Ah, Autumn in July: Pumpkin Ice Cream
New Hampshire’s Favorite Pumpkin pie is usually a food and flavor we associate with Fall, but for New Hampshire, it’s something they enjoy year round. For the rest of us, it’s a special flavor that many ice cream parlors roll out when the weather starts getting cooler. It’s got an identity all its own and …. Read More
Jose Mier Volunteers: Tennessee’s Cotton Candy Ice Cream
A Taste of Summer Fun from the Volunteer State There’s always something fun about cotton candy. The singular sugariness of this whispy treat is enjoyed by millions (mostly kids) around the world. Although in England and those parts they call it candy floss! It brings up images of state fairs and summertime so what’s better …. Read More
Nuts to You! Payday Ice Cream
Frozen Jose Mier Goes Nuts Over This South Carolina Fave Looking at each state’s signature or favorite flavor gives us a glimpse into what those states are famous for and South Carolina is famous for peanuts. Any candy aficionado can tell you the nuttiest bar by far has to be the Payday candy bar. Its …. Read More
Frozen Jose Mier Goes on an Alaskan Adventure: Eskimo Ice Cream
Think of frozen desserts and part of us imagines the snowy environs of the great Alaskan Wilderness. Out of all fifty states this one is certainly the best equipped to keep things frozen. If you’ve read my other Frozen Jose Mier articles you know I’m listing the ice creams favored in each of the states …. Read More
A Short List of America’s Favorite Flavors
Frozen Jose Mier Reports on The U.S.’s Top Picks I guess I lean toward the exotic when it comes to ice cream flavors but the rest of America seems to go for tried and true. Still, almost any ice cream is a good choice and isn’t this site all about frozen desserts in any form? …. Read More
How About Some Dioscorea Alata Ice Cream?
Frozen Jose Mier Unearths Ube Happy national ice cream day! That’s right. July 16 is national ice cream day and what better flavor to celebrate with than ube? What? You’ve never eaten ube ice cream? Then you’re obviously not from Hawaii. Ube is the popular Hawaiian name for the purple yam whose Latin name is …. Read More
California Goes Neapolitan
Jose Mier Surprised at Golden State’s Favorite Frozen Jose Mier here. I don’t know if I believe it or not but according to Taste of Home, each State of the Union has its own favorite (or most popular) flavor of ice cream and my State, California seems to go for Neapolitan ice cream. Yes, really. …. Read More
To The Top! (Of Your Ice Cream)
More is Always Better In America we like things big. We love more. SUVs. Warehouse stores. Venti Americano Espresso. Two (make that three) scoops of ice cream. We don’t often settle for dainty, European-sized portions. Even Sir Mix-A-Lot rapped about his love for large items. And so, in the pursuit of more, we celebrate that …. Read More
Spicy Jose Mier: Firecracker Ice Cream
Jose Mier Feels the Frozen Burn I love to unearth novel an exciting frozen desserts. As you know I’ve documented several obscure but fun ice cream flavors over the last few weeks and today’s addition is no exception. Firecracker Ice Cream. It’s appropriate that as we just celebrated the 4th of July (and yes, despite …. Read More
Jose Mier Does the Banana Split
Okay, so the title is a reference to an old kids’ live action TV show that only old-timers remember now, but one of the songs featured on this show was “Doin’ the Banana Split.” Enough trivia. It’s time to talk frozen desserts. We can certainly create more sophisticated desserts given time and effort, but there’s …. Read More