Late Breaking Pajama News!

I just got a heads up from my friend Marsha about PJ Weekend at Bruster's ice cream. Wear your PJs in today (if they are still open!) and get a free single scoop waffle cone!

The site is vague and doesn't even mention which weekend it is (but searching on the web turned up today) -- but it does say weekend, so maybe tomorrow too?

We don't have Bruster's in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, so I can't even confirm for you.

If anyone does go and turns up with any more info or feedback, please do let us know. I'm signed up for their newsletter now, so hopefully I won't miss this next year!

Signing off so this can be posted and maybe, just maybe, you can get your free cone.

Free Sundae at Baskin Robbins...yippee

Well of course you have to buy one to get the next free but what a deal!!
Get to Baskin Robbins by 3/28 and you and a friend can enjoy a yummy sundae at half the price.
Go to the site and print the coupon out to take advantage.

We need your scoop on these scoops!

Here's the thing: I have three coupons for free Good Humor, Breyers, Klondike, or Popsicle products...they expire at the end of March and I need your help!

Be one of the first to volunteer in the comments section (be sure to include your email address so I can contact you for your mailing address) and I'll send you a coupon.

Your end of the deal? Review your product. Send me a quick email about your feedback on what you chose and how you liked it. Send a picture of you or your friends and family enjoying the treats if you want! We'll post your review and picture for the world to see!

Thanks much!

All you Turkey Hill lovers....recall on ice cream with peanuts

Take note....one more peanut item off the shelves and this time its affecting our beloved ice cream and a favorite brand of ours, Turkey Hill.

Unfortunately a half dozen ice cream and frozen yogurt products have been voluntarily recalled by Turkey Hill because they contain peanuts from Peanut Corp. of America, the current focus of the ongoing salmonella investigations.

These products were distributed in New England and eight other states on the East Coast. According to their website..."The company has not received any consumer illness complaints about these products, however we are taking this precautionary step to safeguard our customers and consumers."


Here's the list of affected flavors in 1.5 quart containers...

Tin Roof Sundae

Chocolate Nutty Moose Tracks Light Recipe

Nutty Caramel Caribou Frozen Yogurt

Peanut Brittle No Sugar Added Recipe

Peanut Butter Mania Light Recipe
Dynamic Duos Movie Night Ice Cream

Have any of these flavors in your freezer?

If so, return them to the store of purchase for a full refund or trash 'em immediately. And then run out and replace them with a yummy flavor not on this list...my suggestion and personal favorite, Choco Mint Chip. Can never go wrong with that one!

Have questions? Contact Turkey Hill toll free at 800-MY-DAIRY.

The buzz about The Fizz

Who doesn’t love a root beer float?! Now an ingenious way to enjoy this childhood specialty on the go from "The Fizz." Let’s see where to start....first off these samples came to me at my office so 10 corporate marketing professionals all test ran this fun product. Well I doubt we are the true target market and an executive conference room is not the norm for enjoying The Fizz but nonetheless we had fun and became kids again. As you can see from my photo diary you start with a bottle of root beer and vanilla ice cream, then The Fizz cup, fill it with vanilla ice cream, and insert straw in the center. This then screws onto the top of a plastic rootbeer bottle. Place the lid atop and squeeze the plastic soda bottle. Volcano starts to erupt, cup starts to fill with rootbeer, ice cream starts to blend in and shazaaamm . . . instant rootbeer float that combines the soda and ice cream to yummy perfection.

According to the website this product was developed "as a way to put a fun new spin on an all-American classic: the root beer float. He sought a way to simplify the process of making a soda float, at the same time making it more fun to drink. His concept was to devise a “mixing chamber” that would separate the ingredients and allow the float drinker to mix them as desired, and also make it fun visually as the soda mixes with the ice cream to create an eruption of foam. "

It's simple but not. It's on the go but not. You must have all your ingredients...soda, ice cream, and Fizz cups ready...and a place to assemble your concoction then "go" and its simple to put together but not as simple as throwing a scoop in a glass but then you can't just go which is the point of this all! Overall we had a blast with it and it was quite entertaining to see us all in suits sipping our Fizz. I bet my daughter would get a kick out of this as would anyone wanting to relive their childhood days of sipping root beer floats.

www.icecreamfizz.com
6 Pack$12.99 (includes shipping...does not include ice cream or soda)
Oh and the cup is reusable, but not dishwasher safe.

The buzz from our taste testers....

"Love it but there is something about wanting to take the cover off and scoop the ice cream like you do with a true root beer float. Regardless it brought me back childhood memories at the soda fountain."

"I expected this to be messy and the concoction mixed and flowed under my control of a squeeze."

"This was fun and certainly a novel idea! Root beer float was good, but as my true passion is the ice cream, I too had frustrations with not being able to get the ice cream with a spoon. I am actually excited to try it with the other "recipes" on the cup..."

• [The Float: Ice Cream, Soda, Whipped Cream (oooh, we forgot the whipped cream!)
• The Smoothie: Yogurt, Juice, Milk (ooh, healthy!)
  
• The Milkshake: Ice Cream, Milk, Syrup (this sounds right up my alley!)
• The Snow Cone: Crushed Ice, Flavored Syrup (I think I'll pass on this one, as I am not one for snow cones...)]
  

"Also loving it for it's "green" aspects. The "apparatus" is certainly strong enough to hold up to handwashing and reuse! Oh. One other thing...this does not work with glass bottles, so your Stewart's float is out of the question..."

"This would be really useful at a hockey game. At the Minnesota Wild game, Jeff and I had to go down two floors to get root beer floats and then come back through a crowd. I'm still not sure how we did it."

"I didn't actually try it, but i did think the idea was pretty cool."