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03/17/2007: Breyers Bubble Yum Ice Cream!

I just got back from my trip to Neptune. Swank. It took me a while to remember that Pluto got the boot, so technically, I was vacationing at the furthest possible distance from our apartment in the entire solar system. Though there wasn’t much to do there outside of making funny helium voices, it was a relaxing trip, and I’d go again in a heartbeat. Had to stop at the grocery store before coming home to pick up cat food, and I’m glad I did, because it bookended my vacation with a big container full of new Bubble Yum ice cream.

Yes, from Breyers, it’s the official Bubble Yum bubble gum ice cream flavor. While it would’ve likely been much easier to transform Bubble Yum into some kind of sherbet, I must applaud the incredible effort that had to go into making it ice cream.

Packaged in a blindingly pink box that’s way too loud to ignore, it was pretty embarrassing to wander around the store with this shit in my cart. Much like you can’t walk the streets with a cute puppy without everyone stopping you to chat about it, you simply cannot go food shopping quietly with a box of Bubble Yum ice cream in your grocery wagon. People were all over it. I had to explain what it was and where to find it at least five times to nosy fellow shoppers, and even when we were on the checkout line, the cashlady pulled out her patented headshake of disbelief before performing the price scan. Was it worth it? Not really. Stuff sucks.

I will give Bubble Yum ice cream credit; it really does taste like Bubble Yum. It’s just that gum isn’t conducive to becoming a premiere ice cream flavor. It’s kinda medicine-like. Also odd is the fact that instead of chocolate chips or little puffs of cookie dough, it’s got tiny pieces of bubble gum sprinkled throughout. Why is this odd? Because the gum pieces are in no way, shape or form like Bubble Yum. They’re like bootleg Chiclets. And because they’re frozen, they’re rock hard and fully capable of chipping a tooth. What are you supposed to do with these when you’re eating the ice cream? Spit ‘em in a side bowl and save for later? I cang understang.

Plus, since I am the only person above the age of six who would desire Breyers Bubble Yum ice cream, I can’t help but wonder if parents are really going to want to serve their children something so rife with pellets that technically shouldn’t be swallowed. The whole thing’s a big failure in execution, but I do admit to feeling a certain sense of euphoria when I open my freezer door and get to have five-second staring contests with a box of gum-flavored ice cream.

I’ve never liked bubble gum ice cream, because even if the gum isn’t rock-hard, you’re still stuck chewing it or spitting it out while you try to eat the rest of the ice cream. It isn’t worth that effort to me.

I’ve been seeing this crap at the top, back corner of the freezers in Giant for the past two weeks. And everytime I point and stare in disbelief. I knew it was only a matter of time before I could read about it on here rather than attempt to swallow it myself. Thanks, Matt.

BTW, I found NEW packages of Mango and Pina-Pinapple KoolAid in some grocery store in New Orleans. Rejoice!!

In my younger and more vulnerable years I tried some bubble gum ice cream at Baskin Robbins. I truly expected some kind of divine glory to explode in my mouth. It was blue goddamn ice cream! Of course, as said about this Breyers stuff, there isn’t much sense in making gum into an ice cream. I was probably less than ten years old, but I remember thinking as I ate my ice cream, why in the world did I choose the bubble gum flavor? They have eleventy dozens flavors. Goddamn

At my coffee shop we have bubble gum ice cream. When it is ordered we hand out a little dixie cup to save the gum in. I cant eat the stuff mostly cause i dont like the flavor of bubble gum unless its actual gum.
and spitting out gum to chew later sounds funny.
i am not drinking the green beer tonight, i”m watching bball at a friends (in a college neighborhood and i just got to watch someone puke right in front of me–yay for not being young and stupid) and posting from my cell phone, hence the terrible puncuation.
Wow i just rambled some nonsense. I’m going to go rejoin the people. happt snt to everyone!

Tried that stuff over the summer, and I totally agree that it sucks. The only time bubblegum works with Ice cream is in the eyeballs of a novelty ice cream pop from your local ice cream man.

In an unrelated topic, i just realized that Jimmy Lee from the Double Dragon Movie is teh Chairman from Iron Chef America.

i always debate buying this kind everytime i decide to purchase ice cream. and now, i will never ever consider again, i sometimes like bubble gum, but it’s gotta be good like real good. and stefangrey, that is the greatest realization of the 21st century, i am a better person for knowing that.

St. Patty’s Day is here…yes, I’m wearing green, you just can’t see it through the monitor.

Since NY area will not have Shamrock Shakes, I decided to settle with Checker’s Irish Cream shake, which, while tasting more like Irish Coffee, is pretty good nonetheless.

I also need only 3 more Fish Sandwiches to complete my quest: Roy Rogers, A&W, and Arthur Treachers (the’re cobranded with Nathans, easy to find). Long John Silvers is ok, not the best, but good.

