Price Chopper Double Chocolate Brownie Ice Cream

Time for a super quick review of something that's been hanging out in the freezer for the last couple of weeks. I tend to buy the same things when my daughter asks for something fruity or chocolatey but on occasion I will make a random purchase like the one below. "Central Market Classics" is no longer the name of the inhouse brand for Price Chopper. A lot of the current stuff is frozen dairy dessert, but there are some actual ice creams mixed in like...

Price Chopper Double Chocolate Brownie Ice Cream

chocolate ice cream with brownie pieces & fudge swirl

High Road Caramel Pecan Ice Cream

[Reader Note: High Road has checked in with us and has offered to send a fresh pint to Nick so that he can verify if he got an off pint or not.]

[By Nick] Has it already been 6 months since my last review? Time really does fly. Between my son and the doughnut shop, time to formally write a review seems to slip away. That and I’m honestly pretty lazy. But hey, I’m here now and ready to try a brand that’s new to the site but not new to us. High Road has been on our radars for years. They’re a brand that touts themselves as a culinary inclined business as you can probably tell by their “made by chefs” tagline. Not to rain on anyone’s parades but most ice cream companies do rely on chefs to help curate their flavors. We haven’t been able to find them in our stores up North. Well up until recently when I stumbled upon a few of their flavors at my local Shop Rite.

High Road Caramel Pecan Ice Cream

Praline Pecans in a Rich Brown Butter Caramel Ice Cream

A La Mode Ice Cream Bars : Part 2

[New for 2017] After I had a bit of an issue with my local grocery store providing me with a decent box of a la mode ice cream bars, a la mode stepped in with replacement samples of their tasty speed bump bar as well as free samples of the rest of their 2017 lineup. They put out four new ice cream bars in all this year, the two we already covered and...

A La Mode Wired Ice Cream Bars

coffee ice cream with chocolate chips
A La Mode Vanilla Bar Ice Cream Bars
classic vanilla ice cream dipped in a deep chocolate coating

Packaging / Branding Alert

Have you ever seen a Giant / Stop&Shop in house flavor and wished you could find it, only to remember that you only live near a Food Lion / Hannaford? Well, fret no more! In the summer of 2016, the owners of all those grocery store chains came together in a big merger and the effects of that are finally popping up in my local Hannaford (Food Lion).

So here's an example from Giant (Stop & Shop)

And here's one from Hannaford (Food Lion).

Notice that it looks like a 2017 Giant flavor but no longer has the 3 leaf logo on it. That now generic look means it can now be plopped down on any freezer shelf. So far I've only reviewed the newer Salted Caramel Toffee flavor and the older Toasted Marshmallow flavor, but with distribution reaching so many people now, I will try to pick up more of their flavors going forward.

Side note: The current limited flavor is often also offered as an ice cream sandwich!

Cool Haus Dirty Mint Chip Ice Cream

Wow, I've really fallen off the blog horse haven't I? My tentative goal right now is to make sure the freezer is flushed out and ready for 2018 by the time 2018 rolls around. There are still a few free samples floating about my stash including....

Cool Haus Dirty Mint Chip Ice Cream

fresh mint leaf ice cream, brown sugar, dark chocolate chips

A La Mode Ice Cream Bars

Dear Reader, shortly after posting this review, a la mode contacted me to let me know that at some point something terrible had befallen the box of speed bump bars shown in this review. They immediately sent over fresh samples of all of their new 2017 products and I have to say, the fresh Speed Bump bar was delicious. I am now thoroughly convinced that my local Shaws let my bars completely melt and then were refrozen. For proof, just look at the last picture and notice that all the mix-ins sank in the bar rather than being spread out like the fresh bar I just ate. For the sake of honesty, I am leaving up the original review, but rather than use it as a knock against a la mode, please use it as a reminder that there is no guarantee that the product you buy has had an easy life. Kudos to a la mode for standing behind their product!

[New for 2017] Who's ready for another nut-free, egg-free, sesame-free treat? I was originally going to break this review in two but let's keep these new bars together.

A La Mode Speed Bump Ice Cream Bars

deep chocolate with marshmallows, white and dark chocolate chips

A La Mode Partly Cloudy Ice Cream Bars

blue cotton candy ice cream with mini marshmallows

Ben & Jerry's Marshmallow Moon Ice Cream

[New for Nov 1st] Late Wednesday night, November 1st, Jimmy Fallon announced his latest collaboration with Ben & Jerry's. This "Special Stash" (aka micro batch) is only available online and in scoop shops. In other words, I just shelled out $6.50 to bring you a review of....

Ben & Jerry's Marshmallow Moon Ice Cream - Special Stash

vanilla ice cream with marshmallow & graham cracker swirls & fudge chunks