So the mad scientists over at Coldstone are at it again. First were their Ice Cream Cupcakes (which I never tried but heard I wasn't missing much). Now, Coldstone has introduced a no-melt ice cream that turns to jello pudding as you eat it.
Curious.
The ice cream comes in two flavors - chocolate and butterscotch. The Coldstone Tastemaster (ok, next to video game tester, this has to be the best job in the world.), Ray Karam states that he wanted to "Change the texture of ice cream."
I'm scared.
At first, the ice cream was the perfect velvety blend of rich milk chocolate and peanut butter.
So far, so good. But then:
"I soon found the texture to be troubling. Within a few bites, the hybrid ice cream began to soften and turned into a glue-like mixture, unlike either JELL-O or ice cream."
Uh oh.
"With the consistency of a very thick frozen yogurt or gelato, the ice cream coated the inside of my mouth instead of melting comfortably."
And then:
"...while walking, the Chocolate-y Goodness found its way down the side of the cup, onto my hands, and even dripped onto my pants."
The lies! The horror!
I am the biggest ice cream lover in all the land, but I don't think I would try this. We've got to draw the line somewhere!
This would ruin icecream for me if it had all those texture transformations. It's pretty cool that people can come up with this kind of stuff though!
Posted by: Steph | June 08, 2009 at 02:59 PM
I'll stick to regular ice cream, thank you very much. I hate to think how many chemicals are added to achieve this odd effect.
Posted by: Cookin' Canuck | June 08, 2009 at 03:46 PM
Whoa!! What??? I'd have my ice cream the ol' fashioned way.
Posted by: jenn | June 08, 2009 at 04:00 PM
Gross! Dear Mad Scientists: Let Jello be Jello and leave ice cream alone!
Posted by: Leslie | June 08, 2009 at 05:17 PM
Thanks for the heads up!I'm out on this one!
~ingrid
Posted by: ingrid | June 08, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Hmmm, a glue-like dessert - tempting as it sounds, I think I'll skip that one.
Posted by: Cakelaw | June 09, 2009 at 07:40 AM
Ew that doesn't sound very good..
Posted by: Ashley | June 09, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Relating ice cream to the consistency of Jell-O is troubling!
Posted by: The Duo Dishes | June 09, 2009 at 03:30 PM
I was actually there today and was thinking about getting it. Unfortunately I didn't or was it fortunately?
Posted by: Danielle | June 10, 2009 at 11:53 PM
nice recipe
cool article
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