate chip but having a high A1C I've stayed away from real ice cream and have been buying no sugar added or the keto brands like Halo Top. Or Sugar Free frozen custard.

In tne past other faves were cookies and cream, rocky road and as a kid Friendly's double chocolate.

[Barborv]

Growing up, I couldnt wait till the good humor guy rang his bicycle bell and I'd run out of my house for the toasted almond bar. Mmmm
I always loved mint chip also. I'd have to say today that Kilwins toasted coconut and their mint ice cream is an absolute favorite.

[Sailohio]

My all time favorite ice cream is Graeter’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk. The ice cream has large, nearly ping pong ball sized, chocolate chunks in the peanut butter ice cream. The recipe has all natural ingredients and is so thick they cannot mix it with a machine. It will burn out the mixer’s motor so it has to be hand mixed. There are other flavors available but the Peanut Butter is the bomb.:boom:

[Jbaxter]

I have always loved maplenut ice cream but can't seem to find it anywhere anymore

[kendi]

Taking a cue from the candy bar thread, what's your favorite ice cream? What about it appeals to you? Have your preferences changed over the years or are you loyal to the same flavor? Where do you go in TV when you're in the mood for a cold treat?

I don't drink coffee but love coffee ice cream. Ben and Jerry's Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch is the best, but Baskin Robbins Jamoca Almond Fudge will do in a pinch.

I also look forward to seasonal availability of peppermint candy flavor, usually only available in the Fall holidays months.

I met my future wife in high school when she worked at my local Baskin Robbins and I was in there a lot! :)

Haagen-Dazs strawberry.

[Alto2548]

Mint Chocolate Chip

Ditto that! My favorite is Haagen-Dazs Mint Chip. Not always easy to find so when you do, buy a couple of containers!

[kendi]

My all time favorite ice cream is Graeter’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk. The ice cream has large, nearly ping pong ball sized, chocolate chunks in the peanut butter ice cream. The recipe has all natural ingredients and is so thick they cannot mix it with a machine. It will burn out the mixer’s motor so it has to be hand mixed. There are other flavors available but the Peanut Butter is the bomb.:boom:
You from Cincinnati? Graeters is my husbands fav too. Aglamesis a close second.

[mamamia54]

Sad that 1/2 gallon of ice cream is no longer 1/2 gallon

That’s also happening with other products. Boxes that were 16 oz. are now 12, pasta, etc. somehow the price didn’t go down!

Coffee, although I’m not a coffee drinker, is my favorite flavor.

[MJY10101]

Haagen-Dazs.....chocolate and vanilla bean mixed together and softened. This brand of ice cream - to me - has the least amount of air whipped into it yielding a creamy fulfilling taste/texture.
We love Haagen-Dazs as well. It is dense and very creamy. Surprisingly, Blue Bunny and Tillomock at Winn Dixie or Walmart is very good as well.

[davem4616]

pineapple gelato...very rare that I can find it in the States, but in Italy it's always available

[mjkspear]

My favorite is Cherry Amaretto, formerly known as Mackinac Island Fudge Cherry Amaretto. There are several small dairies in northern Michigan that make awesome ice cream. This one has pieces of maraschino cherry and large pieces of fudge, in a white or pink amaretto based ice cream. I will miss it this summer, as I'm not going north. Don't have to worry about the calories though.

[Michael A. David]

Try MYstic Ice cream on 466A in Fruitland Park.

[Stu from NYC]

That’s also happening with other products. Boxes that were 16 oz. are now 12, pasta, etc. somehow the price didn’t go down!

Coffee, although I’m not a coffee drinker, is my favorite flavor.

For awhile would only buy ice cream that was actually 64 ounces but not they have all gone to it.

They could have been more honest (sort of) and just sold product with more air pumped in.

[sfryzel]

Mystic Ice Cream totally coconut! Hands down!

[2newyorkers]

Favorite flavors are Mint Chip and Chocolate Raspberry Truffle. Favorite brands are Ghiradelli and Brusters. And for the price you can not knock Publix brand especially the black jack cherry.

[Ecuadog]

Growing up, I couldnt wait till the good humor guy rang his bicycle bell and I'd run out of my house for the toasted almond bar. Mmmm
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I haven't thought of toasted almond bars for years. They were the best. Used to like the creamsicles too. Might have been a Bungalow Bar truck, though.

