Also visit our main website, TheNibble.com.
Inside: 10 million or more live and active cultures. Photo courtesy Pinkberry. “What happens to the beneficial bacteria in frozen yogurt,” a reader writes. “Does freezing kill them?” No. Live culture frozen yogurt maintains the cultures’ benefits because the flash-freezing technique used in the production of frozen yogurt, unlike slow freezing in a freezer,…
Continue reading “FOOD 101: Live & Active Cultures In Frozen Yogurt”
We’re in heaven with a Godiva softserve swirl in an almond praline cone. Photo courtesy Godiva Chocolatier. When it comes to soft serve ice cream, some fans say that the best is at Dairy Freeze in Boston. Others cite Christy’s Tasty Queen in Kansas City. Without going to those establishments or any others, we…
Continue reading “PRODUCT: Godiva Soft Serve Ice Cream”
It’s the reverse of pie à la mode; perhaps it should be called an ice cream crumble. Pie dough crumbles—which are the pie dough version of streusel—are used to put a pie crust “topping” over ice cream. Today’s tip was inspired by The Strawberry Barbara, a sundae from McConnell’s Ice Cream in Santa Barbara. McConnell’s…
Continue reading “TIP OF THE DAY: Pie Dough Crumb Topping On A Sundae”
We often make a “double cookie dough” ice cream sandwich: chocolate chip cookies with cookie dough ice cream. But this recipe from McCormick uses raw cookie dough—not baked—as the sandwich. You make the cookie dough yourself, and don’t need to add eggs since it won’t be baked. Or, you can use pasteurized eggs. RECIPE: COOKIE…
Continue reading “RECIPE: Cookie Dough Ice Cream Sandwiches”
No fresh raspberries? Make chocolate raspberry jam. Photo courtesy McConnell’s Ice Cream. When you’re peering into the ice cream case at the market, do you ever long for flavors that don’t exist? Maybe you want chocolate cookie dough, or rum date instead of rum raisin. How about vanilla orange marmalade, a riff on the…
Continue reading “TIP OF THE DAY: Create Your Fantasy Custom Ice Cream Flavors”
