Friendly's Vanilla Alpine Bar

[New for 2013] Ok, these have been hanging out in the basement freezer awhile now because I was very much afraid that they would be as terrible as the new Hood (fake-klondike) bars. Thankfully, they are not.

Friendly's Vanilla Alpine Bar

Vanilla Ice Cream with a Chocolate Coating

(notice the sealed plastic wrapper)

Magnum White Ice Cream Bar

Alright, this is going to be a quick review of something we've been meaning to get on the blog.

Magnum White Ice Cream Bars

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream dipped in Belgian White Chocolate

Gelato Fiasco Maine Wild Blueberry Crisp Gelato

Ok, time to introduce Gelato Fiasco to everyone. Founded in 2007, they are a Maine based company that is already spreading throughout New England and into New York City. The founders, Bruno Tropeano and Joshua Davis, were just 24 years old when they started, yet claim to have over a thousand flavors in their "recipe vault". That creativity is teamed with their embrace of social media. Just consider the fact that they've got over 12,000 Facebook fans just waiting to catch a glimpse of the day's special. I know I'm excited, and now they've sent over a half dozen sample pints to help celebrate their new (recyclable) packaging design which also goes along with their pints switching to certified Maine organic milk and cream.

Maine inspired flavor from a Maine company - seems like the appropriate first sample

Gelato Fiasco Maine Wild Blueberry Crisp Gelato

Vanilla gelato, blueberries from Maine's coast, and original oat streusel

Blue Bunny Butter Pecan Ice Cream

[By Nick] Recently, I came across a gas station that carries pints of Blue Bunny ice cream. You have no idea how happy I was when I saw this. As you guys might have noticed, I don’t buy large containers of ice cream often and tend to leave those to Dubba to review. It’s not that I don’t like the more mainstream ice creams, it’s just I like a lot of variety and seeing as I’m the only one in my house who eats ice cream it takes a while for me to finish off one of those container.

So now having access to a handful of Blue Bunny flavors in a more reasonable pint container, I decided to pick up two of them to review: Butter Pecan and Double Strawberry. The latter of which will be reviewed in the future because you all know I had to go with their Butter Pecan first.