Last week I had four glorious days off from work so Paul and I scooted up north to relax and do nothing (well, Paul continued building a deck, while I relaxed). In between the sunning, napping and general laziness, we actually went to Peterborough a couple of times, including a trip on Saturday with Paul’s brother, Mike, and our future sister-in-law, Alex. I was happy to discover that there was a Kawartha Dairy store in town so (of course) we headed there so I could continue my conquest of the Kawartha ice cream menu board!
I already had my next flavour chosen before I got to the counter (although I still had to take a look at everything on offer). I only went with one scoop this time and tried Muskoka Mocha – “mocha flavoured ice cream with mocha fudge sauce, mocha crumb, and chocolate fish”. Yes, after the little chocolate turtles from the Caramel Snappers, I went with little chocolate fish this time. This ice cream is a nice subtle taste and the chocolate wasn’t too sweet, with a hint of mocha. Loved it.
Paul ordered a scoop of Black Raspberry Thunder – “a smooth white chocolate ice cream with the tangy taste of black raspberry marble and white chocolate chunks”, which I’ve been told is a very popular flavour. We can understand why. This flavour is now one of our favourites – a nice, strong raspberry flavour with the softness of the white chocolate. Definitely one that we’ll be ordering again in the future!
Mike couldn’t resist ordering his absolute favourite flavour, Moose Tracks, but was kind enough to also tack on a second scoop of something I hadn’t tried before (see the sacrifices my family makes for my blog?). Seeing how he loves his chocolate and peanut butter combo, his second scoop had to be Chocolate Peanut Butter – “chocolate ice cream with peanut butter cookie dough pieces and a ripple of peanut butter”. Moose Tracks is still number one. After an initial hit of peanut butter, the rest just didn’t have enough PB taste to really leave an impression. Verdict? Moose Tracks is still #1 for him.
After taking a look at the choices, Alex settled on Heavenly Hash – “marshmallow ice cream and chocolate ice cream combined with chocolate covered peanuts”. Not exactly the same as other Heavenly Hashes on the market, the chocolate covered peanuts really stand out and make this an enjoyable flavour. For all your purists out there though, this definitely isn’t the same as the traditional Heavenly Hashes.
Of the four new flavours we tried, Paul’s Black Raspberry Thunder was definitely my favourite of the day and is also one of my favourites overall.
Whew! FOUR more flavours off the list bringing my total up to 14!