[Ecuadog]

Talenti Sea Salt Caramel.

Talenti makes very good gelati.

[rmd2]

Sad that 1/2 gallon of ice cream is no longer 1/2 gallon

I know how you feel but Bluebell is still 1/2 gallon.

[jimjamuser]

Taking a cue from the candy bar thread, what's your favorite ice cream? What about it appeals to you? Have your preferences changed over the years or are you loyal to the same flavor? Where do you go in TV when you're in the mood for a cold treat?

I don't drink coffee but love coffee ice cream. Ben and Jerry's Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch is the best, but Baskin Robbins Jamoca Almond Fudge will do in a pinch.

I also look forward to seasonal availability of peppermint candy flavor, usually only available in the Fall holidays months.

I met my future wife in high school when she worked at my local Baskin Robbins and I was in there a lot! :)
To be healthy, eat only cheese and ice cream made from Goats Milk!

[big guy]

My favorite flavor used to be be Ben & Jerry's "Totally Nutz" vanilla ice cream as only they could make it with nuts of every kind. I loved the crispy crunchiness with the smooth sweet. But, alas, they stopped making it and it is a graveyard flavor now. Fast forward, tried everything and nothing compared until Blue Bell came out with "Moo-llennium Crunch". It's even better with nuts, chunks of chocolate and caramel in vanilla ice cream. It's soooo good. I try to get it in the pint sized containers so I won't eat so much. The half gallon (yes, a half gallon) is gone in 2 days between the two of us. A good second is Blue Bell "Pecan Pralines and Cream". That one is good because it's too sweet for me to eat much.

[queasy27]

Surprisingly, Blue Bunny and Tillomock at Winn Dixie or Walmart is very good as well.

I agree that Blue Bunny is very good. I like their Cherry Chocolate Chunk better than Cherry Garcia, at half the price.

[PugMom]

Almost any flavor of gelato
Yes~! but REAL gelato--it's the best

[coffeebean]

Supermarket....... Ben and Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk.

Ice cream parlor....... Brownwood's Hershey's Cappuccino Crunch. For those of you who like coffee ice cream, this is, hands down, my favorite coffee flavored ice cream. STRONG coffee flavor with lot's of heath bar crunch and large fudge pieces in there too. YUMMY!!!!

[Stu from NYC]

Yes~! but REAL gelato--it's the best

We have gotten gelato in Italy and it is outstanding but no idea if their is real or not real gelato.

[Stu from NYC]

To be healthy, eat only cheese and ice cream made from Goats Milk!

Who knew that ice cream is made from goats milk?

Does the goat union know about this and approve it?

[CFrance]

We have gotten gelato in Italy and it is outstanding but no idea if their is real or not real gelato.
Supposedly if the gelato is displayed in stainless steel tubs, it's made on site. If in plastic tubs, it's factory made.


Still doesn't answer the question is it real or not.


Gelato in Italy was too rich for me. Tried it a few times and gave up. I prefer ice cream made without eggs. I believe it's called Philadelphia style.

[John41]

Butter pecan is our favorite. Per the current pandemic, about 10 years ago we went to LSL and bought ice cream from Baskin Robbins. We saw the clerk was sniffling with a slight cough. Our desire for ice cream overruled our good sense. We caught a bug from that sick clerk and got sick as dogs. Never again.

[Carla B]

As far as my husband is concerned, Blue Bell from the little creamery in Brenham, TX is the ONLY ice cream worth eating and Homemade Vanilla is the ONLY flavor. As for me, Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla is No. 1, but I certainly wouldn't turn down a serving of Moolinium Crunch.

I also love Talenti's Sea Salt Caramel.

[jimjamuser]

Who knew that ice cream is made from goats milk?

Does the goat union know about this and approve it?
Everybody knows, that goats give milk
Everybody knows, that cows do too
Everybody knows
the deck is stacked
Everybody knows
the war is over
Everybody knows
the good guys lost
That's how it goes
when everybody knows

[Stu from NYC]

Supposedly if the gelato is displayed in stainless steel tubs, it's made on site. If in plastic tubs, it's factory made.