As a vegan, I really don’t spend much time inspecting ice cream packages. Does Breyers Ice Cream (I so want to put an apostrophe in “Bryers”) always have the brand name shoved twice on the front of the tub or carto or box or whatever it’s called? Maybe they put big, clear writing at the top so that seniors will be able to tell what brand of bubble gum ice cream they’re buying and the smaller, more stylish writing at the bottom for the hip young kids who want pictures of leaves to be present on their food containers. Or something.

Umpteenth! (kidding) I, for one, never got into chewing bubble gum that much as a kid. I mean sure, I liked gumballs as much as any other kid, but I never got into the pink flavor of bubble gum for some reason. When they came out with fruit flavors of Bubble Yum and Hubba Bubba, etc., I liked those, but for some reason not the pink one - therefor I probably will give the Breyer’s flavor a pass.

Regarding Irish drink concoctions, I confess a liking for the Ben & Jerry’s Irish Cream shake, but it’s not a seasonal thing, available year-round, so I guess it doesn’t count.

That looks as safe to eat as a half way popped bag of popcorn. It screams root-canal.

Thanks helping me realize that choosing the Breyer’s “Fried Ice Cream” was the better decision the other nite! I was mighty tempted by that bright pink box
And might I add that the Fried ice cream FREAKIN’ ROCKS!!

I’m not a chemist, Bill, and I can’t answer your question. But I can give you this, as it came screaming into my mind when I read your post. If you haven’t read this gem, take a gander.

Remember: New SNL tonight! Julia Louis-Dreyfuss is hosting again, and I hope we see the rest of the Seinfeld clan…and is it wrong that I wanna see if they joke about Micheal Richards again?

Speaking of Ice Cream, anyone find the B&J’s Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream or Willie Nelson Peach Cobbler? I have yet to do so.

I have actually never had fried ice cream (said in a very timid voice). This is strange, considering I would probably eat a tire if it was deep fried.

Why isnt blueberry ice cream made by any company??? And I dont mean blueberry cheese cake flavor, or any other weird combo. Just straight up, natural blueberry ice cream. Its my fave, and the only way I can get it is if I go home in the summer, pick some blueberries, and make the damn ice cream myself. *sigh* Has anyone here ever made their own ice cream? We had a hand crank churn we used in the winter to make our own ice cream.

It’s like those ice cream bars you could get from the ice cream truck–the ones with the gumball nose. The tricky thing was that you couldn’t start with the gum nose because then the ice cream would melt as you chewed the gum, but if you started with the ice cream, you had to hold the gum nose while you ate the ice cream holding it in place. It was rather annoying and one of the reasons I don’t like the ice cream man anymore.

Man, I feel like I have been gone forever (I guess a week is a mini-forever). How is everybody?
Bubble-gum ice cream was not really a favorite of mine but I always got it while on vacation in N.Carolina (Ridgecrest. Anyone?). Go figure.
CONGRATS IHAQ!!
Also, I can’t remember if I told you all or not but we are having another girl. No sons for the Manimal but that’s cool. Boys are stupid.

I love homemade ice cream Crazy_Mainer. We only have it one or two times a summer though.

Apparently there are like four different new ice cream flavors based on American Idol. I feel it’s my duty to collect and archive these.

I never understood the appeal of bubble gum ice cream. I don’t even like bubble gum flavoured toothpaste.

Crazy_Mainer when I was little I had an ice cream maker, I think I used it all of twice. I remember a few years later I was looking for it and my parents told me they chucked it out. I would love to have one again, but I still haven’t used my Slurppe maker I got for my bday. I love adding in Chips Ahoy! cookies to ice cream, something about it together mmmm.

I saw those AMERICAN IDOL ice creams. Man, they really missed a golden opportunity though. They should have named them after previous winners and other “Idol” notables.
“Bo BICE Cream??”
Taylor Hicks’ is the one that everyone wanted the company to make but no one is buying it.
“Cherry Underwood”

Yeah, the American Idol flavors! I saw a commercial for them but didn’t get a chance to examine the flavors…I feel like it’s the biggest marketing stretch.

Yeah, the American Idol flavors! I feel like it’s the biggest marketing stretch.

Nah, that title is held by the TREASURE PLANET toyline.
And with that, I’m out of zingers (Plus, I don’t want to be a blog hog).

Hi, everyone! I’m happy to see Matt is back. I’m about to have cake and ice cream, as it’s my 20th birthday today, St. Patrick’s Day! It’s a shame they don’t have shamrock shakes in my area this year, as it would have been doubly appropriate. But, I can make my own at home! A safe and happy 17th to the people of the X-E blog!

Will eating American Idol ice cream make me an American Idol, or just an average American?

Sorry for the 5004th post on this thread (I was going to bed, I REALLY was) but then I remembered one of the main things I wanted to tell everybody. One of my students asked me about CRYSTAL PEPSI the other day!!! Truly monumental. I almost told him to check out the Dead Soda article but then I realized I may be opening a can of worms with my students finding out I am on here blah blah blah.

