Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Dark Chocolate Cookie Ice Cream Bar

[New for 2017, discontinued by end of 2021] 

After devouring today's item as fuel for another blah commute, I had a thought as I was driving. When was the last time Haagen-Dazs disappointed you? I don't mean "oh man, I shouldn't have eaten so much ice cream" disappointment, I mean "that was terrible" type disappointment. It's rare and I think that says a lot about H-D.

Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Dark Chocolate Cookie Ice Cream Bars

chocolate cookie crumbles vanilla ice cream,
dipped in dark chocolate with waffle cookie pieces

Dairy Queen Guardians Awesome Mix Blizzard May 2017 Blizzard of the Month

[New for late April 2017] Dairy Queen decided to release the May blizzard of the month a little early and to my pleasant surprise, my local DQ is advertising it. Break time!

Dairy Queen Guardians Awesome Mix Blizzard

Mini brookies (brownies and cookies baked together), caramel,
and choco chunks blended with creamy vanilla soft serve

Friendly's Purple Potamus Ice Cream

[Note: this was released as Purple Cow ice cream at the beginning of 2012]

[New for early 2017] Continuing with the limited edition animal silliness that is the turtle on Turtle Sundae and the elephant on Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel, Friendly's would like to introduce us to a purple hippopotamus with their new....

Friendly's Purple Potamus Ice Cream

Mixed berry (strawberry, blueberry, raspberry) ice cream
with chocolate flavored chunks

Ben & Jerry's Urban Bourbon Ice Cream

[By Nick, New for 2017] Seeing as Dubba has had the photos for this review for a couple of weeks now, maybe I should send him some words to go with it.

Ben & Jerry's Urban Bourbon Ice Cream

burnt caramel ice cream with almonds, fudge flakes & bourbon caramel swirls

Magnum Double Chocolate Hazelnut Ice Cream Bar

[New for 2017] I'll admit it, I had no intention of trying the new hazelnut variation this year. I figured I'd either let Nick review it or just skip it entirely, but I somehow accidentally put a thought in my brain and I couldn't get it out. You see, I've never reviewed a hazelnut product that has clicked with me... but what if this is the one? Could an abundance of chocolate win me over?

Magnum Double Chocolate Hazelnut Ice Cream Bar

chocolate hazelnut ice cream dipped in chocolatey coating,
hazelnut sauce and milk chocolate

Chick-fil-A Frosted Strawberry Lemonade

[New for Spring 2017] I don't know about you, but I'm ok with strawberry being a spring flavor. Chick-fil-A has decided to add strawberry puree to their frosted lemonade product which by itself is a mix of lemonade and their ice dream product (something akin to vanilla softserve).

Chick-fil-A Frosted Strawberry Lemonade

fresh squeezed lemonade, vanilla ice dream, strawberry puree

Burger King Froot Loops Shake and the Nosh Show Episode 102

[New for April 2017] Hello Nosh Show Listeners! Episode 102 is here, and while our good bud Eric wasn't there in person, he was still there in spirit as his name pops up several times during the show. You know what else also pops up in the Nosh or Not Segment? That's right, BK's new Fruit Loop Shake! Wait, I'm supposed to call it the...

Burger King Froot Loop Shake

Good Humor Frozen Dessert Oreo Cones

[New for 2017] Time for the latest and greatest from Good Humor. We've seen this idea attacked several times over the years, but let's see what the 2017 version has in store for us.

Good Humor Frozen Dessert Oreo Cones

"crispy chocolatey cone, luscious vanilla, and crumbled OREO cookie pieces."

Perry's Sweet Cream Ice Cream Sandwiches

[New for April 2017] Perry's was nice enough to send over a care package containing free samples of some of their latest and greatest stuff now debuting for 2017. Included in the package was two new varieties of ice cream sandwich and regular readers now I love ice cream sandwiches. Since mint isn't really my thing in the early AM, I decided to grab this for the road:

Perry's Sweet Cream Ice Cream Sandwiches

creamy ice cream with a hint of sweetness
sandwiched between two chocolate wafers

Ben & Jerry's Salted Caramel Almond Ice Cream

[New for 2017] There was a bit of a delay getting this next review to you because Albertson's (who owns my local Shaws Supermarkets) decided they wanted to get in the exclusive flavor game this year. I don't really know how these things get decided though I assume it involves money.... anyway, I finally managed to snag a pint on the way to work, so let's dig in to....

Ben & Jerry's Salted Caramel Almond Ice Cream

vanilla bean ice cream with roasted almond slivers,
fudge flakes & a salted caramel swirl

Breyers Chocolate Mint Ice Cream

[2019 Update: frozen peppermint hot chocolate has taken over for this flavor. They swap the mint ice cream for peppermint ice cream]

[New for 2017] Since neither I nor Nick have any intention of trying the three new Breyers gelato flavors this year, I feel like I need to try something from them this year. My daughter requested something minty so let's pick up a container of....

Breyers Chocolate Mint Ice Cream

dark chocolate and mint ice cream with chocolatey chips

Vice Cream Toffee Wife Ice Cream

[New for 2017] So last year, I did two reviews of Massachusetts based startup Vice Cream. Both pints I grabbed were from their first production run, and as they mentioned on one of my posts, this early run needed a little tweaking for consistency's sake. Well, it's 2017, their distribution is expanding, and they have two new flavors out. One is "Minted" and the other is...

Vice Cream Toffee Wife Ice Cream

peanut butter ice cream, chopped toffee bars,
peanut butter dough and toffee ripple

Dairy Queen Reese's Extreme Blizzard

[New for April 2017] April is the time when all of my local DQs open for the season. I'm always hopefully that the first blizzard of the month will be a big hit and this new blizzard certainly sounds like it will fit the part. It even comes with a matching brownie a la mode counterpart.

Dairy Queen Reese's Extreme Blizzard

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups & Reese's Pieces Candy mixed with
Peanut Butter & Chocolaty Topping, all blended in soft serve

Carvel Ice Cream Cookie Cake and the Nosh Show Episode 101

Somber salutations Nosh Show Listeners. There is no review today, just a picture of this glorious looking thing that Carvel has put out. I envision eating it like a giant ice cream sandwich. I can't imagine it not being delightful to eat. I kind of don't want to go back and buy it for fear it won't live up to expectations. Just like Episode 101, I don't want reality to make me sad.

The Carvel Ice Cream Cookie Cake is vanilla flavored ice cream sandwiched between giant chocolate chip cookies rolled in crunchies. Yes, it's a giant chipwich (or chips galore for all you blue bunny fans). Would you buy this glorious thing? Would you share it? Price is $16.99.

As for the sadness of episode 101, I fear that our good bud Junk Food Guy is taking a break from podcasting as he prepares for the next phase of his life. I wish him the best and hope that one day he has the chance to pick up the mic again (or at least still do radio sometimes!).

Be well everyone.