Still doesn't answer the question is it real or not.


Gelato in Italy was too rich for me. Tried it a few times and gave up. I prefer ice cream made without eggs. I believe it's called Philadelphia style.

If the virus goes away and we do go back to Italy will look at the containers it is sitting in. Loved the taste of Gelato in Italy have had it elsewhere and just not the same.

[tedquick]

Pralines and cream is SOOOOOO GOOOOD! But I often make banana 'ice cream' out of my overripe bananas.

Pralines and cream has been my favorite for years but sea salt caramel is a near second.

[talktome]

The Scoop Deck in Wells Maine....best homemade maple walnut & chocolate walnut fudge. Yes I'm a nut person!

[Stu from NYC]

Pralines and cream has been my favorite for years but sea salt caramel is a near second.

Its a good one back in the days we went to baskin robbins that was the one I almost always picked

[fdpaq0580]

[QUOTE=kendi;1800872]You from Cincinnati? Graeters is my husbands fav too. Aglamesis a cl

[Chitown]

Does anyone remember the Good Humor ice cream truck with the Good Humor man in the white uniform? Our Good Humor mans name was Jerry. The Chocolate Eclair, coconut bar, or how about the X15 popsicle shapes like a space ship. Those were the days. All the kids came out of their homes and gathered at the Good Humor truck.

[manaboutown]

I have always loved Eskimo Pies.

[dougawhite]

Chocolate chip for me (NOT mint, or cookies & cream, or other variations). This simple option is surprisingly VERY hard to find though. I'll settle for coffee or strawberry. Also like maple walnut. My favorite ice cream bar was the chocolate eclair that had a chocolate fudge bar hidden inside around the stick.

[Stu from NYC]

I have always loved Eskimo Pies.

You better scoop up all you could find. People who see racism in everything think this is an affront to the Eskimos so they will be taking them off the market.

[delima2000]

Growing up in Michigan we had a dairy that made their own ice cream and I loved their blue moon. It had some pineapple in it. Nothing like you can buy at the grocery store.

[Stu from NYC]

Growing up in Michigan we had a dairy that made their own ice cream and I loved their blue moon. It had some pineapple in it. Nothing like you can buy at the grocery store.

Pineapple in ice cream? New one on me.

[coffeebean]

Does anyone remember the Good Humor ice cream truck with the Good Humor man in the white uniform? Our Good Humor mans name was Jerry. The Chocolate Eclair, coconut bar, or how about the X15 popsicle shapes like a space ship. Those were the days. All the kids came out of their homes and gathered at the Good Humor truck.

We had Good Humor and Mr. Softee on Long Island when I was a kid.

[Stu from NYC]

We had Good Humor and Mr. Softee on Long Island when I was a kid.

We had good humor and Mr Softee, been so long I forgot about him.

Also carvel stores back than.

Favorite store in Brooklyn was an ice cream shop called Jahns which had a creation called the kitchen sink which was a huge bowl filled with over a dozen scoops of ice cream and lots of flavorings.

Needed a village to finish it.

[Ecuadog]

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Favorite store in Brooklyn was an ice cream shop called Jahns which had a creation called the kitchen sink which was a huge bowl filled with over a dozen scoops of ice cream and lots of flavorings.

Needed a village to finish it.

We used to go to the Jahn's in Richmond Hill, Queens. I think my brother and I would split a "Super Duper."

[Stu from NYC]

We used to go to the Jahn's in Richmond Hill, Queens. I think my brother and I would split a "Super Duper."

I wonder if any of their stores are still open?

[jebartle]

Just wondering how many calories we've consumed while reading this thread, yuum!

[Ecuadog]

I wonder if any of their stores are still open?

The Last Jahns, Jackson Heights, Queens (https://forgotten-ny.com/2015/12/the-last-jahns-jackson-heights/)

[Stu from NYC]

The Last Jahns, Jackson Heights, Queens (https://forgotten-ny.com/2015/12/the-last-jahns-jackson-heights/)

Thanks so much for the link. Did not realize there were so many of them. Sad only one is left. Thread said kitchen sink serves 6, would have to be able to put away a heck of a lot of ice cream to do that.

The one on Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn was a great spot to go after a movie.

[Betty Wagner]

Love, love, love rum raisin, Hagen Daz.