Aww, you’re my idol too Manimal. When I grow up I want someone to ask me about CRYSTAL PEPSI the other day too.

Wow. Nice job on the ice cream names Manimal.
And totally weird, my nineteen year old employee asked me about Crystal Pepsi the other day too. Maybe it’ll make some sort of a comeback.

Wow. It looks even more disgusting than it sounds. I’m still waiting for the day that they make donut flavored ice cream. Why has no one done this?!

A roommate’s had an AI ice cream in the freezer weeks now. It’s a low-something version, so I didn’t try it.
Happy SPD SNT!

Some one suggest an article in archives. I need something to read before I sleep and I don’t want to chose.

I almost bought one of the american idols flavors tonight, choc ‘n roll caramel. Also, I can’t believe how tiny those single serving ben and jerry’s things are. They look smaller than a friggin dixie cup.

Choc ‘n’ Roll Caramel is too lame. I like Cherry Underwood & Bo Bice Cream though.

Seacrest Fudge n Nuts
Paula Rum Raisin Mudslide
Taylor’s Licks
Chock Full O’Reuben
Fudgetasia
Hot Dawg Ripple, Dawg
Caramel Clay Aiken
Double Dip Dunklemen (who remembers this guy?)
Simon Sour Grapes
Other Door Choconilla Swirl
Hung Like Mr. Goodbar

Thanks to this thread I had to run out for Mexican takeout…the fried ice cream was just a scoop rolled in cornflakes but we still ate it first.
There’s a funny AI bit on The Soup this week, the Melinda Doolittle School of Humility. I love all the ice cream names

I’m eager to try Americone Dream, haven’t seen it around yet.

I don’t think those are little pieces of chiclet like gum, friend. From the appearance, those are pieces of fish-gravel…or whatever you call the stuff in the bottom of an aquarium.

SOMEONE ANSWER ME THIS: Is the Shamrock shake at McDonalds dead forever? Not one in New York seems to have it.

None of the local grocery stores have Stephen Colbert’s ice cream yet. Obviously they hate both America and freedom.

Not surprised that it sucks.
Personally, I have become a resurgent baseball card collector. Right now I’m collecting the 2007 Topps Heritage set that comes with a huge slab o’ gum in each pack. It’s protected in a cellophane wrapper (or, more accurately, the cards are protected from it). There are several of them at the bottom of my wastebasket.

So, did anybody have a gum stash like I did when they were a kid? Mine was an empty Whitman’s Sampler box. It once held a weird concoction that I remember being a toothpaste tube that contained watermelon flavored, purple and yellow striped gum that was somehow tied into Slimer from the Ghostbusters. Somebody verify this to help me not go crazy.

Very odd that they have those fish aquarium style gum pellets. Although the flavor would suck either way, they should have had novelty cartoon character ice cream bar eyeball-stle gumballs. That way, you can eat around them, and pick them out as you go. Then they can thaw a little, and when you’re done with all of your ice cream you can finish everything off with a nice gum chewing session.

Oh well–whoever said it first is right. Bubble gum flavor just isn’t that good. When buying Bubble Yum, I would always get grape or watermelon or even chocolate mint over the regular flavor. Heck, even having a Juicy Fruit or Big Red flavor of ice cream would be more interesting than this.

Little pieces of gum in ice cream equals having to sift through the carton to get to the stuff you can actually eat. Maybe I’m the only one, but I actually want to digest ice cream and all ice creamy elements.

Then again, I’m not big fan of gum-flavoured ice cream in general. I don’t even go for mint flavours because they remind me too much of toothpaste.

Seacrest Fudge n Nuts,Paula Rum Raisin Mudslide, Taylor’s Licks, Chock Full O’Reuben, Fudgetasia
These are great! I couldn’t think of anything for Reuben or Fantasia. I thought Fantasia would have a fruity sherbet flavor for some reason. Fudge is so much easier.
P.S. I wasn’t trying to be dirty with Cherry Underwood but on closer examination…

I had a gum reserve. Very disgusting after awhile.
I forgot to end the CRYSTAL PEPSI story. The kid asked me what it was about and the only thing I could think of was, “It was the 90’s. Anything was possible.”

Mr. Norbert, are those Ice cream flavors or titles for ‘adult’ fairy tales?

I don’t want to think about chicken while I’m eating doritos… I mean ice cream. Or something.

No Shamrock shake in New York, but it is in NJ. The Woodbridge mall, who made last years article possible, is not participating.

That Shamrock Shake web site seemed to be a masterpiece of poor website design - I had difficulty making heads or tails of it. Probably a moot point, anyway, as I have a feeling that on Monday, most if not all McDonald’s will have stopped selling the Shamrock Shake.

I’ve never had a shamrock shake before, but DQ’s Blizzard of the month is Oreo Mint Blizzard.

I’ve seen that flavor, but never bought it. Bubble Gum Soda isn’t bad though.

yessss matt is finally back! what i hate about picking up a new crazy food that you’ve /never even tried before/ and everyone keeps asking you “oh wow! is that goooood?” and you have to reply “i dont know ive never tried it.” just makes me feel like a tool.

