Dr. Bombay Ice Cream

2024 Update: Dr. Bombay is coming to Albertsons Company grocery stores this year. It will include the six flavors we know plus an exclusive Fo' Shizzle Almond Fudge flavor. No word if the quality has improved, but pints will be priced starting at $5.99.

[New for 2023] Guess what just popped up at Walmart? Snoop Dogg's Dr. Bombay ice cream. Seven tasty sounding flavors in all. I was excited, but at $5 a pop, maybe I shouldn't buy them all at once. I have been fooled before....

Dr. Bombay Rollin' In the Dough Ice Cream

Dr. Bombay Syrupy Waffle Sundaze Ice Cream

"Compare to Ben & Jerry's"

So I ran in to Hannaford last week and as I'm scanning for new stuff, I see these eye catching Hannaford pints. I don't remember Hannaford (aka Food Lion) having pints before, but on the edge of the shelf underneath each one it says "Compare to Ben & Jerry's" and then goes on to point out that these are only $2.69 a pint.

Hannaford Ice Cream

Toasted S'mores - Caramel Cone - Brookie Dough

Seal removed, this is what we've got. The brookie dough is not inspiring any confidence in that flavor. Now I can't find a plant number on these pints, so I'm not sure where they came from. Now technically the people that own Hannaford also own Stop & Shop (GIANT), and they had a line of pint flavors too, but that was way back in 2014 and that was a different flavor line up. (you can see the review here)

How do they look? Strangely enough, I inadvertently ate these from best to worst.

Toasted S'mores: It's not a super strong flavor, but it's fun and unique and gets a bit of a kick from the dark chocolate chips. Sure, I personally can always go for more graham flavor, but I like this one. --- As I dig down, we'll see if I hit an actual graham swirl or if the graham bits continue to be spread out everywhere.

Caramel Cone: again, not a lot of flavor coming from the base caramel ice cream (let's be honest, it looks like vanilla ice cream). It's bare minimum flavor really, but there are a ton of chocolate coated waffle cone bits to start, and when is that not fun?

Brookie Dough: you would think this should be fun.... but it's not. In fact, it's down right weird. The chocolate and vanilla ice creams have completely blended together and the end result is not fun. The cookie dough bits are nothing to right home about and I haven't even found the brownie bits yet. This one is disappointing and I can pretty much guarantee that it will get finished last.

On Second Scoop: I already went back to the s'mores and had a hard time not finishing the pint. This is definitely a toasted flavor and not a graham centric flavor, but it works really well. Also, I forgot to mention that these aren't as dense as Ben & Jerry's pints ofcourse (240-ish vs 310-ish in terms of calorie count).... I bet s'mores would taste great in a waffle cone.

Today was time for caramel cone again and maybe they should have just called it waffle cone or chocolate covered cone because the caramel flavoring is barely there. This one could definitely have used a caramel swirl. Also, do those waffle cone pieces look familiar? (maybe like the ones from Target? see them here). This one isn't bad, but it could be better!

Verdict?  s'mores was fun
Buy Again?  the s'mores one

Tillamook Waffle Cone Swirl Ice Cream

[Lim Ed in 2018, Full time in 2019] Alright Tillamook, I'm giving you one more chance to impress me here. If a new flavor involving waffle cones doesn't work, maybe nothing will...

Tillamook Waffle Cone Swirl Ice Cream

chocolate and vanilla ice creams swirled with caramel
and chunks of chocolaty waffle cone

Haagen-Dazs Heaven Light Ice Cream

[2020-2022] I usually like to split these things up, but because I sampled them at the same time, and because that then affects how I feel about the product line in general, I'm going to keep them together if that's cool with everyone. So, we hit up Stop & Shop on the way home the other day and picked up the new "light ice cream" lineup from Haagen-Dazs. They call it Heaven, I call it a scam to lower our expectations of what should be in a pint of H-D...

Haagen-Dazs HEAVEN Light Ice Cream

strawberry waffle cone and chocolate sea salt caramel

McDonald's Stroopwafle McFlurry

[New for 2019] There's finally a new McFlurry for the first time in a long time... maybe I missed reviewing one, but it's been six long years since my last mcflurry review.

McDonald's Stroopwafle McFlurry

vanilla soft serve with caramel and
Daelman’s Stroopwafel crispy caramel waffle cookie pieces

Talenti Vanilla Fudge Cookie Gelato Layers

[New for 2019] Since I seem to be too tired for night time blogging recently, it's up to the weekends to help get me caught up. In this case, I've been having fun with some of the new layered flavors from Talenti. The biggest question is: Do they taste as good as they look?

Talenti Vanilla Fudge Cookie Gelato Layers

dark chocolate gelato - chocolate cookies - fudge sauce
vanilla bean gelato - broken waffle cone

Sonic Double Stuff OREO Wafflecone

[New for 2018] You know what I haven't done in a really long time? Check to see if they ever built any more Sonic Drive-Ins in my area. It seemed like forever that my only choice was the one outside Boston (meaning it was 70-75 minutes from my house). That's too far to go, but guess what? There are now 6 Sonics in my area and it's time for a family snack break.

Sonic Double Stuf OREO Wafflecone

(soft serve, sweet cream, Oreo cookie pieces, and Oreo Wafer cone)

Cumberland Farms Blissful Breakfast Club Ice Cream

[New for 2018] I swear it used to be easier to find "new" things in the second half of the year. Maybe I'm too good at finding everything early? Well, I still search none the less, but all the usual suspects are fairly bare. You know, I haven't been to Cumberland Farms in months, and they do tend to release new flavors now and then. I wonder what they have...

Cumberland Farms Blissful Breakfast Club Ice Cream

Marvelous maple flavored rich and creamy ice cream
with fruity swirls of blueberry and chuck of Belgian waffle

Baskin-Robbins Belgian Waffle Ice Cream

[Sept 2017] There's a flavor of the month with "Waffle" in the name? Just let me check the calendar, yup, it's clear now. To the lunchmobile!

Baskin-Robbins Belgian Waffle Ice Cream

Belgian waffle pieces, praline pecans and a caramel ribbon
in maple praline flavored ice cream

Yeti Frozen Custard Review

So, this review is going to start with two apologies. One is to Yeti Frozen Custard as they sent these free samples over five weeks ago (their website is here). I was fairly quick to try them but logistics got in the way of the actual post. The second apology is to everyone who grew up with frozen custard because frozen custard just isn't really a thing in the northeast. I know eggs are a factor and that it shouldn't be drastically different from other things I've tried for the blog, but please forgive my lack of experience here. Now, without further ado, let's try....

Yeti Frozen Custard : currently available in eight flavors, I tried four of them

Steve's Sunday Morning Ice Cream #25

[By Nick] After my underwhelming experience with Steve’s Salty Caramel ice cream, I thought it would be best to try the free sample I was most excited about: Sunday Morning.

With a description of “Buttered Maple Syrup Ice Cream with Crispy Waffle Pieces” there’s no way I couldn’t be excited. If you don’t know, Dubba and I are quite the advocates for ice cream for breakfast and Steve’s has gone and made a flavor perfect for such an occasion. And come on, when’s the last time you saw waffle pieces in ice cream that weren’t cones? Exactly, never. If you can’t tell, I’m very excited for this flavor and my expectations are extremely high. Please don’t let me down Steve’s!