[Aloha1]

Chocolate chip for me (NOT mint, or cookies & cream, or other variations). This simple option is surprisingly VERY hard to find though. I'll settle for coffee or strawberry. Also like maple walnut. My favorite ice cream bar was the chocolate eclair that had a chocolate fudge bar hidden inside around the stick.

Look for Talenti Double Dark Chocolate gelato at Publix or Winn Dixie. It's what you're looking for.

[Stu from NYC]

Aldi had in their special finds this week Gelato. Bought it yesterday and cant wait to try it

[coffeebean]

We had good humor and Mr Softee, been so long I forgot about him.

Also carvel stores back than.

Favorite store in Brooklyn was an ice cream shop called Jahns which had a creation called the kitchen sink which was a huge bowl filled with over a dozen scoops of ice cream and lots of flavorings.

Needed a village to finish it.
Long Island also had Jahn's when I was a kid. I believe it was in Levittown. Jahn's have a Wiki page and it says "Only the Jahn's in Jackson Heights Queens is still operating".

[tvbound]

Welcome (http://www.theicecreamshow.com/TICS/Welcome.html)



For an amazing number of choices and some great tasting ice cream, "The Ice Cream Show" in downtown Chattanooga (near the foot bridge) is hard to beat. It's worth watching the video on what makes it so special.

[Stu from NYC]

Aldi had in their special finds this week Gelato. Bought it yesterday and cant wait to try it

Found it very disappointing. Not like the real thing in Italy.

[tophcfa]

Since I don’t eat anything with sugar I typically don’t eat ice cream, and it’s about the only sugarless thing I really miss. However, my wife and I found that Kilwins in Spanish Springs serves a sugarless ice cream that is very good. That has now become a frequent destination for us on our bike rides.

[2newyorkers]

Long Island also had Jahn's when I was a kid. I believe it was in Levittown. Jahn's have a Wiki page and it says "Only the Jahn's in Jackson Heights Queens is still operating".

There was also a Jahn's in West Islip in the Korvettes shopping center.

[Stu from NYC]

There was also a Jahn's in West Islip in the Korvettes shopping center.

Wow Korvettes is a name I have not heard in many years. Was a great discount store in its day.

[davem4616]

Pineapple in ice cream? New one on me.



hands down pineapple gelato is my favorite....first tasted it back in '94 when we were in Italy, been a fan ever since. I've tried making pineapple gelato a few times, I get pretty close to the real thing, but I really need an authentic Italian gelato recipe to duplicate it

(otherwise it's like drinking Guinness over here vs. in Ireland...it's close, but not what they pour in Ireland)

today however, we are going to make some 'lavender ice cream'....nice recipe, the flavor comes from dried lavender flowers ground into dust. We'll freeze what we make while awaiting the Mission figs to show up in the grocery. We bake the figs in honey and port wine and serve them hot over the lavender ice cream. Lot's of great flavors going on in that bowl for sure.

[patfla06]

I have always loved maplenut ice cream but can't seem to find it anywhere anymore

Publix has a delicious Maple Walnut ice cream.

[patfla06]

My favorite is Publix chocolate chip.
Followed by Dulce de leche and maple walnut.

I grew up walking distance to Carvel on Long Island.

[Stu from NYC]

hands down pineapple gelato is my favorite....first tasted it back in '94 when we were in Italy, been a fan ever since. I've tried making pineapple gelato a few times, I get pretty close to the real thing, but I really need an authentic Italian gelato recipe to duplicate it

(otherwise it's like drinking Guinness over here vs. in Ireland...it's close, but not what they pour in Ireland)

today however, we are going to make some 'lavender ice cream'....nice recipe, the flavor comes from dried lavender flowers ground into dust. We'll freeze what we make while awaiting the Mission figs to show up in the grocery. We bake the figs in honey and port wine and serve them hot over the lavender ice cream. Lot's of great flavors going on in that bowl for sure.

We have fig trees have picked hundreds of them and given most to neighbors.

No clue what kind they are, have asked but they are not talking.:bigbow:

[coffeebean]

There was also a Jahn's in West Islip in the Korvettes shopping center.

Gee, that location is even closer to where I was from, Lindenhurst, NY.