When I was in grade 8, I was very bad ass and chewed gum all the time, even though it was a huge rule not to. Then, I started spitting my gum out onto the same huge wad that I kept inside my desk…then other kids wanted in on the action, and wanted to spit THEIR gum onto my wad as well…so the entire class, collectively, saved all of our illegal gum into a huge colorful wad in my desk all year…it was as big as a softball at the end, and hard as a rock. Smelled good, though.

Actually, since I don’t eat chocolate anymore, and since chocolate is so prevalent in ice cream flavors, I might check this out.

Sorry to go off topic here, I’ve not been a real exotic ice cream connoisseur (spelling?), but

I know I’m a bit late and we’ve been through this, but I hate just to randomly add people - I feel it would be better to ask…

No one in my area has a Wii yet - strictly limited supply apparently, and I feel I’m missing out.)

Frankly I’d like to see something like another Ben and Jerry’s music flavor. Phish Food was pretty good stuff, but I can’t say much about that Dave Matthew coffee junk. Then again I am not a fan of that guy’s stuff?

Sorry I’m a bit late to the ice cream party, but as one of the only people in Camden County who wasn’t quaffing green beer last night (liquor of any color and I don’t get along), I spent most of last night stuck at work listening to two teenage boys whose combined IQ probably didn’t equal their ages. Seriously, I’ve had better conversations with the mechanical stuffed panda I got at a thrift shop.

I’ve seen Breyers Bubble Gum Ice Cream many times at work. I’ve even sold a few. I’ve never tried it, though. First of all, I HATE pink, especially that kill-your-eyes shade, so that’s a turn off right there. Second, I thought from the moment I saw it there could be nothing good in pink Bubble Gum ice cream. I’ve had bubble gum yogurt before (Penn Maid kids’ yogurt - don’t know if they still make it) and it wasn’t great. Bubble gum was made to be in little chewable pellets, not frozen sugar cream.

In addition, to give Breyers credit, they DO make my all-time favorite ice cream flavor, but it’s something a bit more palatable - cherry vanilla. I love that stuff. Sweet and sort of velvety, with really big cherry chunks.

I like strangely colored vanilla ice cream like Superman or Purplesaurus. There is something great about eating purple or blue ice cream and not having it taste fruity.

You write about bubblegum icecream but not SHAMROCK SHAKES!
This is blasphemy! This is madness!

Starwenn, I know what you mean. I have been to the St. Patty’s in Savannah SEVERAL times. It’s fun when you are young but when I went back when I was engaged…different story.

My closest McDonald’s was already OUT of Shamrock Shakes by St Patty’s day. But I know all the McDs in the Reading area have them. I think Allentown does, too, but not 100% on it.

I haven’t found any Americone Dream yet, but I haven’t looked terribly hard. Def wanna get some eventually, though.

I tried a Shamrock Shake for the first time this year. I am addicted. Why didn’t anyone tell me they were so darn good? I’m sad they will be leaving soon.

Oh, and on another note…
I like the sound of Sandy Randy Banana Chunk and Daughtry Delight.

What other hot (or not so hot) franchises do you guys think would benefit from their own ice cream line? Here are some of my picks:

Dancing With the Stars - Could have little candy dancers mixed within the ice cream. I’m imagining them looking something akin to Flintstones vitamins. Man, those were good.

Nintendo Wii - The “Wiice Cream” would be incredibly hard to find, as they would only make a couple of shipments to grocery stores while claiming they are “working as fast as they can” to continue production.

Peeps - Deliciously mini marshmallow peeps in chocolate fudge/vanilla swirled ice cream. A perfect combination.

Quite frankly, it looks like every other “bubble gum” flavoured ice cream produced in the last fifteen years, pseudo Chiclets included. They’re all exactly the same. So disappointing…

I agree that Stephen Colbert Ben & Jerry’s will keep our proud nation standing strong. Is it just me, or does life itself feel empty because they never made a “Dr. Who and the journey to the Center of the Earth Fudge Ripple” Ice Cream?

I have strange memories of going to the ice cream store as a kid and being forbidden by my mom to get the bubblegum ice cream they offered. My old boyfriend remembers his mom doing the same thing to him as a kid. For what it’s worth, the reason there’s something more like bootleg chicklets in such ice cream is because they know you aren’t supposed to eat real bubblegum, so that’s their replacement. I wonder if maybe my mom didn’t know this, hence the ban on the stuff.

Had a crazy busy weekend. Went to my first Hash and about killed my feet. Blisters = not fun. But I burned some calories… then packed them back on with cheap beer and Chinese food. I know, right… an Irish girl eating Chinese food on St. Patrick’s Day. Oh well.

And yay I’m coming to New York in May, so I’ve gotta research and find a bunch of cool places to drag my fiance to!

