Edward's Hershey's Chocolate Cream Pie Slices

Wow oh wow, it's been over 8 years since I had Edwards on the blog? Ouch. It was back when they use to do those funky sundae cups that you would microwave the bottom half and then dump the ice cream cup on top. I wanted to say that at one point they had contacted me about maybe trying some of their newer stuff but I can't find an email to prove it (so I'm probably imagining it). Well, summer is here and I'm not really finding anything new anymore, so let's try....

Edward's Hershey's Chocolate Cream Pie Slices

A Message from Nick

It’s with a heavy spoon and a full bowl that I bid farewell to On Second Scoop. While my role has diminished over the years with other responsibilities, I’ve always been here in the background. Talking with Dubba, giving feedback or just plainly making fun of him.

I’m not leaving for any negative reasons. It’s not you, it’s me. I was offered a position at a major frozen dessert company that I couldn’t turn down. While you won’t be able to read my few and far between reviews anymore, you still can keep tabs on me and what I’m doing on instagram (@nickrovo)

Thank you for all your continued support throughout the past 6 years. And thank you to Dubba for all he has done for me as a mentor, a friend and as a father figure. I wouldn’t have this opportunity if it wasn’t for him putting his faith in me all those years back. I’m not crying, you’re crying. With that, I bid you all farewell.

This isn’t goodbye, this is I’ll see you in the ice cream aisle soon.

-Nick

Blue Bunny Chocolate Brownie Bomb Load'd Sundae

[New for 2018] Will I make it through all 8 load'd sundaes this summer? I would assume so as long as I can actually find them. The good thing about this one and the last one is that I got them from walmart for $2.47 which feels like a better price than $2.99 (price chopper also had them on sale for $2.49 I believe). Anyway, let's dig in to...

Blue Bunny Chocolate Brownie Bomb Load'd Sundae

chocolate ice cream; fudge swirl;
brownie chunks; chocolaty fudge bunnies

Coolhaus Milkshake & Fries Ice Cream

[New for 2017] I don't know about you, but I've had a very hard time finding any of the new coolhaus flavors despite the fact that they were announced well over a year ago. Well it's practically summer 2018 and I finally stumbled upon Milkshake & Fries at Wegmans a few weeks ago (and I want to say they had Best of Both Worlds Vanilla too). I kept looking elsewhere but headed back today to plop down $5.99 for a pint of....

Coolhaus Milkshake & Fries Ice Cream

salted Tahitian Vanilla Bean ice cream
with shoestring french fries and milk chocolate malt balls

Haagen-Dazs Lemon & Raspberry White Chocolate Trio Crispy Layers Ice Cream

[2018-2020] I've put in some good time on the 2018 product guide but it's not done quite yet (you'd be surprised how long it takes as I'm already a couple hours in to it). I'm going to do two more reviews first and first up is the last of the new Trio flavors. I can't imagine I won't like this. No I don't try a ton of lemon flavors but I know H-D quality should easily carry this flavor. Let's dig in to...

Haagen-Dazs Lemon & Raspberry White Chocolate Trio Ice Cream

lemon and raspberry ice creams with white chocolate and raspberry sauce

Big Gay Ice Cream - American Globs

[New for 2017] I wasn't really sure in what order I would be trying all the Big Gay ice cream flavors, but let's just say that I've kept an eye on both prices and the dates on the pints and this one had just been put on the store shelf, plus it has my favorite crunchy snack: pretzels.

Big Gay Ice Cream - American Globs

malted sweet cream ice cream with fudge-covered salted pretzel balls,
fudge-covered pretzel pieces & a fudge swirl

Haagen-Daz Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert Bars

[New for 2018] I don't know about you, but I was surprised by the expansion of Haagen-Daz's non-dairy lineup. Granted it feels like they are trying to act like the whole line up is new, but I was not expecting them to add Trio and a bar to their non-dairy game. I applaud them for not going at non-dairy as a side thought to snag a few dollars, they are bringing legitimate products to market. I actually had to debate if I wanted to try the non-dairy peanut butter Trio or these...

Haagen-Daz Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge
 Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert Bars

peanut butter swirl with chocolate fudge
in a dark chocolate shell, drizzled with dark chocolateamazon

Blue Bunny Bunny Tracks Load'd Sundae

[New for 2018] Time for another BB sundae review. I know technically I should buy them all and just do a giant review with rankings, but considering their caloric intake is something akin to a DQ blizzard, I really should be spacing them out. To put that another way, today's sundae has 600 calories which is equivalent to four servings of Turkey Hill all natural ice cream (see how I worked my regular nighttime snack in to that opening paragraph? Yeah, couldn't resist)

Blue Bunny Bunny Tracks Load'd Sundae

vanilla flavored ice cream; chocolaty peanut butter bunnies;
chocolaty covered peanuts; caramel and fudge swirls;

Red Dawn Monster Mutant Slurpee

Everyone knows why Deadpool's suit is red, but do you know why his Slurpee is red? Hmm, yeah, that's not funny. Better question, why is the 7-eleven website useless? I just wanted to verify if this thing has caffeine or not.. The mutant site isn't any better... ok, the regular soda has caffeine.. wait, you stopped reading already didn't you?

Red Dawn Monster Mutant Slurpee

(cherry flavored) - wait, there are four other cup designs?

I feel like I tried mutant soda at one point, but all you really need to know is that this tastes like cherry mtn dew. I mean more artificial cherry than real cherry, but that's the gist of it. I was a little scared after the first sip because I thought this was going to taste like every other fake citrus slurpee, but I did like (tolerate) it more once I had several sips in me.

Still with me? Ok, this is really just a filler post because it's quite humid and I don't feel like sitting here forever. I would like to give you an update on what's in the post pipeline (once it cools off). I just picked up the last Trio, so there's that. I would like to talk about the return of Steve's Ice Cream at some point (should probably do this next). I still have a ton of Blue Bunny stuff to cover (what they sent over as well as me picking up the Load'd Sundaes on my own dime). I also have a topping review and one more triple-filled review to do. I also just picked up another pint of Big Gay Ice Cream, and I still have the Cherry Garcia pint slices waiting, but there's not a whole lot after that. There's just not a ton of things left that I am hunting for except one other Trio'politan flavor (I've literally found it, but I need a place close to home to carry it)

The truly biggest thing I want to get done is a 2018 product guide. Yes, you could just scroll through the last 5 months of reviews, but I really want a single post that you can reference and see how you are doing in your quest to try everything 2018 has to offer. But seriously, I've let myself push this off again and again and now it's June. I don't want to give up this tradition, though if anyone wants to chime in and say it doesn't really help anymore, I am open to thoughts and comments.

P.S. Feel free to leave suggestions about what you think I haven't covered yet.