DQ Oreo Snowdrift Blizzard

[New for Jan 2026] Maybe it was the blue coloring, or my general love of cookies & cream, but I had high hopes for this blizzard. Too high honestly.

Dairy Queen Oreo Oreo Snowdrift Blizzard

sky blue cake batter and Oreo in vanilla soft serve

New City Microcreamery Cake Batter

I wasn't sure which New City flavor would be next, but then I got to scoop....

New City Microcreamery Cake Batter Ice Cream

sweet cream ice cream with real birthday cake batter and tons of rainbow sprinkles

7-Eleven Ice Cream - Birthday Cake and Brookie Dough

Oh my gosh, it's been **6 years** since I've reviewed a pint of 7/11 ice cream! See, the downside of working from home is that you lose a lot of daily diversity in your life. For example, I can't stop at 7/11 on the way to work anymore. However, I was returning from an early morning drive when I passed by one that doesn't usually have a very good selection, but they did have a 2 for $10 sale. They had pints of strawberry banana and banana cream pie (sorry, but no thank you), and they also had...

Seven Select Birthday Cake Ice Cream

Seven Select Brookie Dough Ice Cream

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Cake Ice Cream

[New for 2024] I bought this because it feels like forever since I've had Van Leeuwen in the freezer. Also, "ice cream cake".

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Cake Ice Cream

birthday cake ice cream with dark chocolate cream-filled cookies and swirls of blue frosting

DQ Superman Cake Batter Cookie Dough Blizzard

[New for June 2025] Who's excited for the new Superman movie? I know I am, as our several people I know. I'm hoping we get back to what makes Superman such a great character. I've just never dug the Henry Cavill / Zach Snyder version of Superman (though I am a huge fan of the Tyler Hoechlin version). Anyway, before the movie comes out next month, the blizzard is here now!

Dairy Queen Superman Cake Batter Cookie Dough Blizzard

sugar cookie dough, sprinkles, cake batter flavor, and soft serve

Fat Boy Birthday Cake Ice Cream Sandwich Pop

[New for Early 2025] Oh man, I've wanted to try these since I first saw them.... and now they are going in my belly!

Fat Boy Birthday Cake Ice Cream Sandwich Pop

a birthday cake ice cream sandwich dipped in white frosting then topped with party sprinkles

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

Friendly's Boston Cream Pie Ice Cream

[New for Early 2024] When I saw this flavor, it took awhile to convince myself that it was actually new. As a company that started in Massachusetts, how could Friendly's not have attempted this one sooner? Better late than never?

Friendly's Boston Cream Pie Ice Cream

Bavarian cream flavored ice cream swirled with fudge, Boston cream filling and yellow cake pieces

DQ Cake Batter Cookie Dough Blizzard

[New for July 2023] This latest blizzard is.... fine. Not amazing. Not bad. Just fine.

Dairy Queen Cake Batter Cookie Dough Blizzard

soft serve mixed with cake batter flavor, confetti cookie dough pieces and sprinkles

I don't feel like I have a ton to say about this one. It's got a respectable cake batter flavor without being too strong or too sweet. The sprinkles are cute but inconsequential. The cookie dough is nice and soft, but my wife's blizzard had twice the cookie dough that I did. I was partially counting my cookie dough bits and I'm not sure I made it to double digits. 

Overall a decent blizzard. My wife had the thought of mixing in strawberry so maybe we'll go back and do that before the month is over. 

Verdict?  fine

Buy Again?  probably

Milk Bar Birthday Cake Ice Cream

[New for 2021] So I picked this next pint up on clearance at Walmart, but I hope it's not discontinued because it's pretty tasty.

Milk Bar Birthday Cake Ice Cream

birthday cake flavored ice cream, birthday crumbs

and ribbons of birthday frosting

Baskin-Robbins Milkshakes

Ok, let's start with the bad news: no more BR reviews for awhile since the insiders program has been suspended. Man, I'm going to miss those happy boxes arriving every month!