Sorry for the double post (I waited a few hours… promise!) but is the Cadbury McFlurry available in the states? I’m being told it’s only in the UK and I don’t know where those of you who mentioned it in the last (last) thread live.

Those Coldstone Creamery guys are fucking whacked. They started singing the one time I was in there. If you’re gonna go, make sure no one puts money in the tip jar.

Not because they don’t do a good job, but because it mandates them to form this amalgam Barber Shop quartet of HORROR!

It’s amazing, with all the crap you eat, Matt, that you’re not as fat as I am.

Barber Shop Quartet of Horror? Sounds like the next big horror film coming to you next Christmas! Anyone see 300 yet? I thought it was kind of boring and there was way too much slow motion, anyone agree?

Yeah, they started singing when I was in the restroom there, they were singing something to the tune of the Flintstones theme song. Pretty lame. Not as cool as this barbeque place that used to be around here. They had a bell, and any time you rang it they all had to go YEEEE-HAAA. That was fun.

On Shamrock Shakes: I had one at a random McDonalds in suburban Cleveland on Saturday, so they’re alive out here in the heartland.

Sad to hear that the ice cream wasn’t good; I’ve seen it and thought about trying it because I’ve always enjoyed bubble gum ice cream.

On the subject of shakes and St Patrick’s Day: I really want to try Chick-Fil-A’s new Mint Cookies and Cream shakes. They brought it out in time for Saturday, and luckily it’s stickin’ around until June.

Matt — Hehe, you actually went to Neptune of your own violition. And not because you own a house there like I do. Well, I hope you enjoyed our fair town. You obviously didn’t get arrested because the Chief of Police would have told me. We’re tight like that — my sister is on township committee.

Anyway, the little ice cream place up the way from me when I was a kid used to cell bubble gum ice cream by the bucketload — but there’s was vanilla ice cream with fruity chiclets in it. We’d eat the ice cream and push all the gum into the sides of our mouth for later. Decidedly less scary than that stuff you bought.

Ok, I love Breyers ice cream, it’s my favorite grocery store bought brand, but my god does that look DISGUSTING

Elliott Yumm-min
McPheenut Butter Cup
Fantasia Berry-no
Chocolate Chip Cookie Doughtry

MATT- This is offtopic. But the Ninja Turtles 1989 Arcade game has been released on XBox Live. It’s a direct port of that classic side scroller. It’s worth the download just to hear Rocksteady call them “Toitles”

Ever go to Johnny Rockets? They’re forced to dance whenever someone plays “Love Shack” on the jukebox.

Americone Dream was actually spotted at my local deli. We picked up a pint and gave it a shot. It’s just ok. Nothing special. I think the problem lies with the vanilla ice cream. It is too overwhelming and the other ingredients get lost in it’s white ocean. Or maybe Ben & Jerry’s vanilla just tastes weird.

I, too, thought 300 was a little dull. I had such high expectations and was a bit let down. I’ll probably like it more in future viewings though. I can’t believe that the guy that played Xerxes is Paulo on “Lost”. Total transformation.

When I was little, there was some variety of bubble gum ice cream that I loved, and in fact, I continued to enjoy it far longer than one would expect. I think I liked it because the ice cream didnt taste that much like bubble gum, it was much sweeter, almost more like coton candy. And it had chiclet-like chunks, only they weren’t real gum. They were, I think, all the stuff that goes in to gum except the rubber, so it tasted like gum, but you could safely swallow it. I think they probably had some rubber substitute to make it chewy, but yeah. That stuff was tasty.

As far as ice cream goes, show some love for the Springfield Creamery in Eugene, Oregon. Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters were frequent guests, and there was always more beer in the freezers than ice cream.

I’m pretty sure that there is an Oreo Ice Cream out. In fact, Breyers may be the one who makes it since they seem to be doing alot of those branded ice creams like Bubble Yum and other assorted candy flavors.

Is there a frozen treat out there that tastes like the lemony goodness that was the Pac-Man ice cream? Mmmmmm, video icon on a stick.

Yo man, can you get rid of the pic of that girl on “The X-E blog Blah Blah button?” It makes me very squeamish.

300 - I thought it was really good. Not great, but really good. I’m a Frank Miller fan, though and read 300 when it was released as a monthly back in 1997 or 1998.

Americone Dream - Picked this up last week. It tasted good. I liked the chocolate covered waffle cone bits. But it’s not like I took a bite and started weeping. It was good.

You know what the only good bubble gum ice cream is: blue bubblegum. The kind with no chunks of frozen cheapass “gum” in it. And blue. That shit is delicious.

BUCKLY, word on the transformation between Lost and 300. flabslapper, check out last week’s SNT for some more reactions to 300. I basically agree with Chris’s assessment, though I’m a total poser newbie Frank Miller fan.
kingklash, did you hear about how they’re going to do Machete as a full length straight-to-video? Awesome, huh?

Yo man, can you get rid of the pic of that girl on “The X-E blog Blah Blah button?” It makes me very squeamish.

