Saturday, March 23, 2024

Blue Bunny Cookies 'N Cream Crunch Mini Bars


[New for 2024] There is a new mini bar from Blue Bunny which joins the current line up of strawberry shortcake (review here), vanilla caramel crunch, and chocolate cookie crumble.

Blue Bunny Cookies 'N Cream Crunch Mini Bars
Sweet Cream frozen dairy dessert with a swirl of fudge dipped in white confectionary coating and cookie pieces

News: Unilever to spin off ice cream business


Did you hear the news that Unilever will be spinning off all of it's ice cream business? It's true, though the headline often says ice cream spin-off and a cutting of 7500 jobs, but those jobs are at Unilever, not the ice cream businesses (not that some jobs cant be cut later). This includes Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Magnum, Klondike, Good Humor, Cornetto, etc. The spin off will probably be completed in 2025.

Various news sources are spinning the news different ways. One side is spinning it because Ben & Jerry's is too progressive, and another take is that Americans are eating less ice cream, but I think the most common answer is that it's all about profit, and the ice cream business just doesn't have that big a profit margin, despite how much air and lower quality ingredients that they might spin in to our favorite treat.

Does anyone remember some new stories from a few years ago that mentioned Unilever might spin off the weaker ice cream brands like Breyers, Good Humor, and Klondike? I can't seem to find those articles now.... wait, here is one article at least! There were rumors that they were contemplating selling off about a third of the business back in late 2022.

Could this spin off lead to a revitalization of any of these brands? Maybe. I won't hold my breath, but I can hope. I definitely feel like some of these brands have been unusually quite recently compared to their non-Unilever competition, and technically this could explain why. 

If you have any thoughts, leave them in the comments below.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Ben & Jerry's Marshmallow Sky Ice Cream


[New for Early 2024] I found the last of the new Ben & Jerry's flavors! Ok, technically I saw some of the renewed dairy-free options too today like Cherry Garcia, Peanut Butter Half Baked, and the Tonight Dough (which isn't updated on their website yet), but we'll get back to those later. For now, let's dive in to the blue goodness of.....

Ben & Jerry's Marshmallow Sky Ice Cream
Marshmallow Ice Cream with Marshmallow Swirls & Gobs of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough & Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Cold Stone Creamery Lucky Charms Shake


[New for 2021] I just wanted to take a moment to say this Lucky Charms shake is absolutely delicious. It tasted just like I wanted it to taste and I can't help but want another (dozen). Yes, it's that good.

Cold Stone Creamery Lucky Charms Shake
Lucky Charms Ice Cream topped with Whipped Topping, Gold Glitter & Lucky Charms Cereal

My only mild comment is that the shake seemed a little thinner than the last few I've had, but I get that not every shake is the same.  Oh, and there weren't any marshmallow or cereal bits that distracted from the amazing flavor of this one. I know the description says that, but I didn't see any sign of them (not that I'm broken up about it). Anyway, go try this!

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Ben & Jerry's Impretzively Fudged Ice Cream


[New for Early 2024] There are three new Ben & Jerry's flavors on (some) shelves now. There is the fun sounding, limited batch Marshmallow Sky (not to be confused with Marshmallow Moon) and then at Hannaford, I found the tasty sounding PB S'mores and....

Ben & Jerry's Impretzively Fudged Ice Cream
chocolate ice cream with fudge-covered pretzel pieces & pretzel swirls

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Blue Bunny Twist


[New for early 2024] Oh Blue Bunny, you do know how to get my attention, don't you? Somehow they know that I'm a sucker for a cool looking plastic container filled with frozen treats. I know I said I was against their soft frozen dairy dessert, but let's give it one more try.

Blue Bunny Twist (Soft Frozen Dairy Dessert)
Strawberries & Cream and Blu's Birthday Cake