From the monthly archives:

June 2006

Scoop 20: Edy’s Double Vanilla

June 15, 2006

In the past two days I have learned far more about myself than I expected when trying vanilla ice cream. First, I really like vanilla ice cream. I usually just eat it with chocolate cake or hot fudge sundaes; but maybe I need to start eating it plain to truly appreciate the flavor. The second, [...]

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Scoop 19: Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Bean

June 14, 2006

The best dessert to soothe a mouth stung by spicy red curry? Haagen Dazs Vanilla Bean Ice Cream. Hands down the best vanilla bean ice cream I’ve ever had. (Besides the homemade vanilla bean my mom makes me every year for my birthday.) Haagen Dazs Vanilla Bean Ice Cream exudes vanilla bean flavor. It is [...]

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Scoop 18: Ben and Jerry’s Black and Tan

June 13, 2006

Can’t decide between a pint of Guinness and a pint cup of ice cream? Try a pint Ben and Jerry’s new Black and Tan. While the name is extremely offensive to the Irish, Black and Tan cream probably wouldn’t offend their tongues. (As a side note, Ben and Jerry’s did issue an apology and it’s [...]

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Scoop 17: Chocolate Peanut Butter at MaggieMoo’s

June 12, 2006

Any disappointment I felt after our kickball team lost tonight vanished with one bite of Maggie Moo’s Chocolate Peanut Butter. I have never been to a Maggie Moo’s before, though I recently learned that they are a growing franchise and have a number of locations other than the one I went to in Adam’s Morgan. [...]

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Scoop 16: Wendy’s Frosty- Wendy’s Resturant, VA

June 11, 2006

I promise after today I will start eating more “real” ice cream. There have been too many ice cream bars and other non-ice cream ice creams for my liking. This site is about ranking real ice cream. Not ice cream bars or Wendy’s Frosties (is that the plural of “Frosty”? I don’t know). So, I [...]

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Scoop 15: Delicious Dirt (Chocolate Ice Cream with Oreos) at Cold Stone Creamery, Ricmond, VA

June 10, 2006

Today’s issue of USA Today (which is, of course, the only “newspaper” my hotel carries) features an article in the Money section about the rapid expansion of Cold Stone Creamery. According to the article “Cold Stone doesn’t just sell sundaes and sorbet, it sells sizzle.” I kept the article for future reference for the day [...]

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Scoop 14: Vanilla Ice Cream on Apple Pancakes, 3rd Street Diner, Richmond, VA

June 9, 2006

Since my hotel has internet access, I decided to use Google Maps to plot my hotel’s address and search for “ice cream” in nearby businesses. Located less than ¼ mile from the hotel, Terrace Ice Cream Parlour at 101 East Franklin Street seemed to be the best choice Google gave me. After the previous night’s [...]

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Scoop 13: Good Humor Chocolate Éclair Bar

June 8, 2006

I’m in Richmond, VA for a conference and the only thing I had time to get today was a Good Humor Chocolate Éclair Bar from the market in the VCU Commons.  When I was in middle school we had an ice cream vending machine in the cafeteria and I would occasionally get the Chocolate Éclair [...]

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Scoop 12: Pistachio Gelato at Vittorio’s in Union Station

June 7, 2006

I went to Union Station over lunch today and got gelato from a little Italian shop in the food court.  I hadn’t been to this shop before and found the pistachio gelato I ordered to be enjoyable.  It had a strong pistachio flavor and looked pretty with its intense green color.  The texture was a [...]

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Scoop 11: Dove Caramel Pecan Perfection

June 6, 2006

The perfection is really lacking in Dove’s Caramel Pecan Perfection.  I’m a huge fan of the Miniature Dove Bars and was hoping to be a fan of Dove’s line of regular ice cream flavors.  Thus far, that’s not going to be the case.  The flavor of Caramel Pecan Perfection is bad and the texture is [...]

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Scoop 10: Raspberry White Chocolate at Sweet Licks

June 5, 2006

Winning our first playoff game in the Dupont Kickball league had me exhausted and in need of a refreshing ice cream cone. (Is it necessary to mention that we won because the other team forfeited due to lack of players?) On this warm- but not hot-June evening, I was in the mood for a fruity [...]

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Scoop 9: Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia Ice Cream Review

June 4, 2006

There nothing like returning home from a long vacation and enjoying comfort foods.  Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia is one of my comfort foods.  I usually get the frozen yogurt because I enjoy the softer texture (and it has fewer calories), but I figured that since today still counts as vacation I would splurge and [...]

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Scoop 8: Review of Gianduia at Botticelli in Dublin, Ireland

June 3, 2006

I spent some time on the internet trying to find a good ice cream shop in Dublin. I even asked the people at the hostel. The only thing I found online was a place started by two American girls—recent graduates from Brown who moved to Dublin to open an ice cream shop. We went over [...]

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Scoop 7: Mars Bar Ice Cream Review, Temple Bar, Dublin

June 2, 2006

Arriving in Dublin 2 hours later than expected after sitting in an hour of traffic to travel 1/2 km and running on fumes (determined to return the prepaid gas rental car on empty), then sitting in more traffic on the steaming hot bus ride into the city center; the last thing I wanted to do [...]

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Scoop 6: Magnum Bar on Aran Island Review

June 1, 2006

Ireland really is gorgeous. Today we took a ferry out to and then biked around the Aran Islands. Truly a quaint and stunning place. There are few shops on the Island and no ice cream shops, but they do sell ice cream at the small grocery store. I got a Classic Magnum Mar. I’ve had [...]

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