It’s apparently quite hot here in New York City. I wouldn’t know because I refuse to leave the igloo I’ve created around my air-conditioner. But if I were to venture out onto the sizzling streets, the first thing I’d do is get me a huge bowl of mint chip ice cream… not a cone because in this weather that’s just asking for disaster.
But then I remember back to my days in servitude to the Dairy Queen and I recall that customers tastes ran from the predictable-yet-delicious (vanilla cone with chocolate sprinkles) to the bizarre (Blizzards with Nerds and hot fudge).
And there are so many more dessert options for cooling down on a hot day: Sorbet, sherbet, gelato, milk shakes, popsicles, ice cream sandwiches, shaved ice, Italian ice (or as I’ve spent decades calling it, “wudder ice”), frozen yogurt and way too many to list in a simple poll.
That’s why we want to hear from you about those frosty treats (including Frosties) that help you beat the heat.
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choco tacos.
they are a pain to find now though.
Went to Cheeburger Cheeburger yesterday and I had a Brownie Batter, Oreo, Cheesecake, Chocolate-covered banana milkshake.
It. Was. Awesome. You can make any kind of milkshake you want from their list of items, you can even get a Peanut Butter and Jelly milkshake!
Coco Helado…
–I love just regular ice cream but not with chunks of cookie or anything like that. Chocolate chips are okay.
–Wendys Frosty. I don’t know why, but they’re always WAY colder than any other shake.
–Dreamsicles. Mmmmmm. Next best thing is Sonic’s Orange CreamSlush, which tastes just like one.
–There was this Haagen Daz ice cream bar that was chocolate ice cream on a stick, thickly coated with chocolate. When I eat an ice cream bar, I like to peel off the chocolate and then eat the ice cream. This stuff was SO thick it came off in slabs and the ice cream was amazing. I can’t find those chocolate/chocolate bars anymore, damn it!!!
A trip to Cold Stone… a big bowl of cheesecake ice cream with sponge cake bits and cherry pie filling in it.
Blissssssssss…
A scoop of the Banana Pudding ice cream at Sunni Sky’s in Angier, NC and I am a happy woman. Add a scoop of their Peanut Butter Fudge ice cream and I’m an even happier, extremely full woman.
They don’t have them here, but I love It’s-It. After you have one, cookie ice cream sandwiches are never the same.
http://www.itsiticecream.com/
Frozen Twinkies, or Publix Banana Pops !!
Popsicles. Seriously. Screw everything else. Just gimme dem popsicles.
I think my unhealthy fascination came from when I got sick of having tonsilitus every three days so I had them taken out as an adult. For about a month I ate nothing but chocolate popsicles because I literally couldn’t eat anything else. I even lost 30 lbs, too!
Ciao Bella Sicilian blood orange gelato. Tart, tangy frozen goodness.
Dell’s Lemonade
Rita’s fudge brownie cream ice. (NOT the plain chocolate or chocolate chocolate chip.) It’s the best of all possible worlds.
Failing that, Rita’s watermelon or melon twist ice.
Frozen Custard, a.k.a., “concretes”. Especially, the Concrete Jungle at the Shake Shack, NYC
Coffee shake = leftover coffee frozen in ice cube tray + chocolate milk blended well.
Snickers ice cream bars combine two things I don’t like very much into one thing that is amazingly delicious.
I haven’t had a Viennetta in 20 years, but I still dream about it.
You gotta come to Rhode Island and have some Del’s frozen lemonade. No, it’s not what you’re imagining. It’s truly different.
DQs Peanut Buster Parfait! The best!
Ted Drews Concreate !!!!!
Dippin dots all the way!!!!
A nice dish of salty caramel ice cream from Molly Moon’s!
Ykno those Nestle chipwiches? I need one every 28 days.
Well Joan Rivers is pretty funny.
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Wait, you mean she’s NOT frozen?
Martinis. Seriously, folks, keep your vodka and glasses in the freezer. Think of the troops.
Strawberry crunch ice cream bars… I forget the official name. Several brands make them. Actually, now that you remind me, I should pick up some of them.
SNOWBALLS! Skylight or egg custard please, with marshmallow
Swedish Fish Water Ice!
There is no substitute.
DQ dipped cone, Braum’s mint chocolate chip in a cone, and Blue Bell banana pudding ice cream. Now I have to go get some Blue Bell.