I’m more concerned that the Google ads are advertising not only Ice Cream, but Bar Mitzvahs too. Is someone becoming a man soon?

I just finished a lovely gorge session with Breyer’s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup ice cream. It’s okay, but not as Reese’s as I was expecting.

Being lactose intolerant any ice cream I eat turns me into a one man drumline. So, I must limit my intake, for your sake.
I have been to cold stone and tried all the Edy’s, and Variety of supermarket ice creams.
But, when I crave real ice cream… when I REALLY want ice cream. I hit Carvel.
Some of the Carvel stores here in NY are as old as dirt. The machines are old. You cannot duplicate the broken-in flavor that these machines produce. Go in get a big ass cone roll it in chocolate crunchies (whatever the F they are not a sprinkle, not a cookie) and your good to go. As you eat your cone walk past the display and see all the oddities that people eschewed.. strawberry dipped flying saucers and frozen banana’s in chocolate on a stick (which looked like something else entirely different. See all the birthday cakes, football shaped cakes and cookiepussi in another freezer. And now and then a fudgie the whale.

Not having anything to do with anything… I managed to piss off my one friend that has burned copies of like, everything. Sucks cause I really needed a graphic editing program. And it is Spring Break so I was hoping to get some games from him. Oh well…

On topic: I remember begging my dad to buy Bubble Gum soda a long time ago. When you’re a kid, stuff like that sounds soooo cool at the time. Then I started drinking it and the stuff tasted worse than the Crypt Keeper’s insides. But, you know, as a kid, you have to sort of stick with your story and make sure you know that it was worth them spending the money. So, after an hour or so with the bottle only being a gulp or two empty, he asked if I was going to drink the rest of it, and I replied “Yeah, I’m waiting to finish it.”

Anyway, I have never been able to stomach the taste of bubble gum flavored ice cream, but loved the challenge of forcing myself to bear with the flavor in order to collect frozen pieces of gum in my cheeks. As a kid I loved to defrost them in my mouth and see how much gum I actually ended up with.

Spent St. Patty’s day on top of a mountain in Oregon, with a bunch of other Irish people wearing green, and drank green beer and Irish Whiskey. Some mild debauchery ensued. Ended the night singing “Men are evil, girl power!” songs and dancing in the rain with two good friends. Good times.

Oh, and I AM CURRENTLY CRASHING WITH A PEPSI COLLECTOR. This means I have seen and touched every single pepsi product featured in the Dead Sodas article…’cept for Fire and Ice….doesn’t have those two…but she has a few that I have never ever seen before. Made me smile when I saw the raging Razzberry can and immediately thought of X-E. This is a long post now….I’m out.

Double post, double post….seems it’s all I ever do. Went through all the comments that I have missed and just had to say Congrats! to IHAQ. How far apart will that put your kids?

Speakin’ of Pepsi, has anyone tried the new Caramel Cream Pepsi Jazz??? I didn’t even know it was coming out until I found a 2-liter of it at Kroger yesterday! Exciting! It’s chillin’ in my fridge at home right now, just waiting for me to get home and drink it up.

sigh… I miss the soft drink site that used to list all the old dead sodas from around the world and all the new ones that were coming out, which I can’t remember the name of. And junkfoodblog.com has stopped updating, too.

(Pete: Sorry, I didn’t have time to get on the Wii last night cause we went to visit a friend in the hospital…I’ll do it tonight! Keep in mind it takes a day or so to realize we’ve both registered each other though…)

Oh I’d say she’s about 5′2, Shoulder length feathered brown hair, was born without nipples…

I’m sad. Calling different McDonald’s with no luck finding a Shamrock Shake. 2 McDonald’s actually had no clue what I was talking about. That’s not a good sign.

I’ve seen this ice cream and have almost picked it up a couple times, but the fact that I could care a less about bubble gum flavored anything keeps me from taking the $2.69 plunge.

I do want to try the Skittles, Jolly Rancher, or LifeSavers or whatever the hell that fruity ice cream (maybe sherbert?) is, I can’t remember, all I know is it looks like neapolitan ice cream except with 5 or 6 rows of awesomeness. Come to think of it, I’m pretty sure it’s sherbert.

Do ice cream trucks still sell “Looney Tunes Surprise” pops? Anybody remember those? There were blue and red with a blue plastic stick that had a flat part with a random looney tunes character on it. If you got Wile E Coyote (i think, maybe another character) on the plastic stick flap thing in the center of the pop, you got a free one next time the ice cream man came back around.

Thanks, me, too… He just found out a week and a half ago that he has lymphoma in four organs. And on top of that, he found out he has full-blown AIDS, too. :( He’s responding well to chemo and other meds though, so that’s a good sign.

On another note, Cadbury Creme McFlurry??? omg… And I thought the Chick-Fil-A Mint Cookies & Creme Shake was temptation! But I don’t think we get them here in the US. That doesn’t surprise me though, because Cadbury’s not as big in the US as it seems to be in Canada and other countries. Most people probably only recognize the name from the Easter candy eggs.

