I began eating ice cream in Florida because I no longer had my sister around to bake me cakes. Ice cream was easy and soothing in the Floridian heat, and there were just too many flavours that intrigued me. I would pretty much eat ice cream every day. Sometimes I would only eat half my dinner so that I could eat a double portion of ice cream for dessert. On "Free Cone Day" at Ben and Jerry's, I had ice-cream for dinner.
Here are some of the flavours I tried. The creativity was exciting. I swear in Australia, we have pretty standard vanilla, chocolate and berry - and cookies and cream or coffee flavoured ice cream is about as extreme as we get! I loved my American ice cream adventures:
Frozen Treats at WDW
Walt Disney World serves some great frozen treats as well. Here are my top 5 picks for a cold sugar fix at the Parks:
1. Kitchen Sink Sundae at Beaches and Cream (Yacht & Beach Club)
This is basically everything they have in the kitchen at Beaches and Cream, thrown into the one dessert and served in a kitchen sink. That is 8 scoops of ice cream: vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, mint chocolate and coffee + hot fudge, peanut butter, butterscotch sauce, pineapple topping, strawberry topping, a whole sliced banana, chunks of brownie, angel food cake, bundt cake, candy bar, Oreos, real chocolate syrup, sprinkles, nuts, a bunch of maraschino cherries and can of whipped cream.
= SUGAR HEAVEN.
We shared between seven and that served us enough without feeling like we had overeaten. The menu suggests that it serves four, and I think we could have managed that too. This is my number one pick because it is a fun dessert to share and make memories with your friends and family. There is an announcement to the entire diner every time the Kitchen Sink is ordered and it works out to be pretty cheap if you split it between a few people.
2. Dole Whip Float at Aloha Isle (Magic Kingdom)
This is the best dessert to get on a hot day because it is so refreshing, but beware it is big and filling! Dole Whip is an irresistably creamy soft-serve ice-cream that comes in vanilla, chocolate or pineapple (I chose vanilla) and it floats on top of sweet, cold pineappple juice. I saw someone on the internet describe it as cooling you off "a thousand times better than spitting camels or misting tikis." So true. Choose the dole whip float!
3. Mickey Ice-Cream Sandwich
A cheap and convenient option, these are available at ice cream stands around the Parks. Premium quality cookies and cream ice-cream sandwiched between two rich chocolate cookies. Best cookies and cream I have ever tasted.
4. Mickey Bars
Yeah these are definitely tasty. Simple creamy vanilla ice cream coated in rich chocolate served to sugar-sweet perfection and won't disappoint. A Disney World classic and fan favourite, available at ice cream stands around the Parks. Let's face it, everything tastes better in Mickey-shaped form!
5. Sand Pail Sundae at Typhoon Lagoon
This is like a smaller version of the Kitchen Sink served at the Disney water parks. It is chocolate and vanilla soft-serve ice cream, waffle cone pieces, cookie pieces, sprinkles, hot fudge, caramel, strawberry sauce, whipped cream, nuts and a cherry; layered into a sand pail to be scooped out by a shovel. Eat it quickly because the fudge melts the soft-serve and soon you'll be left with ice-cream soup! Ice cream soup is still bangin delicious, but can get a bit messy especially if you're sharing. The presentation in the pail is fun and you can wash it out and use/keep it as a souvenir when you're done.
I want to conclude by saying that my interest in (some would say, addiction to) ice cream has led to some wonderful friendships at Disney World. In the week of the Buy One Get One Free Ben & Jerry's sale at Publix, I began at least four really good friendships by telling friends (who told their friends) about the sale. We ended up having an ice-cream party that night and begun to hang out heaps after that. I visited them on the other side of the country after my program ended and we still text, Skype and write letters etc. They are some of my favourite people I met on the program and it all began with ice cream!
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| Some of the ice-cream at the BYO ice-cream party we threw during the Buy One Get One Free Ben & Jerry's sale at Publix |
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