Ben & Jerry's Caramel Choo Choo

Wasn't it a scorcher yesterday? Y'know, that's the good thing about the Scottish climate: we get a belter of a day, turn a little pink and tender (and acquire a little more carcinogenicity), then rise the next morning to 97% cloud-cover...gale-force winds...and a chill-factor of -75°. Aye, we're so bloomin' lucky up here. Not for us the boring day-after-day ritual of desperately trying to cool down, or just plain avoiding the burning rays from the big ball of fire in the sky. The endless crates of chilled beer...the pure, unadulterated, decadent pleasure of gobbling humongous spoonfuls of ... more

Last night I had a treat. With my mouth craving for something "pudding like" after dinner, it was a trip to Somerfields for my wife. She returned with something new for me to try... Now, I have had Ben and Jerry's before. I always liken them to an Americanised Hagen Daas. Trying to muscle in on their market. This was no different but did have some unexpected treats for me to try. Tub. Yep, it comes in a tub. Similar in appearance to Hagen Daas tubs but different colours. The Cardboard seems to hold the ice cream together well with no signs of a leaky mess extruding from the bottom. Even when ... more

The other day my hubby bought home some ice cream and it was, yes you guessed it Ben & Jerry's Caramel Chew Chew (not choo choo as mentioned in the product category) which is "Caramel Ice cream, Caramel and Chocolately covered caramel chunks" Like their other ice cream that I have tried called Phish food, I think that this can be too sickly if you if you eat too much, the caramel flavored ice cream is great just the right texture and right amount of caramel. The choclate covered caramel pieces make it even sicklier but taste great. Ben & Jerry do some really fun ice creams for the chocolate ... more