Churned Ice Cream

As a treat today, we went to Churned Ice Cream.   I quickly decided on my flavors.  Steve and I both agreed on them and were able to share.

The scoop on top is Malted Cookie Dough.  The malt was nicely subtle.

The scoop on the left side is Blondie.  It reminded me of sweetened condensed milk because of the caramelized sugar.  Yummy!

The flavor on the right is Chocolate Passionfruit.  It's a rich dark chocolate and the passionfruit flavor comes out towards the end.   It reminds me of a chocolate truffle you'd get in a fancy shop.

The final flavor in the front of the picture was Apple.  It had large chunks of sweet apple.   A perfect fall flavor!

My ice cream dish was basically full of fall desserts.   I really enjoyed it.

Lastly, I had to try the weird flavor.   I tried the Horseradish Chive savory ice cream.  It had chips of beef in it!

Yes, I'm not big on beef in ice cream.  If there is going to be a meat product in desserts, I prefer bacon because it just goes better.   I couldn't resist trying something so unusual.  It was spicy and definitely fit the description of "dinner in a cup without mashed potatoes."  The flavor is apparently more popular than their roasted garlic and rosemary ice cream which I want to try.   

A Stop in for Jeni's Ice Cream

We stopped by a Jeni's to relax away from the summer heat.   In my dish are brown butter almond brittle, bramble berry crisp, and the buckeye state.

I'm really happy that the store has expanded so much.  I remember when they only had one ice cream stand in the North Market in Columbus.   Now they have branches outside of the city and pints are available at Whole Foods and Heinen's. 

Churned Ice Cream

We recently started drinking milk from Hartzler Family Dairy.  It's yummy stuff, pasteurized but non-homogenized, so you need to shake it up in order to mix the cream in with the rest of the milk.   It comes in glass bottles that you return to the store for a deposit.   It's been neat because we can have two different types of milk because the containers are half gallon size.  Anyhow, I wander away from my point.  Through Hartzler's website, I found out about Churned Ice Cream in Cleveland, which just happens to use their milk.

I was really looking forward to the ice cream because the website lists a huge amount of exotic flavors.  I really wanted to try the rosemary garlic, but it was already gone for the season.  However, we ended up trying lots of other neat flavors.

My ice cream was pretty much breakfast in a cup.  The scoop on top is maple bacon with french toast.  It really does taste like french toast with bacon and maple syrup.  They even served it with little bacon bits on top!

The scoop on the left is peanut butter and jelly.   It's honey peanut butter with raspberry jam and some bread in there.   I ended up buying a pint to go home.  I was looking for a good peanut butter and jelly ice cream, and I haven't seen one since I lived on the east coast.  A local market is going to be carrying Churned's ice cream soon, so I'll have not problem obtaining it.

The scoop in front is Cap'n Crunch.  It has the cereal pieces in it and the ice cream is nicely milky, like would be in your bowl at breakfast time.

The last scoop (on the right) was my favorite, brown butter with lavender brittle.  Jeni's makes a similar flavor, but uses almond brittle instead.  The lavender doesn't overwhelm the flavor of the brown butter, which is sweet and salty at the same time.  The brittle pieces are actually soft and you get a lot of pieces per scoop of ice cream.

This was Steve's bowl.   The scoop on top is the peanut butter and jelly.  The bright orange one in front is tropical sorbet, with coconut, mango, banana, passion fruit, and pineapple.   The scoop to the left is the black forest with dark chocolate ice cream, almonds, and cherries.   The one to the right is the coconut brownie.  We didn't even realize it was vegan!

I can't wait to go back and try more flavors!

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams

Today we went out to Jeni's for ice cream!   I love this place.  They have expanded their scoop shops beyond their original Columbus area.   Supermarkets such as Whole Foods and Heinen's now carry their pints, and you can order their products online.   However, there is nothing like ordering a triple at the ice cream parlor and trying new flavors.

Clockwise from the left:
Brown Butter Almond Brittle
Riesling Poached Pear Sorbet
Bangkok Peanut

These are all flavors from Jeni's Signature collection, and three of my personal favorites.   I realize my ice cream choices were all basically beige in color, but they are so delicious and flavorful!

Clockwise from the left:
Bangkok Peanut
Grapefruit Frozen Yogurt
Plum Sake Sorbet

My husband picked out these.  He was adventurous and tried some new sorbets, but I found them a bit more tart than I'd like.