With that in mind, maybe it was fitting that we got the world's saddest drive thru person on our way home from Jersey yesterday. I asked for milkshakes and you could just hear the sadness in their voice. The fact that they didn't have any simple options (outside vanilla) meant that the sad person had to rattle a long list of long flavor names. In the end, we wound up going with...

Baskin-Robbins (medium) World Class Chocolate Milkshake

Baskin-Robbins (small) Icing on the Cake Milkshake

Ample Hills Ooey Gooey Butter Cake Ice Cream

I don't think I've ever heard anything bad about Ample Hills Creamery over the years, but as you know, I'm not the type to splurge and order online to try them. Well, they recently announced that they can be found at Roche Bros grocery stores and there is one of those right near my work.

Clocking in $7 a pint, I had 7 pints to choose from. Based on this Ample Hills news post, it seems like Oatmeal Lace was the one pint flavor that was missing from the store shelf (and probably the one I would have tried first to be honest). I took a few minutes to decide what I wanted for my 8am ice cream snack and eventually I picked up a pint of...

Ample Hills Ooey Gooey Butter Cake Ice Cream

cream cheese ice cream with pieces of housemade ooey gooey butter cake

N!CK's Light Ice Cream

HAPPY NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY!

[By Nick] It’s not every day I get sent ice cream anymore, let alone an ice cream with my name on it! N!CK’s generously sent me 6 of their “Swedish-style ice cream” pints to try.

Cheesecake Factory at Home - Birthday Cake

[New for 2020] Who's ready for synergy? Cheesecake Factor is using their brand recognition to score an easy win in your local freezer aisle. Produced by Wells Dairy (the Blue Bunny people), Cheesecake Factory at Home is releasing faux pints (14 oz) of several different flavors. They haven't gone super crazy with the flavors to start, but I think I grabbed the funnest one.

Cheesecake Factory at Home - Birthday Cake

cake flavored cheesecake ice cream with a signature cream cheese blend,
sour cream, cake pieces, swirls of icing and candy sprinkles

Serendipity Birthday Cake Ice Cream

[New for 2019 - relaunching in 2025!] 

Another free sample to review, and heads up, it's good!

Serendipity Birthday Cake Ice Cream

cake flavored ice cream with swirls of pink frosting,
cake pieces and sprinkles

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

Cumberland Farms Birthday Bash Ice Cream

[New for 2019] According to my instagram account, the thought of this flavor is very enticing to people. Let's dig in and see if it's as fun as it looks.

Cumberland Farms Sensational Birthday Bash Ice Cream

cake batter flavored ice cream, with frosting swirls,
rainbow sprinkles and chunks of yellow cake

Turkey Hill Coffee Cake Trio'politan

[New for 2019] Hey, I found Trio #2 already! I expected to run in to the other one again but Market Basket tricked me and put a different Trio out instead. I am ok with this since it's kind of the one I was most interested in, especially after reading the description and verifying that it's trying to be coffee cake and not coffee (hey, you never know when someone is going to mix things up on you). Let's see if we can be surprised by.....

Turkey Hill Coffee Cake Trio'politan

Cake Batter-flavored ice cream with cinnamon graham cracker swirl,
Vanilla-flavored ice cream, and Cinnamon ice cream with cinnamon chips.

Cold Stone Creamery Blue Velvet Cake Ice Cream

[New for late 2018] Aquaman, Aquaman, does whatever an aqua can.... wait, I've made that joke before. Are you excited for the Aquaman movie? I -think- I am but only because I'm a fan of Jason Momoa (never really been a fan of Aquaman). Anyway, who wants ice cream?

Cold Stone Creamery Aquaman Blue Velvet Cake Ice Cream

blue velvet cake ice cream with brownies...
(and chocolate chips and glitter)

Archer Farms Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert

[New for 2018] Oh geez, more new stuff? I went to go check out Minter Wonderland but instead I plowed in to a new Archer Farms product line. At first I thought it might be a second shelf of their new sugar replacement lineup, but I looked closer and definitely noticed new flavors... and they say Non-dairy! I count seven flavors in all. When I went to double check that number on the internet, I discovered that these are being touted as an option for vegans.

Archer Farms Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert

made with almond milk