Twix Shakers Seasoning Blend

[New for Sept 2021] Not brandy new, but something I grabbed while hunting for new stuff.

Twix Shakers Seasoning Blend

chocolate, caramel & cookie flavored

Nabisco Dessert Toppings

[New for 2021] Sorry, I picked these up a month ago and forgot to talk about them... well, at least you'll get my long term opinion without having to wait for it. Plus, I haven't done a toppings review in forever (not that there were a ton of them to begin with, but ignore that part).

OREO and Chips Ahoy! Dessert Toppings

Sundae Sunday with Duncan Hines

Here's some Sunday silliness for you...

Duncan Hines Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookie

no prep - microwaves in about a minute

Reese's & Hershey's Whipped Toppings

[Discontinued] Who would have thunk that a Whipped Cream image from Walmart would wind up being my number one instagram photo of the year? I know I didn't. It certainly is fun taking a viral photo, but for the record, a lot of it is dumb luck. Anyway, let's see what the fuss is about.

Hershey's Milk Chocolate Whipped Topping
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Whipped Topping
Reddi Wip made with coconut milk or almond milk

Cold Stone Creamery Caramel Dessert Topping

So, why am I randomly reviewing one of the cold stone toppings? Well, it was on sale ofcourse! That and there is no caramel in my fridge or cabinet right now. I do like having caramel in my house but in general caramel sauces tend to be a bit hard to manage as a daily topping. I know that sounds lazy, but I don't want to have to pour some in a cup, microwave it to loosen it up, pour it on my ice cream, and then clean up the extra cup. Sundae Syrup doesn't have this issue, but I do like to try other brands from time to time. So, let's pour on some....

Cold Stone Creamery Caramel Dessert Topping

Snospice Sundae Sunday

[New for 2015] Back at the end of November, I got an email from Brett, one of the people behind Snospice. I checked out his Snospice kickstarter but I admit that I was skeptical, but there's also a reason I'm not a fixer, not an innovator. Well, production began and Brett wrote to me again. I warned him I can be a little cranky, but he still wanted me to give Snospice a shot. I was still skeptical, but he said something that really got my attention. Basically he said it doesn't matter if you put this on budget ice cream or super premium ice cream, you use what you like and that my friends is a great point.

Snospice in Deep Chocolate Sea Salt, Cinnamon for Optimists,
Pumpkin Carriage, Lemon + Basil, Turmeric'd, & Cocoa Cayenne

Cold Stone Creamery Strawberry Dessert Topping

Now I spied the following product not too long ago but was unwilling to make the jump at $5.99 despite my urge to add a nice strawberry sauce to my sundae making supplies. Well, I was back at the store recently and low and behold it was on sale for $3.99. Yeah, I can try it at that price.

Cold Stone Creamery Indulgent Strawberry Dessert Topping

Lucerne Caramel Whipped Topping

Last year, I was very excited to discover that chocolate whip cream is a thing! I was so excited that, well, apparently I never blogged about it. How did that happen? It was all over my instagram and tumblr accounts. There was also a minty whipped topping available at Target but I don't think I bought it. Anyway, I was at Shaws, and what do I see? Well, peppermint and....

Lucerne Caramel Whipped Topping

Saucy Sundae - Torani White Chocolate Sauce

When you finally plunk down too much money for the "fancy" sauce only to try it once and then let it go bad in the cabinet....

Torani White Chocolate Sauce

I don't even remember when I bought this sauce long ago, but it was stamped "Best by July 2015". I kept walking by it in the store going "Is that coffee flavoring or is that like some kind of funky sundae sauce?" Eventually I just gave in and threw it in the cart.

I don't even remember when I first opened this, it was months ago, but I think the coloring threw me off more than anything. Why does it look like caramel if it's white chocolate? I didn't really get it then and I certainly don't get it now. When I actually tried the flavoring and I just didn't get it. So I let it sit.... for oh so long.

