Serendipity Ice Cream Cakes

Of all the free samples Serendipity sent over, I've decided to cover the cakes first because...  well, because I want to. I do love ice cream cake but I feel like Carvel's quality has been slipping the last few times I've had it. I wouldn't say no to Carvel, but I want more. Can Serendipity take over as my go to ice cream cake? Let's find out!

Serendipity Ice Cream Cakes

Serendipity Ice Cream

2025: Serendipity is relaunching in 2025 with 5 bars and 9 flavors! New flavors include apple pie churro and sundae scaries.

2024 Update: I can still find a half dozen flavors at my local Shaw's, and I can find some flavors online, but I have the feeling that it's the end of the road for these pints. 

Note: they did redo some packaging around 2021 when they released some pop culture flavors.

You know what I got delivered last week? Two giant containers of ice cream. I was expecting free samples of the newest Serendipity flavors but what I got was their entire line up of 11 flavors plus samples of their two new ice cream cakes. I'm lucky to have gotten the samples I have over the years, but never have I gotten this much ice cream. I didn't know where to start and it's going to take a bit of time to get everything posted, so here's a tease of what's in the freezer.

The three newest flavors are Salty Caramel Pretzel, Dulce de Leche, and Very Cherry Chunk. I do love pretzel flavors so I'll probably crack that one open first.

Yes, I was hoping Serendipity would a couple extra pints along with the three promised ones, but never did I expect ice cream cake. In retrospect, it explains why the shipping containers were so huge. Am I excited for these? Ofcourse I am! I love that one is actually birthday cake flavored. Only one other time have I seen cake flavored ice cream cake (seen here in my Jon Donaire review). The Frozen Hot Chocolate one should be good too. I am very excited to review these and see what's inside. Hopefully the review for both will be up on Sunday.

Who doesn't love irony right? While I was waiting for my delivery of free samples, I finally found Serendipity at my local Hannaford (Food Lion). The only pint missing from this shot is the Vanilla Vogue Flavor. I did a quick instagram post with this shot and Birthday Cake got the most love, followed by Humble Pie. I didn't know what was headed my way, but it's a good thing I held off for my shipment before picking any of these up.

....so did anyone catch the fact that I said two large containers? See there was a little shipping snafu and I got a double delivery. Super lucky right? Well, I still felt kind of guilty about it so I brought a bunch of extra pints in to my office. So far I've gotten nothing but positive reviews and at least three of my coworkers have gone back to try a second flavor.

Stay tuned for a lot of Serendipity reviews coming up (and some other stuff too!)

Ben & Jerry's Justice Remix'd Ice Cream

[New for Fall 2019] Ben & Jerry's is back at it with another limited batch flavor aimed at bringing about more social justice. In this case, they are working towards criminal justice reform. I know a lot of us don't care because we've never been on the wrong end of a sentencing, but there are people who care deeply about this stuff. If you don't like it, fine, just move along, don't go surfing the internet trying to pick a fight with everyone who does appreciate a company trying to do good. Sorry, getting off my soapbox and opening a pint of...

Ben & Jerry's Justice Remix'd Ice Cream

cinnamon & chocolate ice creams
with gobs of cinnamon bun dough & spicy fudge brownies

The Nerd Lunch Podcast - Episode 338

So, yeah, it's kind of been a stupid busy week. I've been home late pretty much every day, so instead of posting this at the beginning of the week, it's now Friday.... so sorry about that.

The fun plot of this episode is that we do the fictional version of a fantasy football draft. I think I researched more for this episode than I ever have for any other episode of Nerd Lunch. See, I came up with a strategy and somehow it worked out. I don't want to ruin the marvelous surprise, but I'm pretty proud of it.

Give it a listen and I'll have another review up soon enough.

DQ Cinnamon Roll Shake

[New for early Fall 2019] You know, I've reviewed a lot of shakes for this blog. In all I've reviewed some 123 drink like products and I can honestly say that this one has jumped near the top of the list for me. I adore cinnamon and I could not stop drinking...

DQ Cinnamon Roll Shake

High Road Chocolate Chip Cookies with Malt Ice Cream Sandwiches

I mentioned how I hit a High Road Sale in my last post, well, time for the other ice cream sandwiches I bought.

High Road Chocolate Chip Cookies with Malt Ice Cream Sandwiches

malted sweet ice cream sandwiched between homemade chocolate chip cookies

DQ Heath Caramel Brownie Blizzard

[New for early Fall 2019] I wasn't really interested in my frozen meal at lunchtime today, and it's definitely feeling like summer out there, so I headed to DQ for....

Dairy Queen Heath Caramel Brownie Blizzard

Heath pieces, brownie pieces,
and caramel blended in vanilla softserve

Gifford's Peanut Butter Pie Ice Cream

I can't tell you how long I've waited to try this ice cream. It's been literal years. It popped up on the scene forever ago but it was never anywhere practical. I would only see it at Wegman's and I wasn't about to bring home a big quart of peanut butter ice cream. So, I waited. And waited. And waited. And then, the Stop & Shop by work decided to start carrying Gifford's. It's only one shelf and there's only like four options, but one of those four is a fresh delivery of....

Gifford's Peanut Butter Pie Ice Cream

graham cracker ribbon ties up rich peanut butter ice cream
surrounding chunks of chopped peanut butter cups

Five Guys Oreo Cookie Pieces Shake

Hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend. I just wanted to say that I finally tried a shake from Five Guys and it was good. They put it on the menu as a vanilla shake and then you pick what you want in it. You can get Bacon, Bananas, Cherries, Chocolate, Coffee, Malted Milk, Oreo Cookie Pieces, Peanut butter, Salted Caramel, and Strawberries. If you want to pick more than one, that's cool with them too. I decided to start with my favorite shake.

Five Guys Oreo Cookie Pieces Shake

Simply put, it was good and I will get it again. I know there is the crowd that prefers a thinner shake with their fast food (say from McDonald's) but I prefer a thicker shake. It's not scoop shop thick, but it's got heft to it. They also did a good job blending it, I got plenty of Oreo wafer flavor with just a sprinkling of larger bits coming up the straw now and then.

I will definitely get shakes from them again and the urge to mix and match mix-ins will definitely be in play next time. Hey, let's do something different, what's the craziest but still tasting sounding combo you can think of? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

Verdict?  good
Buy Again?  yup!