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Kawartha has this salted caramel truffle flavour I fucking miss so bad from when I lived in Ontario, or that PC Black label bourbon vanilla is soo good if I actually go to (local Loblaw’s variant, not doxxing myself) but usually I go to Sobeys cause it’s closer so I get stuck with regular Chapman’s or Haagen-Dasz which is fine but it’s just not really the same but I don’t wanna go all the way to (city redacted) just to get an ice cream because why would i do that. Anyways, what’s your guyses’s favourite ice cream. Gimme some suggestions available in canuckistan or stuff to try when I visit the US.

  • Acute_Engles [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    Marble slab creamery if there’s any still around here in canada. They do the whole song and dance mixing the ice cream on a cold slab with the flavours using these metal scraper things. Pretty sure they still exist. Otherwise i just fuck with the radioactive ice cream sandwiches I have the taste of a raccoon

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    There was this ice cream cone that had a slightly sour citrusy outer layer, delicious pear ice cream that was not overly sweet, and a core of salty toffee ice cream. It was the perfect ice cream cone, and those bastards stopped selling it. All the others taste so much worse in comparison now that they don’t even seem worth buying.

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    Idk how to post emojis from Sync, but (I’m vegan.) Vegan ice cream is a little trickier since you’re relying heavily on whatever the base is made of for taste. YMMV but for me, Oat milk base is best, Almond is fine, Coconut is meh because its very overpowering and all flavors taste like coconut, anything with pea protein in it is gross, and so is that weirdo Avocado ice cream that was probably created to harm the reputation of vegan food.

    All that said, try the So Delicious brand that you can get at Walmart or probably other supermarkets. They have Oat, Almond, and Cashew bases that are all pretty good no matter what flavor you get. I like the double chocolate chunk, I think its called, because I used to be a huge chocolate head whenever birthdays and stuff came around.

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        Someone I know informed me there are a lot of recipes online for making your own vegan ice cream with avocado, so I’m wondering if it’s a Tofurky situation where old-school vegans were eating avocado ice cream before we had access to all the fancy brands we do now. That was before my time, but it would make sense. I’m not an avocado hater in other contexts, I just don’t think it makes a very good dairy replacement. I pile them onto my burritos though. It’d definitely be my last choice if I were trying to convince someone to go vegan.

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          Haha dang you bringing up Tofurkey in that context is real. I remember eating tofurkey like 14 years ago and it was soooo gross but years later the Italian Sausagr they make became a staple in my house and still is, and I’m an omnivore.

          I tried the Avocado smoothie at an Asian restaurant I was eating at a while ago. I feel like I’ve seen them on Vietnamese and Thai menus a lot, so I think sweet Avocado preparations have been around for a long time. I know I’ve definitely gotten weird looks when I’ve told people about them though so I agree I don’t think it would be the first thing to have a someone skeptical to Veganism try for sure

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    In the early 2010s Blue Bell did a limited edition Red Velvet Cake ice cream that was my favorite thing ever. I didn’t know it was limited edition and was heartbroken when it disappeared. Blue Bell hasn’t indicated they’re ever gonna bring it back.😔

    Last year Walmart released a hilariously tonedeaf Juneteenth ice cream that was absolutely torn apart on social media to the point Walmart was just flat out throwing the ice cream out. It wasn’t till after i learned it was Red Velvet flavor.

    rage-cry

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    My favorite growing up was simple but harder to get as I got older: chipper bars, basically an ice cream sandwich with chocolate chips in the ice cream. Found some recently under the name “cookies and cream flavour” so that’s been pretty swell.

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      can’t imagine going 20 minutes each way across a car bridge on a bicycle to go to a grocery store when I could just not do that and go to the other more different grocery store that’s like 3 blocks from my house

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        geordi-no Local Ice Cream Desert

        geordi-yes Local Ice Cream Dessert

        Under socialism every street corner shall have an incredibly convenient little store where planning and feedback tailors its inventory to the neighborhood! I’m both being funny and serious! allende-rhetoric

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    Don’t we need a warning on non-vegan posts?

    Anyway, I’m a mint chocolate chip fan. I like it aggressively minty. Miss me with the fancy matcha mint stuff that tastes like grass. The best Mint Chocolate Chip I’ve had so far is Blue Bunny.