Salted caramel butter pecan ice cream

[dannylion]

OMG!

Ambrosia.  Except for the lumps from the pecans, which are good, but lumpy.

Ordinarily, I do not like stuff in my ice cream, especially lumpy stuff. My preference is for a really good quality vanilla or coffee ice cream. Yum. (Now I want some vanilla ice cream).

Safeway had a sale on some fancy ice cream, so I decided to try the salted caramel butter pecan.  It's really good. Kinda lumpy, though. I like pecans, but this has maybe too many. The rest of it is really good.  But it's lumpy. 

[msventoux]

I want!  It's gorgeous and sunny here and that would be perfect right about now.  I actually had it a few months ago.  And vowed to not have it very often, because it didn't last very long. 

[Opti]

Glad you are enjoying it. I bought a SO Delicious pint of Vanilla Almond Milk because it was much lower in sugar than the versions with chips or cookie dough. I did think about the Coconut Milk one w/ Choc Chip cookie dough, but 19g of sugar vs. 12g sold me on the vanilla. ($1.88 w/ coupon btw. )

Enjoy.

[dannylion]

Oh, that Vanilla Almond Milk ice cream sounds interesting. I'll look for that the next time I decide to buy ice cream, just to try something different. I like the regular dairy milk ice cream, but if something else is good in its own right, I'm happy to be able to enjoy it.

Does anyone else prefer just plain ice cream with no added stuff or lumps? It seems like most people I discuss ice cream with think I'm weird because I prefer my frozen treats sans lumps o' stuff.

[Opti]

May 14, 2016 17:37:11 GMT -5 dannylion said:

Oh, that Vanilla Almond Milk ice cream sounds interesting. I'll look for that the next time I decide to buy ice cream, just to try something different. I like the regular dairy milk ice cream, but if something else is good in its own right, I'm happy to be able to enjoy it.

Does anyone else prefer just plain ice cream with no added stuff or lumps? It seems like most people I discuss ice cream with think I'm weird because I prefer my frozen treats sans lumps o' stuff.

I usually prefer mine smooth because its easier to eat and I often splurge only when my throat is sore. My throat is sore now due to sinus drainage and I just started anti-biotics. (Another reason to go low sugar!)

I'm OK with lumps in a general sense, that said, I do try to limit my extra sugars and many extra lumpy things are considerably higher in sugar than the plain varieties. One, my Wegmans used to carry, was a Rice milk pint that was carrot cake flavored with carrot cake. That was pretty good. They don't carry it anymore, so nothing I splurge semi-regularly has lumps.

....... in other news I've had some great luck with ground beef sales and manager specials recently ......

[tloonya]

Yucky

[resolution]

I like hot fudge sundays with the plain vanilla but hot fudge over everything. My husband like the mix ins with the lumps of cookie dough.

[Jaguar]

I miss my ice cream.

[dannylion]

Sigh. Now I want carrot cake.

I hope your throat feels better soon, Opt4Ft.

[wvugurl26]

May 14, 2016 19:14:01 GMT -5 dannylion said:

Sigh. Now I want carrot cake.

I hope your throat feels better soon, Opt4Ft.

Maybe Sugarbakers has some? Of course they are probably closed Sunday.

[dannylion]

May 14, 2016 19:21:33 GMT -5 wvugurl26 said:

May 14, 2016 19:14:01 GMT -5 dannylion said:

Sigh. Now I want carrot cake.

I hope your throat feels better soon, Opt4Ft.

Maybe Sugarbakers has some? Of course they are probably closed Sunday.

I can only go into that place if I have significant adult supervision (i.e., someone who can resist all the tasty treats--most of my friends do not fit into that category).  Fortunately, it's far enough from my house to make the trip impractical and easy to talk myself out of.  Besides which, you're right, they're closed on Sunday (just checked the website).   

I think I'll try one of the closer bakeries next week.  Giant used to have a really good frozen carrot cake (I think it was from a small company in PA), but they don't carry it anymore.  On the bright side, our local crappy Giant is moving across the parking lot into the former Sears Grand building and becoming a shiny new Super Giant, so maybe they will have a wider selection than the small, tired, old one had.  On an even brighter note, there is a rumor that the building the old Giant was in will become a Home Goods, and everyone in my neighborhood is hoping the rumor is true. 

Good.  Now I have a project for next week.  Find carrot cake. 

