Wendy's Strawberry Poptarts Frosty Fusion

[New for 2025] Doh, I posted this on instagram but not on the blog. When we were headed back from Jersey at the beginning of summer, we stopped at Wendy's, but I didn't want a sandwich. No no, I wanted...

Wendy's Strawberry Poptarts Frosty Fusion

vanilla frosty with strawberry pop-tart pieces and strawberry sauce

Nightingale Chomp Size Ice Cream Sandwiches

[Launched as "CHOMP by Nightingale" in 2022] It's been months since I've been to Shaw's, but I had a few moments to spare, so I ran in and stumbled on some really good ice cream sales. Instead of $6.99 for a box of four, these were $4.99 a box, and since I've been patiently waiting to try these, let's grab a box of each flavor!

Nightingale Chomp Size Ice Cream Sandwiches

Kellogg's Strawberry Poptart Ice Cream Sandwich

[New for 2025] The Rice Krispy and Poptart ice cream sandwiches must be very popular at my local Walmart because I never see more than a few boxes of one lone item whenever I run through the freezer aisle.  I am still hunting for the other RKT, but until then, let's take a big ol' bite of...

Kellogg's Frosted Strawberry Poptart Ice Cream Sandwich

strawberry flavored ice cream with a strawberry swirl, sandwiched between two frosted strawberry flavor-filled toaster pastries.

Dairy Queen - April 2025

[New for April 2025] So what's up at DQ? They've got the new Mixing Bowl Mashup Blizzard, the return of the Confetti Cake Blizzard, and...

DQ Dipped Strawberry Cheesecake Blizzard

(choco chunks, strawberry topping, and cheesecake pieces)

You can't see the cheesecake, but it's in there. My wife has been getting a strawberry cheesecake blizzard the last few DQ trips anyway, so this was an easy choice for her and she said it was good.

As for me, I ordered the returning Confetti Cake blizzard, but the person on the radio heard "Cotton Candy" because my voice gave out for a second. I corrected it and they put confetti cake blizzard on my order/receipt. 

Welp, we get our order, drive down the road for a moment and pull in to a parking lot to enjoy our treats, but I don't have a confetti cake blizzard. I have a cotton candy blizzard. I'm sure DQ would have fixed it if I went back, but part of me hates the return process and the other part of me hates wasting, so I just ate it. It's not like the cotton candy blizzard isn't tasty (especially with a side of french fries, which I had).

We will probably head back next week for confetti cake, and then the week after for mixing bowl mashup (though it feels like we've had this blizzard before). Actually, next week is Easter.... but the week after is April vacation, so who knows when the next DQ trip will be.

Ben & Jerry's Strawberries & Cream Scoop-apoolza

[New for Early 2025] I mentioned these big faux quarts not making a ton of sense, but it's still Ben & Jerry's, so let's at least try one of them. I think we'll start with....

Ben & Jerry's Strawberries & Cream Scoop-apalooza

sweet cream ice cream with strawberry swirls.

Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Covered Strawberry

[New for Early 2025] I was a little concerned that this next flavor appeared to be a Valentine's flavor and yet was seemingly absent from store shelves on Valentine's day. Well, I was at Walmart this morning (2/27) when I found a dented pint sitting amongst all the other non-new flavors. Thankfully I spied one more pint hiding far behind it, and that one wasn't dented. Let's finally dive in to a flavor that should be right up my alley.

Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Covered Strawberry Ice Cream

strawberry ice cream with a strawberry jam swirl & fudge flakes

Nightingale Ice Cream Sandwiches

We went to Roche Bros for the first time in a long time in hopes of introducing my wife to those delicious Good Batch ice cream sandwiches that I tried back in the August 2022 (reviewed here). Unfortunately they were gone, but in their place was a whole variety of treats from Nightingale Ice Cream sandwiches. Here's what we picked for $4.49 a pop:

Nightingale Cookie Monster Ice Cream Sandwich

Nightingale Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Sandwich

Turkey Hill Barbie "Ice Cream"

[New for August 2024] Have you seen the new "Late Night" (faux) pints from Turkey Hill yet? I haven't, but I was surprised to find these two hiding in the freezer end cap. You all know I'm not a fan of frozen dairy dessert, but since these are probably limited edition, maybe I should bring one home...

Frosted Cupcake: cupcake swirled with pink icing

Strawberry Marshmallow: strawberry swirled with marshmallow

Flannel Cow Creamery

The other day, my coworker sent me a picture of himself holding the PB Blaster Sundae from Flannel Cow Creamery in Mansfield, MA. Any place that has homemade ice cream and serves something called a PB Blaster requires a visit.

Flannel Cow Creamery Ice Cream

(the animal crackers are a nice touch)

Tillamook Oregon Strawberry Ice Cream

Everyone knows I love a good strawberry ice cream right? Well, this one ain't bad at all!

