Malty Milkshake Hack

I don't know why, but months ago I really wanted to try some Ovaltine because I couldn't remember if I ever had it (I was too busy going through giant containers of Nesquik as a kid). I tried some and it was fine, but then I decided to take things up a notch by mixing in some Tillamook Malted Moo Shake and magic happened. So good. Then the local supply of Moo Shake dried up, and I've been trying to find a worthy replacement which I'm finally done.

Chocolate Malt Ovaltine + Tillamook Sugar Cookie Ice Cream

Blue Chip Creamery Black Sheep Ice Cream Sandwich

Market Basket had a fresh looking restock of 5 Blue Chip Creamery ice cream sandwiches. They are a bit much at $6.79 a piece, but I know I can get three servings out of it, so let's bring home...

Blue Chip Creamery Black Sheep Ice Cream Sandwich

vanilla bean ice cream - crushed Oreos - Oreo wafers

Happy Halloween!

May your day be as fun as this one gallon container from Mayfield Dairy Farms.

image courtesy of Mayfield Dairy Farms Website

Mayfield is owned by Dairy Farmers of America who also own several other brands like Kemps, but their Halloween pail isn't nearly as cute. DFA also owns Dean's Country Fresh, but they are still running their patriotic pail.

I've already had my yearly pumpkin blizzard and also an amazing two scoops of pumpkin ice cream from Flannel Cow (before it closed for the season), but I think I'm hoping for one more pumpkin serving this weekend to finish off the season...... oooo, Tougas Farm has some good looking seasonal sundaes on their website. We might need to go there. [Update: we went there. it was quite tasty. photo later]

Bettergoods Spiced Apple Pie Ice Cream

[New for Fall 2026] I usually avoid Walmart ice cream because of the cross contamination warning (and general low expectations), but when a commenter mentioned that this one reminded them of the old Edy's apple pie flavor, I couldn't help but pick up a container of....

Bettergoods Spiced Apple Pie Ice Cream

sea salt caramel ice cream with cinnamon spiced apples and pie crust pieces

Maola Strawberry Milk

I haven't been able to regularly buy the very tasty Promised Land Dairy Strawberry milk since Hannaford (and several other places?) stopped carrying it. I can get it from Stop & Shop or Wegman's (or maybe not?), but that's too much effort most of the time. I tried replacing with TruMoo strawberry milk but that stuff is awful. I thought all hope was lost until I was at Market Basket and found...

Maola Strawberry Milk

Ben & Jerry's Razz Up Ice Cream

[New for May 2026, renamed in August 2026, Finally found in mid Oct 2026] 

So this flavor combo was announced back in May, we almost tried it at our local scoop shop back in July, and now it's got a new name to infuriate people who are overly bothered by two old dudes who like ice cream. May I jestfully present:

Ben & Jerry's Razz Up Ice Cream

formerly "Black Raspberry Fudge Chunk"

black raspberry ice cream with raspberry swirls & crackling fudge chunks

DQ Mystery Blizzard Buddies

[New for Fall 2026] So there was an image circulating on social media that my wife sent to me, and it showed five very cute Kawaii Blizzard Buddies and I thought "this is gonna be awesome". 

Not too long after that, we started seeing pictures of the real things and my urge to rush to DQ was greatly diminished.

We were finally in the mood for DQ, and because we didn't want to completely miss out on these, we headed out to pick up some blizzards and....

Blenda the Dairy Queen Blizzard Buddy

New City Microcreamery Tiramisu Ice Cream

One more NCM pint courtesy of our daughter. We've tried several others, so now it's time to try...

New City Microcreamery Tiramisu Ice Cream

mascarpone ice cream with espresso syrup soaked cookies and swirls of espresso cream