[wvugurl26]

Last time I went in I walked out with my brother's birthday cake and a slice of red velvet cake. Both were delicious. I'm pretty good at resisting the other stuff. Except red velvet.

[Kolt!]

omg, that sounds so good. my girlfriend and me made a butter pecan cake today and we got butter pecan ice cream to go with it, but that ice cream sounds like it'd have went even better with what we made today! 

[dannylion]

May 14, 2016 19:37:48 GMT -5 wvugurl26 said:

Last time I went in I walked out with my brother's birthday cake and a slice of red velvet cake. Both were delicious. I'm pretty good at resisting the other stuff. Except red velvet.

You are a much better person than I am.

I lose all strength of will in the presence of pastries. 

[Opti]

May 14, 2016 18:30:54 GMT -5 Jaguar said:

I miss my ice cream.

Sorry Sugi. Me too. I've become a non-dairy connesuier (sp?) because it beats going without anything ice cream like.

I almost long for the days I didn't know Ben & Jerry's(miss those ice cream sandwiches made with brownies ) made my sore throats worse. Almost...

[Opti]

May 14, 2016 19:42:32 GMT -5 Kolt! said:

omg, that sounds so good. my girlfriend and me made a butter pecan cake today and we got butter pecan ice cream to go with it, but that ice cream sounds like it'd have went even better with what we made today! 

Nice I used to love butter pecan ice cream... let me rephrase, I love butter pecan ice cream but avoid it for my health.

Enjoy. Sounds marvelous.

[weltschmerz]

Not a big fan of ice cream, but when I do eat it, it has to be fruit...like black cherry.

I wouldn't take the salted caramel butter pecan if they were giving it away for free.

[Opti]

Do you like sorbet, Welts? I love Ciao Bello's Blackberry Cabernet.

[weltschmerz]

May 14, 2016 20:49:11 GMT -5 Opti said:

Do you like sorbet, Welts? I love Ciao Bello's Blackberry Cabernet.

I do. I don't have much of a sweet tooth, though.

[Opti]

May 14, 2016 20:50:58 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

May 14, 2016 20:49:11 GMT -5 Opti said:

Do you like sorbet, Welts? I love Ciao Bello's Blackberry Cabernet.

I do. I don't have much of a sweet tooth, though.

Are you someone who prefers salty stuff?

I have a moderate sweet tooth.

[weltschmerz]

May 14, 2016 20:54:07 GMT -5 Opti said:

May 14, 2016 20:50:58 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

I do. I don't have much of a sweet tooth, though.

Are you someone who prefers salty stuff?

I have a moderate sweet tooth.

. Salt is my downfall.

[Cookies Galore]

May 14, 2016 19:32:54 GMT -5 dannylion said:

May 14, 2016 19:21:33 GMT -5 wvugurl26 said:

Maybe Sugarbakers has some? Of course they are probably closed Sunday.

I can only go into that place if I have significant adult supervision (i.e., someone who can resist all the tasty treats--most of my friends do not fit into that category).  Fortunately, it's far enough from my house to make the trip impractical and easy to talk myself out of.  Besides which, you're right, they're closed on Sunday (just checked the website).   

I think I'll try one of the closer bakeries next week.  Giant used to have a really good frozen carrot cake (I think it was from a small company in PA), but they don't carry it anymore.  On the bright side, our local crappy Giant is moving across the parking lot into the former Sears Grand building and becoming a shiny new Super Giant, so maybe they will have a wider selection than the small, tired, old one had.  On an even brighter note, there is a rumor that the building the old Giant was in will become a Home Goods, and everyone in my neighborhood is hoping the rumor is true. 

Good.  Now I have a project for next week.  Find carrot cake. 

That's a Pellman cake. My grandmom loves the carrot cake.

[Cookies Galore]

I just had a mint salted caramel swirl ice cream the other week from a local maker. So freaking good. I also like to treat myself every so often to a pint from Little Baby's ice cream in Philly. My favorites are their earl grey Sriracha and cardamom caramel.

[GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl]

I judge ice cream shops and brands by the quality of their vanilla ice cream.

As simple as vanilla ice cream is, it seems to be really difficult to make it well.

[weltschmerz]

This is the best ice cream in the world. They don't advertise. They don't have to. The packaging is utilitarian, but man, is it ever good!! It's pure and simple. No "milk solids" or chemicals or artificial flavouring.