Wow, a Machete flick will be worth it just to see his workshop! I spotted Americone Dream at my local Wal-mart last night. Also Phish Food. But the Willie Nelson one hasn’t appeared yet.

Oh I’d say she’s about 5′2, Shoulder length feathered brown hair, was born without nipples.

The following has been provided for parody purposes only, I am not a licesned psychoanalyst, and sometimes a cigar is just your unconscious desire to poke a badger with a spoon.

Maybe he would like to share his position on the role of the government in supporting innovation in the field of biotechnology?

Peter: That Caramel Cream Pepsi is pretty good, especially compared to the other yucky Jazz flavors. I’m gonna drink one now.

My go-to opinions when pressed for one:
“A load of dingo’s kidneys!”
“I thought it had no texture.”
“You lured me out of hibernation for that!?”

Maybe he would like to share his position on the role of the government in supporting innovation in the field of biotechnology?

I have one, but it would probably needlessly spark disagreements with resident religious personages. I’m not into the kinda disharmony round here.

You’ve got to review Ben & Jerry’s new flavor, Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream. Willie Nelson is on Colbert’s show tonight, promoting *his* new Ben & Jerry’s flavor, Willie Nelson’s Country Peach Cobbler. They’re billing the episode as a battle royale.

Oh goodness, that’s not as bad as some other little stand i got bubblegum ice cream at ( it was hiliter blue! ) I hope you’re not feeding your cats any of the foods on this list: http://menufoods.com/recall/product_cat.html

I’d just like to say I love breyers, they make a very tasty lactose free ice cream. stupid hurty lactose. So if I make homemade creme eggs and then blend them with my lactose free milk and lactose free ice cream that would be like a mcflurry right? lie to me.

If you want bubble gum flavor soda, hit your local bodega or Spanish market and grab an INKA KOLA (Yellow Color). It’s pretty good stuff.

replying to Zigzag, I know that Jones makes a slammin’ bubble gum soda! PLUS, ITS BLUE!

I got the last container of Americone Dream at the grocery store! Had to go to 3 places til I found it, but whoopie! I’m not big on carmel swirls in my ice cream, so I nuked it and stirred it around until it was more like a milkshake then kinda drank it. Much better that way.

ZigZag I can’t believe you mentioned Inca Cola- Yesterday, I went to my friends house, because I wanted a share of all the stuff hes throwing out. Mostly records, MAD magazines, some books, old Movie Maniacs figures, The Pac-Man Board Game , with yellow ghosts, and an Inca Kola shirt. Of course, its a childrens small, but I’m still pretty proud of it.

Personally I remember liking bubble gum ice cream, though I haven’t had it for about 8 years. It was always blue, I liked that. And that pink box is furthering this weird craving for Bubble Tape I’ve been having lately.

I’ve actually been going to the local latin market recently, I’ll look out for that Inca Kola next time. I did find Coke-in-a-bottle-made-with-real-sugar-not-corn-syrup there (I swear it tasted a thousand times better than regular Coke, and I’m not any kind of aficionado) and this coconut juice drink that had real pieces of coconut suspended all up in it that was a total reincarnation of Orbitz. I didn’t have the stones to try it, though.

Easily my favorite non-holiday and non-typical Jones Soda flavor. When it comes to typical, I’m hoarding cases of their Cream soda.

Jones Sodas Rock! Blue Bubblegum & Cream Soda are by far my favorite flavors they’ve ever made.

And on my Fish Sandwhich quest, I need only 2 more places: Arthur Treachers & Roy Rogers. Went to the only A&W/KFC within reasonable driving distance of my house to find out that they did NOT sell their Fish Sandwich. I think perhaps the website said “Select Locations” which means anything not Co-branded with something (as this A&W was more like an A&W Express to the more dominant KFC). I tried a regular cheeseburger, it’s nothing to write home about. It was basically combining a patty & bun of a Big Mac with the toppings of a Wendy’s burger. Did try a straight draft cup of their Root Beer though and tastes much better compared to a fountain/plastic bottle version of it.

Jones Soda came out with these carbonated candies. You can buy them at Hot Topic (that’s the only place I know of for sure). Bought some cream soda ones for the fiance (the Future Mr. Special K??) and they’re actually pretty tasty! They kinda fizz in your mouth. Fun stuff!

slightly off topic, but if you look directly to the left of asdfnick’s post 2 columns above mine, isn’t that a vertically stretched head of Dr. Bunson Honeydew? I’m not a gynocologist, I just play one in my toolshed

Yup. Totally tried this a few months ago. A for effort…but seriously…its weird. Ya eat half and chew half? Weird.

Peter: That Caramel Cream Pepsi is pretty good, especially compared to the other yucky Jazz flavors. I’m gonna drink one now.

