I Heart Dessert

I’ve been searching for a particular Haagen-Dazs ice cream flavor for a month now. I first learned of it through the food network, when they showed a special on creating a new ice cream flavor for Haagen-Dazs and contestants from around the nation could enter and compete. The winner of the contest created a Sticky Toffee Pudding Ice Cream and after taking my first spoonful of it, I instantly knew why this ice cream flavor won. It was creamy, had the right sweetness, a hint of cinnamon, swirls of toffee sauce and bits of moist brown sugar cake. It tasted like heaven! And I must say not that many ice cream flavors taste like heaven or even come close to it. My roomates and I had agreed that if we were to die tomorrow, we would eat a whole barrel of it. Unfortunately, Sticky Toffee Pudding Ice Cream is a limited edition flavor, so it will only be available until January of next year. So, I’ll be back at the store tomorrow to buy a few more pints and I’m just in luck because Albertsons is offering a 2 for $5 special!

So, the other day I went to Marie Callendar’s with a few friends to have lunch and also to make use of my birthday club freebie (see previous post). I ordered my favorite, artichoke and mushroom chicken …this is a dish everyone must try! It’s chicken breast on top of a bed of rice covered with this great creamy sauce with plenty of sliced mushrooms and artichokes. When it came around to dessert time, I ordered a slice of my favorite, boston creme pie, but as soon as I said my order to the waitress, she immediately gave me a what the hell are you talking about, you must be crazy look. I repeated my order again, thinking that she must have just heard me wrong and then she tells me that they dont have that kind of pie. I tell her that there must be some mistake because I always order this particular pie here, and so she tells me that she’ll ask just incase she was misinformed. She comes back and tells me the worst possible news, they don’t make boston creme pies anymore and they dont know if or when they might carry it again. So, I just settled with a chocolate silk pie and with every bite, I thought to myself it’s just not the same.

I didn’t see this coming, but m&m’s now have a brand new version of their shiny candy coated chocolate pieces…white chocolate m&m’s! Personally, I am a huge dark chocolate fan and when the dark chocolate m&m’s came out last year for the Star Wars movie I was absolutely thrilled. So, I could just imagine how excited all the white chocolate lovers out there must be about this. These white chocolate m&m’s were released in conjunction with the new Pirates of the Carribean movie and fittingly dubbed “Pirate Pearls”. I’m going to keep a look out for these pearls and grab a bag before all those white chocolate loving pirates snatch them all.

I love uncrustables…if you havent heard about these little pockets of goodness, you’re missing out. Uncrustables are circular sandwich cutouts with lots of ooey gooey peanut butter and jelly sealed safely inside. They come frozen and all you have to do is thaw and tada you have an instant PB&J sandwich with no crusts! I haven’t had one in a while and it seems as though Smucker’s has expanded their uncrustables line. They now have PB & honey on wheat and grilled cheese uncrustables! I’m cant wait to try the grilled cheese uncrustables, they look pretty good. As for the PB & honey, I’ve never tried that kind of combination before, but it sounds interesting.

For those of you who would rather make your own versions at home, the cut-n-seal from the pampered chef can help speed the process.