I have three food weaknesses in life: Cheeseburgers, Frozen Margaritas, and Frozen Yogurt.
Wait. Four. Lucky Charms. Delicious, marshmallowy Lucky Charms.
I only allow myself to eat cheeseburgers on very special occasions, ie. weekend barbecues in the summer. Every single weekend.
I only allow myself to drink frozen margaritas on very special occasions, ie. warm days in the summer. AKA pretty often.
I allow myself to eat frozen yogurt every day. Every. Single. Day.
No, I don't have it everyday, but if I did, I don't feel bad about it.
In college, however, I lived on a steady diet of gutted bagels and unlimited frozen yogurt from the dining hall (aka Graham dining hall for all of you Syracuse University people). I figured if I took the doughy insides out of my daily bagels, I would be allowed to eat more frozen yogurt. Ahhh, college naivete.
But when I say I love frozen yogurt, I really mean I love ice cream, but I do NOT allow myself to eat ice cream. Seriously, I used to convince myself that I didn't like ice cream and instead thought frozen yogurt was better. Who was I kidding? That's like saying freeze dried ice cream tastes better than Hagen Daaz. It's just a lie developed to convince astronauts that what they have is delicious. A big, fat lie, freeze dried lie.
When it comes down to it, I love the rich, creamy, smooth texture of ice cream. You can beat an ice cream that's been made with a custard. And this ice cream is at the top, top, top of my ice cream experience. A complex burnt sugar ice cream that really just tastes like the most wonderful caramel ice cream you have ever tasted. It was so good. The custard was so good - I considered taking a swig out of the glass I let it cool in before I poured it into my ice cream maker, but then I thought better of myself. But the fact that I even considered it? Well, that's just disgusting.
But that's how good this ice cream is. So good you want to drink it melted out of a glass. Bottoms up.
Check out Becky's site, Project Domestication, for the recipe! And check out the rest of TWD!
I tried to convince myself for years that I didn't like ice cream and that frozen yogurt was superior too. When I came to my sense I am a proud ice cream lover. Now when people tell me they love frozen yogurt, I rolls my eyes and think, "No you don't, you just haven't come to your senses yet." This ice cream looks GREAT!
Posted by: julia | May 04, 2010 at 08:22 AM
The two reasons I don't eat ice cream every day are that I'm too cheap to buy the good stuff and too lazy to make it myself. Who says personal faults aren't good for something? 8-)
I don't doubt for a minute that the custard for this was phenomenal. There's no shame in considering guzzling it down - it's still the same concept, different temperature!
Posted by: Tangled Noodle | May 04, 2010 at 08:34 AM
There is just something great about a little spoon of ice cream or yogurt or sorbet to end the meal...it just tops it all off so nicely. Your ice cream looks wonderful. I loved reading your list of favs...very fun.
Posted by: Kayte | May 04, 2010 at 08:35 AM
I used to eat froyo for dinner every night in college. those were the days!
Posted by: spike | May 04, 2010 at 08:46 AM
well.. at least you came to your senses in the end. And we all did enjoy the ice cream. *yums*
Posted by: Sihan | May 04, 2010 at 08:48 AM
Bagels, frozen yogurt and those big thick crunchy pretzels. :-) I loved this too!!
Posted by: Lynne | May 04, 2010 at 09:19 AM
I, too, have a fro yo weekness! Your ice cream looks perfect!! This was amaaaazing!!
Posted by: Lauryn | May 04, 2010 at 10:07 AM
Soooo good. Also, I like the artful drip coming over your glass in the picture.
Posted by: Rebecca | May 04, 2010 at 10:30 AM
I did more than consider taking a swig of this custard. It was lucky to make it into the ice cream maker at all- but thank god it did. Best ice cream ever!
Oh, and in college my "diet" little caesars and ben & jerrys heath bar crunch. Yeah, taking off that freshman 15 was a lot less fun than putting it on!
Posted by: Beryl | May 04, 2010 at 10:33 AM
gutted bagels. you crack me up!
Posted by: TIa | May 04, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Love the photo - so glad you liked this one! :)
Posted by: Jessica of My Baking Heart | May 04, 2010 at 01:11 PM
This was delicious!
(And I licked my spatula after pouring it into the dish and scraping out the bowl-there's no judgement here!)
Posted by: Jennifer | May 04, 2010 at 01:55 PM
ha, i understand about wanting to take that swig. no shame there.
Posted by: justcooknyc | May 04, 2010 at 02:03 PM
OMG I LOOOOOOOve Lucky Charms. I used to dig out the marshmallows from my bowl and save them for last. hahaha...
It's been sort of summery weather lately everywhere, I think a few scoop of this ice cream would definitely do the trick. I seriously wish I had an ice cream maker!
Posted by: jenn (Bread + Butter) | May 04, 2010 at 02:57 PM
Burnt sugar ice cream sounds quite heavenly!
Posted by: 5 Star Foodie | May 04, 2010 at 03:00 PM
Ha! I love the food-based rationale and exemptions we justified to ourselves in college.
I can't imagine eating like that ever again.
Posted by: Jessica | May 04, 2010 at 04:00 PM
Great picture! I wish I had that right here in front of me. And cheeseburgers and margaritas are some good weaknesses to have :)
Posted by: Carrie | May 04, 2010 at 04:08 PM
looks perfect!
Posted by: sarah | May 04, 2010 at 04:19 PM
Awesome. I love "frozen yogurt" better than ice cream, too. ;) No really.
No.
Really.
Glug, glug!
Posted by: Katrina | May 04, 2010 at 04:38 PM
I tried to count how many food weaknesses I have, and I lost count! Ice Cream definitely makes the list. Cookies (especially fresh baked). Curry (of all kinds). Ramen. Milk and cereal. Peanut butter and jelly...
Where was I? Oh, right. This ice cream looks amazing! :-P
Posted by: DailyChef | May 04, 2010 at 05:08 PM