i scream, you scream

Everyone loves ice cream -- I don't care what anyone says. Joel can eat a whole pint in one sitting! I'm more of the annoying "please, can we get dessert?"variety, eat 2-3 bites and call it quits. I may not eat a lot of it, but I love those first few bites, especially during summer!

Clara's always loved soft serve and I used to only swear by Haagen Daaz's "hard" ice cream (even Ben & Jerry's is too "soft" for me) in a sugar cone. I think it's the reason I prefer candy over chocolate too -- the milky feeling in your throat afterwards? I'm just not into it. But Red 40, corn syrup or citric acid? Bring it on! Recently, my tastes have changed - cilantro, excessive almond flavoring and now, to my surprise-- softserve!

While I still can't manage vanilla, I'm obsessed with the matcha green tea or black sesame from Mitsuwa's Matcha LOVE by Ito En.

 In keeping with the "softer" ice cream trend, my sister turned me on to Good Humor's Strawberry Shortcake bars, they. are. amazing. There's something that's so light about them, I can finish a whole bar and correct me if I'm wrong, but ice cream bars these days seem a lot larger than I remember.

I was bragging about my new found appreciation for softer ice cream and thank god our friend Walter said "if you like those, you're going to love these!" And yes, Walter is correct, I am in LOVE with the Toasted Almond (he would know, he's a 3rd grade teacher after all)-- think frozen fluffy whipped almond jelly!

So if you happen to be so lucky to be near an ice cream truck, do yourself a favor and get a Toasted Almond bar! Or get it delivered like Eva.

Happy National Ice Cream Day!