I tried it last night and you’re right, it’s really good! I hope it stays around a while. I don’t mind the other Jazz flavors… The strawberries & creme is unique, but it’s almost too sweet for me, which is odd ’cause most things are never too sweet for me. I appreciate it though, because it reminds me of the old Strawberry Burst Pepsi from so long ago… Now if only they’d come out with a raspberries & creme Pepsi, I’d be set!

I hear tell that during Passover, if you keep an eye out, you can find reg’lar American Coca-Cola with cane sugar by checking for a yellow band on the label. Something about not consuming corn during the holiday.

Recently, I bought two board games at a garage sale. The Mad Magazine game, and a Pac-Man card game. The Mad game is a kind of reverse Monopoly, first one to lose all his/her money wins. Pac-Man involves simple math to try to gain 100 points first, Pac being the plus, Clyde is minus, and a Pac/Clyde card is Multiplication. And, you can play the Subtraction cards on your opponent. I like board games that let you mess with the other players directly.

Where are all the posts defending glorious bubble gum flavored ice cream? Are you deleting them, Matt? That stuff is just too good for words, and I was heartbroken when our Baskin Robbins stopped selling it. It’s ice cream… and gum. How can you not love it?

(And my sister and I suck the ice cream off the gum and spit it back in the cup. Then you go back at the end, after drinking the melted ice cream, and have your gum!)

It’s worth noting that the flavor of this particular ice cream is more like Bubble Yum-scented lite vanilla than hardcore, sugary bubble gum.

You know the one ice cream flavor I’ve never seen but would definately buy: Ice Cream with Girl Scout Cookie pieces. I’ve just finished off a box of Thin Mints and those would be great with ice cream. Somoas would be awesome.

I had a fight with my six year old yesterday about this stuff. I refused to by it for him - it looked disgusting. Then I felt like a bad mom - but now I am glad I didn’t.

JLAJRC - You know, Dreyer’s has a thing set up on their website that’ll tell you known stores in your area that sell the Thin Mint and Samoas flavor ice cream. I think Edy’s has those flavors, too.

BTW, I just got a coupon for a new Soda called Vault Red. It’s probably like MD Code Red. I’m gonna try it if I see it.

I had some pineapple soda with my spicy beef patty. Pick up a bottle next time your in Golden Krust.

I’m 99% positive I’m passing on TMNT. I think I might see Reign Over Me, though. I haven’t heard much about it, but I’m usually a sucker for funny-men going serious.

E.g., The Majestic and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and to a lesser degree Spanglish.

I am going to the first showing of TMNT…I am not expecting much so hopefully I am pleasantly surprised. Hardcore fan of the old movies, so the CGI doesn’t feel right to me.

the first preview I saw (short clip of cgi turtles in alley) had me exited but the second one (turtles play turtles for kids party) leaves me with a bad aftertaste, still trying to decide probably wait for the dollar theater

I am getting excited for TMNT. I usually go to every kids movie made, being as I have a 5 year old and I love popcorn.
Also, this has nothing to do with anything here and it’s extremely nerdy, but effin Sanjaya…

I find I’m usually able to tell when CGI artists haven’t had enough practice or training in how muscles, bone, and skin move, and giving things weight. Bugged me a bit in some parts of Spider-man (particularly after Mary Jane has been lowered to the tugboat and he turns to leave; and some of the swinging), but in Spider-man 2 I could tell the artists had a FAR better handle on it. Unfortunately it bugged me so much right off the bat in the first TMNT trailer I won’t be going to it myself. Saving my gift cards for Spider-man 3 and Fantastic Four 2.

No Transformers for me, either, but that’s because the designs are hideous, I dislike Bay’s films, and the script is tedious crap that’s been peddled before. If it gets more G1 stuff on the shelves, tho, I won’t mind.

Ugh, this brings back memories I spent a year and a half burying. Memories of when I worked in my college’s dining hall, scooping ice cream in the dessert room. The bane of my existance there was bubblegum ice cream, which I hate with a passion, but plenty of other students seem to love. I could not stand the stuff, so I always positioned it in the cooler in such a way that it was easy for me not to look at it (and hopefully hard for others to notice it). If I actually had to serve the stuff, I would immediately rinse off my gloves afterwards, no matter how long the line was (the lights in the dessert room made my hands too sweaty to change gloves in under five minutes, especially if they were the plastic kind, not the latex ones). And heaven help the person who wanted it in a waffle cone…

I love Bubble Yum Ice cream! I ate half a tub of it last night after I got home from the bars… tasty stuff.

I love the breyers bubble yum. it’s like the maggie moo’s bubble gum ice cream w/o the high price or vast amounts of blue dye. im 36. call me a kid if u want. breyers, listen to ur sales figures, not this board. btw, u can actually swallow the gum after a couple chews. there’s barely any “gum rubber” in it.

Oh God, I must get it! It looks like as if Bubble Yum has just gone to it’s EXTREME! But Texas got no flavor of that kind…Damn…(And “Texas got no flavor” wasan’t a mistake.)

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