Gaga's Rainbow Sherbetter Review

The following review is brought to you courtesy of Gaga. You see, the very friendly owners of Gaga's happened to stumble upon my post about my lost carton of Gaga's, so they sent over a few coupons to make up for it! How nice of them, especially since the loss was totally my fault!

I need to also preface with the fact that they sent these coupons about two months ago, but since I've been shopping at Market Basket on the way home, I haven't been able to pick any up. Well, I was finally at Shaws at lunch and spied the Rainbow SherBetter and realized it was time to correct this issue.

Behold Gaga's "smooth as ice cream - fresh like sherbet" all natural Rainbow SherBetter frozen dessert. It's certainly a catchy looking container plus the rainbow flavor saves me the trouble of having to decide which flavor to try first. It's a mix of their lemon, orange, and raspberry flavors. The only thing not in here is their chocolate flavor (which in my opinion would probably not make for a pleasant combo anyway).

Breyer's Smooth & Dreamy Vanilla Caramel Chip Bars

Update: These were discontinued first, and then the Strawberry. The only ones left are the Chocolate Ones (my review here).

Three crazy days at work means not a whole lot of energy to review. Actually, I've been polishing off the Oreo Klondikes instead, but now they are gone, so what ever shall I do? Shall I suffer? NAH.

I already took some pictures of the New Breyers Smooth & Dreamy Vanilla Caramel Chip Bars from when we tried them two weekends ago, I just need a quick refresher (as in eat another one) and we'll be good to go. Now let's go eat some "extra creamy vanilla light ice cream with caramel morsels and swirls of caramel sauce half-dipped in a rich milk chocolatey coating"

Let's get crazy -- Dubba's Donut Sundae

Don't ask me what made me think of it, but I'm staring at the twelve pack of donuts from the grocery store and a thought hits me: What if I...made an ice cream donut? No, not ice cream in the shape of the donut, but instead use the donut as the bowl and also as a topping. Should we try it? I'm thinking that it's been a long time since I've played with my food... in fact, it's been just shy of a year since I made this post. That's just wrong because that is way too long. Ice cream is suppose to be fun. Let's have some fun!!

First, break out a fresh glazed donut

Now carefully cut out the inside (but save the insides for later)

Fill with ice cream - I went with Breyers Vanilla Caramel Brownie

Now we can't forget the whip cream

Cut up the inside of the donut and sprinkle on top

I guessing you are having one of two thoughts:

1) "oh my word that's disgusting"
 or hopefully
2) "Dubba, you evil genius you!"

Well, after a taste test I can wholeheartedly say that you should go with that second thought. This treat is surprisingly tasty and actually I am quite proud of myself at the moment. It's quite the sugar rush, and to be perfectly honest, I left a bit of mine on the plate because it was just so rich. I was even surprised (and pleased) at how easy it was to scoop donut and ice cream at the same time.

I definitely think the vanilla/caramel ice cream was the way to go because I wanted to compliment the donut flavor, not bury it -- this is also why I didn't drizzle chocolate on top, I thought it was too much of a risk to the donut flavor... but I bet a nice berry sauce drizzle might really be nice here.

Now I just need to check the internet before i patent my stunning invention and.... DOH! I've been beaten to the punch by places like Holey Cream and Frangelli's.... or have I? Their's is more of an doughnut ice cream sandwich, plus they use those heavy, cake-like doughnuts instead. Me, I'm going for the donut sundae vibe using a light and puffy glazed donut (similar to what you might find at a Krispy Kreme). With a little testing and tweaking, I bet this bad boy would sell like hot cakes!

Klondike Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches

someone called out the fact that new Klondike Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches have been modified since their humble beginnings as Breyers Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches. I went back into my archives and sure enough these treats have changed. Hmmm, sounds like it's time to "force" myself to eat some ice cream sandwiches.

Now 33% bigger! My math skills tell me that this use to be 3 fluid ounces.

Edy's Chocolate Fudge Brownie MAXX Ice Cream

[New for 2010, discontinued after 2013] Wow, some of my favorites words there: NEW, CHOCOLATE, FUDGE, and BROWNIE (well, and ICE CREAM of course). I went to get some gas at lunch and I knew I needed a treat, but I wasn't expecting anything NEW from a gas station. I think I'm excited about my $2.99 treat!

COMMENCE LIVE BLOGGING!

Notice the big " Nestle Toll House " logo, looks like we have chocolate chips in either the ice cream or the brownies, but there's no description so I guess I'll just have to look for myself.

Breyer's American Summer Ice Cream Limited Edition Vanilla Caramel Brownie

It just takes a couple of treat breaks and all of a sudden you are behind the 8 ball on reviews again. I do my best not to mix treats, but sometimes we break open a new snack but I dont get to write about it. Case in point is this weekend were we dug into two new caramel Breyers treats and now I need to review them both (seperately).

First up is one of the Breyers American Summer flavors. I'm not in the mood to try grasshopper pie, but I was more than willing to see how Breyers handles brownie chunks.... let me reiterate that, and think about it while I do: try naming a Breyers flavor that has brownies in it? Drawing a blank? I certainly am, but how can that be? Not a single flavor? Ok, I just found Vanilla Fudge Brownie, but that's it, and I'm not even sure I've ever had it.

Can Breyers bring the all natural brownie love with any success? Let's find out with Limited Edition Vanilla Caramel Brownie. It's vanilla ice cream with a caramel swirl and brownie pieces. Sounds decent. 

Lindy's Orange Italian Ice Review

I'm just going to throw this out real quick since it's been a long few days and I'd really like to go watch some TV (we had to replace something expensive today, but at least it's tax-free weekend here in Mass)

Wait, I ordered orange flavor, not carrot flavor!

Don't go in expecting orange juice flavor. Like the other two Lindy's flavors I've tried, it's more of an artificial/candy style orange flavor. It's not bad, it just strikes me as a bit more kid oriented. I like it, and deep down, that's all that matters. Everything else I've already said during last week's friday night fight.

Ben & Jerry's Dublin Mudslide Ice Cream

2022 Update: Dublin Mudslide ceased production in 2013 but it has returned as a delicious fan favorite in 2022. That's right, despite having a coffee component, I find that this flavor has a wonderfully complex flavor profile that still holds up to today's standards as well as holding up to my memories of it. Original review after the break.

Ben & Jerry's Dublin Mudslide Ice Cream

Irish Cream ice cream with chocolate chocolate chip cookies

and coffee fudge swirls