KLIMON Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert

[Reformulated for 2024] Do you remember when KLIMON hit Walmart in 2022? At the time, they had 5 flavors that used an almond base, so I never brought them home to try. Well, I got an email from them a few weeks ago asking if I wanted to check out their reformulated lineup, and I thought, why not? Their 11 current flavors are made in a facility where nuts are present, but I asked for the flavors that didn't specifically contain any nuts, so they sent over....

Klimon Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert

Would you try a GummiCone?

[New for November 2024] On Wednesday, at Conecon in Atlanta, Mojoz unveiled a new kind of cone that also works on not just ice cream and softserve, but also for Italian Ice (or Polish ice, shaved ice, water ice, etc).

Mojoz Gummicone

mango, strawberry, and lime

Nightingale Ice Cream Sandwiches

We went to Roche Bros for first time in a long time in hopes of introducing my wife to those delicious Good Batch ice cream sandwiches that I tried back in the August 2022 (review here). Unfortunately they were gone, but in their place was a whole variety of treats from Nightingale Ice Cream sandwiches. Here's what we picked for $4.49 a pop:

Nightingale Cookie Monster Ice Cream Sandwich

Nightingale Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Sandwich

DJ Khaled Another Bun Nesquik

[New for August 2024] Back in June, when they announced that DJ Khaled was the newest spokesperson for Nesquik, they teased that something was in the works...

DJ Khaled Another Bun Nesquik

cinnamon bun flavored lowfat milk

So the reason the blog has been so quiet is that I broke my right foot at the beginning of September and have been unable to walk (and let alone drive) for the last several weeks. Well, the boot is off and I made my first test drive to my local Walmart. 

I've been on a weird strawberry milk kick for the last two weeks, but when I went to pick up more, I found the new DJ Khaled Another Bun Nesquik. If you didn't know, he's a huge ice cream fan (just look up DJ Khaled ice cream freezer).

Anyway, another bun is decent. It could be stronger in flavor, but it's better than those Nestle Sensations drinks they put out. I don't know if I'll crave drinking this flavor, but I do kind of want to buy another one and pour it in to a bowl of cinnamon toast crunch (or other tasty cinnamon cereal).

On Second Sip: I couldn't help myself and bought another one. It's not bad, but my wife pointed out that it tasted a little watered down, and she's right. It's still better than the alternatives, but I probably won't buy a third one....

Verdict?  decent
Buy Again?  maybe probably not

Ben & Jerry's Vanilla Caramel Fudge

[New for 1994] Whenever there is a big sale on Ben & Jerry's, I like to treat myself to a pint or two of the good stuff. I might pick up one of my current favorites, or I might pick up something that I haven't had in forever so that I can take new pictures and add a quick update to an old review (here is a random example). Well when I picked up this pint well over a month ago, I didn't realize that I had never had it on the blog before... like, seriously, how has this 30 year old ice cream not been on the blog?

Ben & Jerry's Vanilla Caramel Fudge Ice Cream

vanilla ice cream with swirls of caramel & fudge

Euro News: New Bite Size Treats

Yesterday, Unilever published news (here) about new bite size treats from Magnum as well as a new flavor of bite size treats from Ben & Jerry's. They also mention that the Yasso poppables are doing quite well. The bad news is that these new treats arent available in the US, but hopefully they will be someday.

image courtesy of Magnum website

First we have the tasty and fun looking Magnum Bons Bons. They come twelve in a tub. The flavors are White Chocolate & Cookies, Gold Caramel Billionaire, and Salted Caramel & Almond. I would totally devour all three of these flavors.

One thing confuses me though. The news says this is Magnum's first bite sized product, but they already had "ice cream bites" in their European lineup. Granted those were more of a ball shaped treat served in a tray and these are more of a puck shape, but still... Wait. Magnum Bites debuted in Australia and New Zealand in 2022 and they look very similar to these new bon bons. They had a vanilla ice cream filling and came with either a chocolate coating or an almond chocolate coating. Yeah, these new versions are definitely more tempting.

images courtesy of Ben & Jerry's

I had totally forgotten about Ben & Jerry's Peaces even though superfan @sven_and_jerrys posted about the cookie dough flavor way back in early 2022. Well, those original 'peaces' will be joined by the new salted caramel brownie flavor soon. You get ten in a bag.. so maybe two servings of five? 

I'm kind of shocked that peaces haven't made their way to the states yet, but fingers crossed for 2025.

Lastly, here's a picture of the Yasso Poppables incase you've never seen or noticed them. I took this photo in April 2023 when the poppables made the transition from box to bag (and from 50 calories to 35 calories per poppable).

So, anyone interested in these treats?