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Given how many people enjoy PB, there’s a paucity of peanut butter ice cream out there. We could make it, of course. But for instant gratification, we buy Reese’s Peanut Butter Ice Cream Cups: peanut butter ice cream in a chocolate cup. Or, to be accurate, it’s milk chocolate flavored coating,* made with vegetable oil…
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Celebrate with a chocolate milkshake. Photo courtesy Cherry Marketing Institute. Today we know a “milkshake” as a cold beverage made from milk, ice cream, and often, syrup served in a tall, fluted glass with a straw (the classic milkshake glass is known as a Y glass). Some establishments top the drink with whipped cream…
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Introduced last year, Peanut Brittle may be our favorite B&J’s flavor. But to get the most flavor, we soften it before digging in. Photo courtesy Ben & Jerry’s. Superpremium ice cream has less overrun* (air whipped in), so it freezes more solidly compared to less expensive ice cream. Ben and Jerry’s freezes its ice…
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August 14th is National Creamsicle Day. Many foods—from yogurt thousands of years ago, to cream cheese, fudge, ganache, ice cream soda, and Toll House Cookies in the late 19th/early 20th century—were invented as the result of happy accidents. The Popsicle®, the first of the “sicle” ice cream novelties, was no different. > The Creamsicle Ice…
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Drizzle ice cream with Scotch and serve. Photo by Elke Dennis | Fotolia. Years ago, a friend who was a great cook prepared an elaborate dinner for us: intricate courses of beef, fish, and fowl with layers of flavor. We anticipated something equally elaborate for dessert. So we raised an eyebrow when he scooped…
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