what's your flavor ice cream?

[alocispepraluger102]

what's your flavor?

Now that we’re in the thick of ice cream season, it’s time to pick a side. We’re not talking about the old battle of chocolate versus vanilla. Or sugar cone versus wafer.

If you truly care about ice cream, the more important battle raging is between the traditional and the avante garde.

At Il Laboratorio del Gelato, on the Lower East Side, the ice cream flavors range from “fresh brown turkey fig” (whatever that means) to “prune/Armagnac” to “cheddar cheese.”

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/lifestyle/food/cold_war_99DuPnWvFKfSbEQWNYX9EK#ixzz1TyphqOfO

[Dave James]

I don't eat much ice cream, but when the mood strikes, I have a hard time staying away from pralines and cream. I'll leave the Albert Ayler options to those who are more adventurous.

[Noj]

All-time favorite: 31 Flavors' Gold Medal Ribbon (chocolate and vanilla ice cream with a caramel swirl).

Mint chip.

Pralines and cream is the goods, I must agree, DJ.

Some of these new concoctions are insanely good, like Moose Tracks or anything with crumbled Heath Bar.

[Shawn]

Vanilla with Hershey's syrup. Simple pleasures.

[GA Russell]

My favorite is still coffee, just like it was when I was a toddler.

Breyer's has a new flavor this year that I can recommend called Waffle Cone. Bits of waffle cone and chocolate to go with vanilla ice cream with caramel.

[Dan Gould]

No wonder you and me both had such stunted growth.

Seriously though aside from coffee or coffee-based ice cream flavors, I'll always say yes to chocolate/peanut butter or Cookies & Cream. Publix used to have a great frozen yogurt flavor, lemon with lemon cookie bits. Awesomely refreshing but in their last revision of their offerings/packaging they dropped it. Very annoying.

[jazzbo]

Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter cup.

[Bright Moments]

Sadly I don't think that they make this any more:

Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby

[paul secor]

Just plain chocolate is my favorite. Had basil ice cream at a local restaurant a couple of times. It was good for a change, but not something I'd want regularly.

[alocispepraluger102]

this is great---

especially when it's youngs double chocolate stout, when it's pulled(which is like a beer milkshake already)---

then add breyers coffee ice cream.

BINGO~!!!!!!

Edited August 3, 2011 by alocispepraluger102

[Tim McG]

Sadly, being lactose intolerant, ice cream is a thing of the past.

However, when I'm feeling brave and have eaten a handful of Lactase pills or injested a fair amount of alcohol or both, my all-time favorite is [drum roll please...] Chocolate!

[jeffcrom]

Once I reached a certain age and the old metabolism slowed down, I basically stopped eating ice cream, although I love it. But about a month ago I drove to Augusta, Georgia, the hottest spot in Georgia north of the gnat line, and cut my nephew's grass in the 100 degree F heat. I went through all the water I brought with me, so when I was through, I stopped at a convenience store to buy a bottle of water. On the way out the door I spotted the ice cream freezer. I figured I had earned a treat, so I got this:

A Magnum bar - dark chocolate over caramel around a center of vanilla ice cream. I know the circumstances had a lot to do with my reaction, but it was the most amazing thing I had ever eaten in my life.

[Rooster_Ties]

Hands down, my favorite ice cream flavor combination...

a Root Beer and Chocolate Ice Cream float.

[DTMX]

About ten years ago, in the Midtown area of Atlanta I had some blueberry buttermilk ice cream and it was awesome. Have no idea where I got it. Haven't had it since.

At least I *think* I had it...

[Adam]

Sadly I don't think that they make this any more:

Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby

According to their website, it's still in production:

http://www.benjerry.com/flavors/our-flavors/

Flavor graveyard:

http://www.benjerry.com/fun/halloween/?fg=1

But in neither is listed one that I liked a lot but only found twice in stores (never in a shop):

http://www.icecreamsource.com/Dave-Mathews-Band-Magic-Brownies_p_65.html

hmm, maybe found a source

The flavor locator is pretty cool:

http://www.benjerry.com/flavors/flavor-locator/

and so is this:

/www.icecreamsource.com

otherwise, I have a soft spot for Baskin Robbins Peanut Butter & Chocolate, but not really any other Baskin-Robbins flavors.

And I generally get chocolate & vanilla form Trader Joe's, and that serves my purposes.

[Bright Moments]

Sadly I don't think that they make this any more:

Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby

According to their website, it's still in production:

http://www.benjerry.com/flavors/our-flavors/

Flavor graveyard:

http://www.benjerry.com/fun/halloween/?fg=1

But in neither is listed one that I liked a lot but only found twice in stores (never in a shop):

http://www.icecreamsource.com/Dave-Mathews-Band-Magic-Brownies_p_65.html

hmm, maybe found a source

The flavor locator is pretty cool:

http://www.benjerry.com/flavors/flavor-locator/

and so is this:

/www.icecreamsource.com

otherwise, I have a soft spot for Baskin Robbins Peanut Butter & Chocolate, but not really any other Baskin-Robbins flavors.

And I generally get chocolate & vanilla form Trader Joe's, and that serves my purposes.

thanks adam - i tried the flavor locator and it reveals one - only one - location in all of south florida. a Walgreens (chain drug store) in Hialeah - (hugely geographically inconvenient) - so my hunt will continue!!!

[kinuta]

I don't et much ice cream, one lick and I put on a kilo but I love Matcha soft ice cream.

This is one of the best Matcha parfeit I've ever had, in Kyoto of course.

[Chuck Nessa]

My all time favorite is Butter Brickle. Have not been able to get the real thing for 40 years - see this.

[Tom 1960]

While I don't have it too often, I do enjoy Ben & Jerry's "Cherry Garcia".

[Jim R]

My all time favorite is Butter Brickle. Have not been able to get the real thing for 40 years - see this.

I remember getting that back in the 60's.

I don't know if this is regional or national, but there's a local drugstore called Thrifty, where we bought a lot of our ice cream when I was a kid. I always used to get chocolate almond, or mint chocolate chip, or rocky road, or pistachio, but at some point they unveiled this WINNER (which I've never seen anywhere else):

My all-time favorite Baskin Robbins flavor is probably jamoca almond fudge.

I also like Starbucks' java chip.

[jazzbo]

When I can find it I also really love Hagen Daas "Mayan Chocolate."

[John Tapscott]

Plain and simple butterscotch. This thread is making me hungry for a taste!

[B. Goren.]

We have a winner:

[alocispepraluger102]

When I can find it I also really love Hagen Daas "Mayan Chocolate."

i ate a quart of that fine flavor at one sitting--it is sinfully good!!!!!

[jazzbo]

It really is. About four years ago I had a cup of hot chocolate in a restaurant in Houston that tasted very similar.