Nerd Lunch Sweet 16 of Ice Cream Flavors

Officially I'm still in retired podcaster mode, but when the Nerd Lunch guys ask if I am available, I always say yes. With them winding down their primary show, and promoting 4th Chair Army Invasion to once a month, that leaves the occasional 5th Tuesday spot to fill with something. Recently, they've been filling it with their Sweet 16 format show. In 2017, I was on the episode about the best cartoon dog and in 2018 I was on the one with my old bud Junk Food Guy and we covered the best pizza toppings. This time we talk best ice cream flavors. I knew a lot of the great classic flavors would be brought up so I did my best to make my three choices more recent developments. How did it work out? Well, you'll have to listen to find out.

Now I wasn't literally on the sweet 16 episode that talked about the best arcade games, but CT had asked for suggestions and he mentioned several of mine on the show (Thanks CT!). I've always been  jealous of how the nerd lunch crew and 4th chair army have been able to track down those giant arcades full of old games. Well, a co-worker told me about a place in Providence that had a bunch of old games that are all set to free play, you just have to pay the $5 cover charge. Well, I then told my buddy who said we need to go, so, without further ado, here is my adventure at Freeplay Arcade.

2019 New Frozen Treat Guide

My goal was to not fall behind on the 2019 Product Guide this year. I kept adding new flavors, all I needed to do was add the pictures... and here it is... the end of July and still no pictures. Ugggg. Oh well. I'll add some pictures later but for now here it is in all it's short format glory. The list needs double and triple checking but feel free to comment about anything I missed.

Turkey Hill Triple Vanilla Trio'politan Ice Cream

[New for 2019] Unfortunately Turkey Hill hasn't served up a whole lot of newness for us this year. In fact, it seems like the whole mainstream ice cream scene is not doing so well this year (try to think of something truly new from Breyers, Edys, Turkey Hill, etc). That said, I do love ending my days with a nice cup of vanilla ice cream, so let's see if this will do.

Turkey Hill Triple Vanilla Trio'politan Ice Cream

vanilla bean ice cream, brown sugar bourbon vanilla-flavored ice cream
with vanilla cookie crumb swirl, and homemade vanilla ice cream

Super Saturday Showdown Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches

Yes, it's time to have a showdown, but not just any showdown, a super Saturday showdown with one of my very favorite frozen things: cookie ice cream sandwiches... or is it ice cream cookie sandwiches? I don't care what you call them, they are delicious. Even a budget version can hit the spot. Now we've versions come and go over the years, but let's see what we can dig up for this competition. We've got a high end Coolhaus option. In the middle, we have a local brand, Bryne Dairy. Representing the more budget friendly options, we have the new Tollhouse option. Which will be my favorite? Let's find out.

Coolhaus vs Tollhouse vs Bryne Dairy

Toy Story 4 Carnival Churro Cravings

[New for Early 2019] Nestle, the folks behind Edy's & Dreyer's, are continuing the trend of non-branded ice creams. It's the same basic formulas and packaging, but rather than carry the Edy's or Dreyer's name, they just use the name of whatever pop item they are pushing. Now I have pictures of all the new flavors at the end of this post, but first let's scoop into....

Toy Story 4 Carnival Churro Cravings Light Ice Cream

churro flavored light ice cream
with a graham cracker swirl and churro pieces

Art Cream Ice Cream

[New for 2019] The last few weeks have been pretty crazy, but it's finally time to introduce something that is brand new to the market. Art Cream currently has 9 offerings. The MSRP is $8.49 which is pretty steep (the only thing more expensive would be Jeni's). At that price point, it better be excellent, so let's see if these free samples can deliver.

Craft Made Art Cream Ice Cream
"Happy Cows, Happy People"

7-Eleven Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake Ice Cream

[New for 2019] There are four new flavors of 7-Eleven ice cream, though if you are like me, you'll probably have trouble tracking them all down. This is the first one I found.

7-Eleven Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake Ice Cream

Chocolate cheesecake ice cream with sea salt caramel,
graham swirls, and roasted pecans

Wilcox's Premium Ice Cream

Have you ever had Wilcox ice cream? Well, unless you live in Vermont, probably not. According to the label, the Wilcow family has been making ice cream since 1928 with a simple recipe using Vermont milk. (more info on their website). Anyway, we were in Vermont and you all know I love checking out the local freezer aisle. I didn't want to leave empty handed so...

Wilcox Cookies & Cream Ice Cream

High Road Chocolate Chip Wallops

[New for 2019] So I finally made it out to Wegman's for the first time in a long time. There wasn't really a whole lot of new stuff happening on their freezer aisle shelves, but I had hoped I would find one thing in particular....

High Road Chocolate Chip Wallops

sweet cream ice cream in chocolate chip cookie dough,
wrapped in a crispy chocolate shell

Hood Unicorn Confetti Ice Cream Sandwiches

[New (and limited) for early 2019] Wait, did I forget to post Hood's addition to the unicorn craze? I did, didn't I?! Sorry about that. Ahhh, I'll keep it short and sweet then.

Hood Unicorn Confetti Ice Cream Sandwiches

artificially flavored fruit ice cream
between two vanilla wafers with confetti sprinkles