Tillamook Oregon Strawberry Ice Cream

"sweet strawberry ice cream with ripe Oregon strawberry pieces"

Non-Dairy Strawberry Showdown

I wasn't sure how excited you would all be about the new oat milk based options from Walmart, but then I realized we could have a little fun with it. I recently picked up a pint of Talenti's retooled recipe #80 (summer strawberry sorbetto), so why not compare that strawberry non-dairy option to Walmart's non-dairy strawberry option? Could be fun... maybe. Let's find out!

bettergoods Strawberry Oatmilk non-dairy frozen dessert

sun-ripened strawberries belnded in creamy oatmilk

Talenti Summer Strawberry dairy-free sorbetto

real strawberries blended with a hint of lemon

Blue Bunny Twist

[New for early 2024] Oh Blue Bunny, you do know how to get my attention, don't you? Somehow they know that I'm a sucker for a cool looking plastic container filled with frozen treats. I know I said I was against their soft frozen dairy dessert, but let's give it one more try.

Blue Bunny Twist (Soft Frozen Dairy Dessert)

Strawberries & Cream and Blu's Birthday Cake

Haagen-Dazs New York Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

[New for Early 2024] So I un-jinxed myself, and it was kind of on purpose. I had this weird feeling that if I did a post about not finding anything before our weekend shopping, that maybe I would finally find a bunch of new stuff, and boy did I thanks to my local Shaws Supermarket. While 2024 was strangely quiet for Haagen-Dazs, they are back with 3 new bars (covered in a future post) and two new pints. The first pint is the simple sounding but certainly taste Vanilla Caramel Pecan ice cream, and the other is...

Haagen-Dazs New York Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

cheesecake ice cream with a swirl of strawberry sauce and spiced graham cracker crust pieces

Blue Bunny Strawberry Shortcake Mini Bars

[New for 2023] So, I have a problem. Despite not buying/covering a ton of new products this year, I still have a freezer full of ice cream. Part of it is changing tastes, part of it is missing the days of old, and the final part is that a lot less ice cream is being eaten in our house. It happens. I kind of wish I could purge and start over, but no way I would waste all that ice cream. What I'm trying to say is that I apology for the weird ebb and flow of the blog this year. Maybe 2024 will flow be better. Maybe I'll even get the freezer cleaned out by 2024. Either way, let's unwrap what I picked up the other day.

Blue Bunny Strawberry Shortcake Mini Bars

strawberry flavored frozen dairy dessert swirled with strawberry sauce

dipped in white confectionary coating and shortbread pieces

Lindy's Swirled

[New for 2023] I don't know why, but the most commented post on this blog is the silly Lindy's vs Luigi's battle I did way back in 2010 (you can see it here)... wait, this product suddenly makes sense! Last year, Luigi's debuted 4oz gelato cups, and now here we are with Lindy's trying to branch out of the Italian ice game as well. Luigi's set the bar fairly low so let's try...

Lindy's Swirled - Strawberry

Strawberry Italian Ice with a Creamy Swirl

Dole Whip (from the freezer aisle)

[New for 2023] I think a lot of us are aware of Dole Whip, but how many of us have actually tried it? I might consider it for a moment, but then flip back to getting some kind of slushy drink instead. Well, that age old dilemma of whether or not I should try it has finally been solved because now I can try it at home. I don't have super high expectations, but let's take a scoop of...

Strawberry Dole Whip

Jeni's Strawberry Buttermilk Ice Cream

After being shocked by the saltiness of their peach flavor, I decided to cleanse my palette with a much more simple flavor. Let's try a free scoop of...

Jeni's Strawberry Buttermilk Ice Cream

grown-for-us strawberries blended with cream

and cultured buttermilk for subtle tartness

Lactaid Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

[New for 2023] In my never ending desire to find some kind of acceptable mainstream ice cream to stock in my freezer, I gave in and picked up this limited edition flavor.

Lactaid Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

(strawberry cheesecake ice cream with a graham swirl)

LaLoo's has rebranded as Funny Farm

All the local stores are pretty boring right now, but then I thought I spied a new brand of goat milk ice cream. Well, after a bit of investigation, I've discovered that Laloo's goat milk ice cream became LaLoo's by Funny Farm and now it's just Funny Farm (Foods). 

Funny Farm Goat Milk Ice Cream

Vanilla Snowflake and Mystic Strawberry

Haagen-Dazs Strawberry Butter Cookie Cone

[2023-2024] It's very weird to walk past the Haagen-Dazs section every week and not see new pints. It just seems wrong... but thankfully I've started walking by these at least.

Haagen-Dazs Strawberry Butter Cookie Cones

strawberry ice cream topped with white chocolate curls,

raspberry sauce and cookie pieces