Tag: ice cream
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peach ice cream with sugared impatiens
i’ve gotten pretty tired of people sugarcoating the truth. i feel like i’ve had to deal with it so many times in the past month. sugarcoating might make something “easier to swallow” in the moment, but it’s really just a way to delay reality to a later date. i much prefer sugarcoating in its literal…
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birthday cake oreo milkshakes
the world turned upside down last week at starbucks’ introduction of the limited edition unicorn frappuccino. the drink is described as “a sweet dusting of pink powder blended into a crème frappuccino with mango syrup, and layered with a pleasantly sour blue powder topping.” so basically blue kool-aid and mango juice blended into a vanilla…
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salted caramel potato chip ice cream
the last time i made ice cream was in my seventh grade science class. we put milk and sugar in a ziploc bag, stuffed that bag into another bag filled with ice and salt, and shook it until our hands felt like they were gonna freeze off. the experiment illustrated how sodium chloride lowers water’s freezing point,…
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neopolitan cake
i like some artificial fruit flavorings – banana laffy taffys, sour apple lollipops, and blue raspberry slushies are all delicious – but i have a strong aversion to anything made to taste like strawberry. that goes for strawberry milk, strawberry jelly beans, and store-bought strawberry ice cream. the quarts of neopolitan ice cream with chocolate, vanilla,…
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half baked half birthday half cake
i love half birthdays because they come out of nowhere! it’s like your own private holiday that slaps you in the face when you notice the date. my favorite things to do on my half birthday include putting half-and-half in my coffee, watching harry potter and the half blood prince, and asking everyone obnoxiously if they…
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deep dark chocolate truffle cake
makes one six-inch cake, eight servings My mom bought a huge bag of assorted Lindor truffles. Some are filled with white chocolate, some contain a rich peanut butter mousse, and some (my personal favorite) are wrapped in shiny black foil, with an extra dark chocolate shell enrobing a smooth dark chocolate center. This cake encapsulates the truffle’s bittersweet richness, and…
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