Buckeyes Love Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream
Frozen Jose Mier Discusses the Varieties Ohio is a Midwest state and fairly conservative. They don’t cotton much to outlandish flavors like that Jose Mier favorite firecracker cream. No, their favorite incorporates two standard, but delicious, flavors: chocolate and peanut butter. Actually this should be referred to as chocolate peanut butter cup ice cream because …. Read More
Bitten by the Wolf: North Carolina’s Wolf Tracks Ice Cream
Howlin’ Jose Mier Approves North Carolina is known for its wildlife, like wolves. It’s not a stretch, therefore, that their favorite ice cream would bear the name of one of the state’s best-known animals. Any ice cream with the word tracks in it means it’s going to be loaded to capacity with different tastes and …. Read More
Cherry Ice Cream Smile: New Yorkers Go For This
Jose Mier Visits the Empire State’s Favorite Do you remember the Duran Duran song, “Rio?” There’s a line in it that goes, “cherry ice cream smile. I suppose it’s very nice.” Well, apparently New Yorkers think it’s very nice too. New York cherry ice cream is the state’s favorite flavor. There’s something about summer with …. Read More
The Dark Side of Nevada: Dark Chocolate Ice Cream
Jose Mier Gambles on This Flavor For all the glitz and glamor of the Las Vegas strip, I have to remember that Vegas does not speak for all of Nevada. No, Nevadans are a sturdy and serious people (like Missourians) and they take their ice cream seriously. They should, with temperatures in much of the …. Read More
Show Me: Missourians Go For Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream
Frozen Jose Mier Shows You How to Make It Missouri is known as the show me state and what they like to be shown is some darned tasty ice cream. Flavor of choice in the state? Chocolate chip cookie dough according to a Twitter survey. Whoever thought up this creation was a genius. Who doesn’t …. Read More
It’s a Treat to Beat Your Feet on the Mississippi Mud (Ice Cream)
Jose Mier Celebrates The Old Magnolia State’s Favorite Flavor How can a state not claim as its favorite ice cream flavor that which bears its own name? Simple. It can’t. And so Mississippi’s ice cream of choice is (no surprise) Misssissippi Mud. And what is this mud you may ask. It’s one of the things …. Read More
Montana Loves S’more: S’mores Ice Cream
Chef Jose Mier with Another State Fave Montana is famous for wide open spaces which untimately means camping. And camping often means toasted mashmallows over an open fire. Of course to jazz things up you can’t just eat the marshmallows plain. You need to make them into America’s favorite campfire treat: S’mores. Made up of …. Read More
A Little Hot With My Cold (Ice Cream) Please
New Mexico’s Chocolate Chili Ice Cream New Mexico is known as the home of many types of chilis. In fact ristras (a type of wreath) of red chilis is a common decoration in many New Mexican homes and restaurants. It’s not surprising therefore that their signature ice cream would include a touch of spice. Chili, …. Read More
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