From the category archives:

Flavor: Other (not chocolaty, vanillay, or fruity)

Scoop 65: Lee’s Caramel Truffle Swirl

July 30, 2006

I’ve wanted to try this brand of ice cream since I found out it is locally produced in Baltimore. Today, I finally discovered Lee’s Ice Cream at Shopper’s Food Warehouse in Alexandria. For only $2.50 for a quart this ice cream is a steal. You can’t even get a scoop at a shop for that [...]

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Scoop 62: Oatmeal Cinnamon Cookie at The Dairy Godmother in Alexandria

July 27, 2006

I’m a huge fan of frozen custard.  It is so much creamier and richer than regular ice cream; and it’s better for you too.  Growing up in Minnesota, we were lucky to be neighbors with the frozen custard capitol of the world (aka Wisconsin).  So, I was pleased to discover that there are a number [...]

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Scoop 59: Ben and Jerry’s Pistachio Pistachio

July 24, 2006

The first time I had Ben and Jerry’s Pistachio Pistachio was during public speaking class in high school. One of the girls in our class did a “demonstration speech” which involved mixing Jelly Bellys and Pistachio Pistachio. I haven’t had Jelly Bellys in my ice cream since then, but I still enjoy Pistachio Pistachio on [...]

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Scoop 57: Ben and Jerry’s Fudge Central

July 22, 2006

The chocolate fudge in Ben and Jerry’s Fudge Central is just like hot fudge. Except it’s not hot. But it is this awesome “core” in the middle of the ice creams that is rich and gooey and fudgey. The chocolate ice cream with white fudge chunks and the the vanilla bean with chocolate fudge chunks [...]

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Scoop 53: Ciao Bella Green Tea with White Chocolate

July 18, 2006

If you like your green tea “green” then you will like this ice cream. If you like to add lots of sugar to your tea (like me) then you may hate this ice cream. This ice cream tastes like green tea. It’s that simple. It doesn’t taste sugary and is incredibly strong in flavor. I [...]

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Scoop 52: Better Batter Cupcake at MaggieMoos

July 17, 2006

“The cupcake you eat with a spoon.” That’s the slogan for MaggieMoo’s new ice cream creations. The one described on their website is not the same as the one I got… The only option left at the Adam’s Morgan location tonight was “Better Batter.” At only $2.99 these things are a steal (compared to their [...]

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Scoop 46: Haagen Dazs English Toffee

July 11, 2006

I was expecting great things from Haagen Dazs’ new English Toffee ice cream; but I was sorely disappointed.  I never thought I’d say this, but this ice cream is too sweet.  Seriously, it is probably the sweetest ice cream I’ve ever had.  It is very intensely toffee flavored.  Maybe one bite would have been good; [...]

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Scoop 37: Homemade Peanut Butter Cup

July 2, 2006

Another recipe modified from allrecipes.com. This one was much more complicated than the coconut, but not all the complicated. I modified this recipe by adding 1/2 cup unsweetened coco powder to make the base ice cream flavor chocolate peanut butter and not just peanut butter. I also didn’t use quite as many Reece’s peanut butter [...]

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Scoop 35: Haagen Dazs: Dulce de Leche / Caramel

June 30, 2006

When it rains, it pours. (And I’m not talking about the weather in DC this week.) It’s pouring mini ice cream containers. I went to a café around the corner from my office this afternoon and found out that they carry mini Haagen Dazs. These are a little bigger than Ben and Jerry’s minis (4.23 [...]

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Scoop 29: Breyers Cookies and Cream

June 24, 2006

Very Mediocre. That’s the way I’d describe Breyers Cookies and Cream. The cookies don’t have a very strong, or tasty, cookie flavor. I mean what we are really going for when we say “cookies” is Oreo cookies, right? All cookies and cream ice cream uses cookies that try to taste like Oreos. But they never [...]

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Scoop 28: Chai Tea Ice Cream at Sweetlicks

June 23, 2006

This was good ice cream. Tasted just like chai tea. I haven’t had chai tea in awhile, a least 6 months or so, but I think it tastes like this. Kinda like pumpkin pie without the pumpkin. Anyway, excellent flavor. Sweet and spicy. And the texture was smooth, but not in the thick heavy way. [...]

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Scoop 24: Häagen-Dazs Mint Chip

June 19, 2006

I’m not sure why this flavor jumped out at me when I was browsing the freezer section at Safeway tonight. I actually had Breyer’s ice cream in my freezer that I was planning on eating, but we had to make an emergency run to the store since the dog was out of food and her [...]

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Scoop 23: Libido at Larry’s Ice Cream, Dupont Circle

June 18, 2006

Apparently it doesn’t take much to persuade me to go out for some ice cream. Despite the fact that I had been there only two days ago, when Kim suggested we go to Larry’s Homemade Ice Cream I didn’t even hesitate. As I said in my previous post about Larry’s, they serve a flavor called [...]

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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 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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