I guess my point is that don't expect some magic white elixir to come pouring out of this fancy looking container. That said, if you've tried this or any other Torani flavor, let us know. Oh, and if I'm an idiot for putting this on ice cream instead of coffee, you can tell me that too.

Bourbon Everyburger and the Nosh Show Episode 44

Good morning Nosh show listeners! Episode 44 is upon us and we finally dive back in to another Happy Happy Mystery Package Fun Time courtesy of Junk Food Guy, and guess what, he's got a surprise in store for us since it seems so long since the last HHMPFT. There's not 1, not 2, not 3, but *4* surprises in this package.... and one of them makes a pretty fun looking sundae.

Wondering what those crazy looking cookies are? Well let's find out!

State of the New Freezer

I know I usually do these things at a minimum on May 8th (and sometimes on 8/8, 11/8, and 2/8), but well something happened last week that I mentioned on facebook and twitter but not on the blog yet because I was too busy cleaning up the mess of it all. See, sometime Thursday morning, the compressor stopped running on our fridge. I remember thinking something sounded funny as I grabbed my breakfast, but I'm not exactly the most awake person in the morning, so I went about my day like I always do. Oh if only I had been paying attention.

Just a sample of what was waiting for an official review....

National Strawberry Sundae Day

Yes my friends, it's another fake food holiday that I will shamelessly promote because I love making sundaes. I will also shameless plug episode 33 of the Nosh Show. In it, I rant about the terrible new Sunny D X and we dig in to one thirstifying happy happy fun time package.

So, you all know I love pancakes right? And I love ice cream on pancakes even more. So, I had been waiting for the right Saturday to make some lovely, egg-free, dairy-free, fruit filled pancakes.... and when the batter didn't taste sweet enough, I dumped in a bunch of Hershey's Strawberry syrup that turned everything pink (note: convincing a little boy to try bright pink pancakes is harder then it sounds).

Sundae Sunday with Hershey's Classic Caramel Sundae Syrup

You guys know I spend way too much time on this breakfast sundae thing right? From baking pies and cakes to making gigantic sundaes that photograph better, I'm probably trying too hard. It's just that... well, see, I need a new hobby. When your childhood hobby becomes your full time job, then you need a new hobby. I'm jealous of people who can take good photographs and I'm even more jealous of people who do top notch food photography. So, in my never ending quest for the perfect sundae, both in tastes and visuals, I'm always looking for new pieces to the puzzle.

Hershey's Classic Caramel Sundae Syrup

The Nosh Show #24 and Chips Ahoy! Ice Cream Creations

Good Morning Nosh Show Listeners!

Episode 24 is now live! You can listen by clicking the player or go visit the nosh show website for more listening options. This week we delve deep in to the new Taco Bell breakfast menu, but not before we have some serious discussions about the new Chips Ahoy! Ice Cream Creations cookies.

Mmmmm, new cookies + fresh ice cream. Let's take a closer look.

Spoonable Sundae Sunday Brooklyn's Saucy Caramel

Alright, time for another sponsored Sundae Sunday, this time by our new buds at Spoonable. You may remember Junk Food Guy's review of several of their sauces at the beginning of October. Afterwards, I was joking on twitter that they lost me at spicy, and then what happens? Well, they contacted me and offered to send over their entire lineup of flavors for testing.

Free fancy caramel sauce samples? Yeah, I'm game, but where to start?

Taco Bell Dessert Kits Cinnamon Nachos & Chocolate Taco

[New for 2013, short lived] Today, October 14th, is National Dessert Day, and ever since we recorded episode 11 of the Nosh Show, I've been searching high and low for these new Taco Bell dessert kits. Between my love of all things cinnamon and my fascination with chocolate choco tacos, I had nothing but high hopes for these treats. Ok, technically I knew my hopes were probably unrealistic even before reading all the so-so reviews, but hey, you have to hope for a winner anyway right?