[dannylion]

May 14, 2016 21:31:32 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

May 14, 2016 19:32:54 GMT -5 dannylion said:

I can only go into that place if I have significant adult supervision (i.e., someone who can resist all the tasty treats--most of my friends do not fit into that category).  Fortunately, it's far enough from my house to make the trip impractical and easy to talk myself out of.  Besides which, you're right, they're closed on Sunday (just checked the website).   

I think I'll try one of the closer bakeries next week.  Giant used to have a really good frozen carrot cake (I think it was from a small company in PA), but they don't carry it anymore.  On the bright side, our local crappy Giant is moving across the parking lot into the former Sears Grand building and becoming a shiny new Super Giant, so maybe they will have a wider selection than the small, tired, old one had.  On an even brighter note, there is a rumor that the building the old Giant was in will become a Home Goods, and everyone in my neighborhood is hoping the rumor is true. 

Good.  Now I have a project for next week.  Find carrot cake. 

That's a Pellman cake. My grandmom loves the carrot cake.

Thanks, CG!  I will put it on my list of things to track down.  It was a good carrot cake.

[GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl]

May 14, 2016 21:31:32 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

May 14, 2016 19:32:54 GMT -5 dannylion said:

That's a Pellman cake. My grandmom loves the carrot cake.

Thanks to these boards, you already turned me on to the bees.

And, thanks to ODS playing college lax, I am on a crash course in other Pennsylvania food specialties.  You folks have some yummy stuff, and some...interesting...stuff: broasted chicken, tomato pie (I.e., pizza without cheese), pork roll, pretzels...  And I love how there are loyalties to certain restaurants and delis -- loyalties going back generations, even.  

But, now it seems, I am absolutely compelled to get some Pellman cakes.

I want to hug you AND smack you at the same time.  

ETA:  Oh, look!!! How convenient!!  They sell combo packs!!!

[dannylion]

May 15, 2016 9:31:35 GMT -5 GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl said:

May 14, 2016 21:31:32 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

That's a Pellman cake. My grandmom loves the carrot cake.

Thanks to these boards, you already turned me on to the bees.

And, thanks to ODS playing college lax, I am on a crash course in other Pennsylvania food specialties.  You folks have some yummy stuff, and some...interesting...stuff: broasted chicken, tomato pie (I.e., pizza without cheese), pork roll, pretzels...  And I love how there are loyalties to certain restaurants and delis -- loyalties going back generations, even.  

But, now it seems, I am absolutely compelled to get some Pellman cakes.

I want to hug you AND smack you at the same time.  

ETA:  Oh, look!!! How convenient!!  They sell combo packs!!!

I recall that the cream-cheese frosting was particularly tasty, not very sweet so that the slight tang of the cheese complemented the sweetness of the carrots in the cake quite nicely.  Yum. 

[Cookies Galore]

May 15, 2016 9:31:35 GMT -5 GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl said:

May 14, 2016 21:31:32 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

That's a Pellman cake. My grandmom loves the carrot cake.

Thanks to these boards, you already turned me on to the bees.

And, thanks to ODS playing college lax, I am on a crash course in other Pennsylvania food specialties.  You folks have some yummy stuff, and some...interesting...stuff: broasted chicken, tomato pie (I.e., pizza without cheese), pork roll, pretzels...  And I love how there are loyalties to certain restaurants and delis -- loyalties going back generations, even.  

But, now it seems, I am absolutely compelled to get some Pellman cakes.

I want to hug you AND smack you at the same time.  

ETA:  Oh, look!!! How convenient!!  They sell combo packs!!!

Corropolese tomato pie for life!

[GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl]

May 15, 2016 12:30:05 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

May 15, 2016 9:31:35 GMT -5 GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl said:

Thanks to these boards, you already turned me on to the bees.

And, thanks to ODS playing college lax, I am on a crash course in other Pennsylvania food specialties.  You folks have some yummy stuff, and some...interesting...stuff: broasted chicken, tomato pie (I.e., pizza without cheese), pork roll, pretzels...  And I love how there are loyalties to certain restaurants and delis -- loyalties going back generations, even.  

But, now it seems, I am absolutely compelled to get some Pellman cakes.

I want to hug you AND smack you at the same time.  

ETA:  Oh, look!!! How convenient!!  They sell combo packs!!!

Corropolese tomato pie for life!

THAT was exactly what someone brought to EVERY game!!!