The Big Muddy Ice Cream Blog

Whooooaaaaaaa dudes! I haven't reviewed an Edy's flavor in a looooooong time.  I heard rumors of a new frozen custard flavor so I went searching for it.  While I didn't find the new custard I was looking for, I couldn't resist taking home a container of Edy's Rolo, a new flavor for the brand.  Rolos are one of my favorite candies.  This ice cream is described as Rich and creamy vanilla ice cream with a caramel swirl and mini Rolo candy pieces. I had forgotten how soft Edy's ice cream is.  Like a fluffy down pillow!  The vanilla base was lightly flavored.  It was also very, very sweet without crossing into cloyingly sweet territory. The caramel swirls were very interesting.  They were also lightly flavored, but the caramel/vanilla combination tasted exactly like one of those cheap (but delicious!) cake cones.  My poor taste buds were so confused. Obviously the mini Rolos were great.  There were plenty of them, I got at lea...

I've been eating a lot of Blizzard's lately, but not reviewing them.  From here on out, I will try to actually review the DQ Blizzard's I eat.  On Saturday I stopped by for a Rolo Minis blizzard, the August blizzard of the month.  This is Caramel filled ROLO Minis mixed with caramel topping and creamy vanilla soft serve. Before I review this blizzard, I need to share the first sentence of the wikipedia entry for ROLO candies with you.  I don't think it's enough to just link the page because some of you won't read it.  Here goes: Rolo (pronounced "Row-low", referring to the rolled-style candy is a brand of truncated-cone-shaped or frustum-shaped chocolates with a caramel center, the shape resembling that of a inverted bucket or tub or a traditional lampshade.  Why? Just why? FRUSTUM? WE ALL KNOW WHAT ROLOs LOOK LIKE! Whoever wrote this was seriously freaking out about the shape of ROLO candies.  I mean, really, just one of those description...