Taco Bell Chocolate Taco Dessert Kit

Chocolate Sauce, 6 Chocolate Taco Shells & Sprinkles

(just add ice cream & whip cream)

Taco Bell Cinnamon Nachos Dessert Kit

Cinnamon Tortilla Chips, Caramel Sauce & Toffee-flavored bits

(just add ice cream)

Make Yourself a Breakfast Sundae

One of the toughest things about blogging is writing an introduction in your head... only to forget it by the time you get to the keyboard. Oh ever-interrupting world, will you ever slow down so that, you know, I can make myself a sundae? Hehehehehe. One of the things we just don't talk about enough is my (semi)secret passion for making beautiful desserts. Now I didn't say I was good at it, I'm just saying I like to try.

There's just something magical about food that looks as good as it tastes. 

Breyers Sundae Sunday

Hello and welcome to our first official sponsored Sundae Sunday. That's right, Breyer's has jumped into the sundae topping game this year and sent over this very official sundae kit.

Breyers Real Fruit Toppings, Breyers Sprinkles, and Breyers Ice Cream Sauce

Pretty cool right? You know I adore making sundaes as much as I adore eating them. To me it's a very creative experience and today my color palette is full. The nice thing here is that they try to keep the ingredient list fairly short, and as an added bonus, no high fructose corn syrup! You know what, let's do a little sundae tease before we start getting into specifics.

New candy bites for all your sundae topping needs

So I've been eating way too much candy lately. I know some of these may not be new-new, but they're new enough to me that I wanted to catalog of of them. Technically my plan was to make a sundae for each of the following treats but it was just so much easier to shove the candy in my face instead.

I was absolutely stoked to see Heath pieces. The pieces concept may seem like a dumb gimmick but I'm already a giant fan of special dark pieces and york pieces, so I have high hopes here. Now it says milk chocolate & toffee candy in a crunchy shell, but I see three colors. Which is which?

Beach Sundae Sunday with Smuckers S'mores Magic Shell

Happy Sunday Sundae everyone! If you missed the last Sundae Sunday, let me just say that the idea is to just turn everything off and take a nice half hour or 45 minute break with the family. There's just so many distractions nowadays and ice cream is a nice way to get away from it all. My daughter loves setting up the dining room, I'll do the scooping, and in general it's a nice break (especially on a cool but sunny afternoon).

The guest of honor at today's Sundae Sunday is Smuckers S'mores Magic Shell which was originally released in 2009. Oh, and yes, those are Lego cops from the early 70s telling you to stop and take a break. We've also got mini marshmallows, sprinkles, whip cream, and some mini chocolate chips. (I forgot the mini Keebler cookies, little buggers are still fresh too).

My daughter wanted in on the lego action. 

She's been having fun reassembling all the castle legos today.

It wouldn't be beach sundaes without the beach!

(Hopefully you got one of these from Friendly's before they ran out)

My daughter wasn't in the mood to try the magic shell, but it still looks good!
(notice the marshmallows hiding in the lid)

SQUIRT! On goes the very liquidy magic shell.

Notice how it's pooling at the bottom.

Hopefully you can see how thick and hard the shell has become.

I had fairly low expectations for the shell after trying the cupcake magic shell and wasting the orange cream magic shell. However, it was pretty good. It was way thicker than I expected and it just felt really neat on top of my cold cold Breyers Neapolitan ice cream. The marshmallow and graham flavors were pretty well hidden, but there was that overall taste that this wasn't just some simple milk chocolate, it was more complex than that. So overall I'll give it a positive review. There's no harm in spending two bucks to try it out. The only real problem I had was the fact that it wound up solidifying to the bottom of my bowl.

oh, yeah, that was my shiny Ben & Jerry's ice cream scoop on the left side of the first photo there. I can't believe I've waited over two years to open the silly thing. Oh did it make today that much easier to scoop.

Mmmm, and sundae sunday is over and I must say my bowl of ice cream hit the spot, well, everything but the gummy marshmallows, I'll just never get into those in my ice cream.

Have a good week everyone.

Magic Shell Verdict?  Fun
Buy this brand Again?  Ya, I'll keep going