From the category archives:

Flavor: Chocolate Ice Cream

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 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 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 4: Review of Chocolate w/ Irish Whisky at Murphy’s in Dingle, Ireland

May 30, 2006

I could blame it on a lack of other options, but the real reason I went back to Murphy’s was because I just couldn’t resist the place. Did I mention how much I like the color of their walls? It is a magnificent blue. Today I tried the Chocolate with Irish Whisky. The ice cream [...]

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