serious ice cream sampling over here

this summer our family has been having fun trying new ice cream flavors and brands.  watching the ice cream show on viceland has gotten us to branch out and buy brands that we haven't tried before.

our latest ice cream tasting has been from our local target store and their partnership with the museum of ice cream.  this ice cream definitely has a real sweet feel, clearly meant for young ones and young at heart.  my favorite flavor was sprinkle pool, just a classic vanilla with rainbow sprinkles. 

other ice cream brands we tried this summer:

*coolhaus

*mcconnell's

*tillamook

also got to visit a lappert's ice cream while in palm springs - it took me right back to my trips to kauai as a kid [so of course, I had to have a scoop of kauai pie, my family opted for the dole whips instead]

the parlor & $2 tuesdays [local lovin']

of course, when it is over 100 degrees for too long, you start going a little crazy. and not that we really needed another reason, but $2 tuesdays at The Parlor was a pretty good one to stop for some ice cream after our evening at the Crocker Art Museum.  and yes, our kid had a shave ice and donut in the same night, let's not worry about it too much.

we each got what we wanted, I had a single scoop of Everything but the..., everly got her plain whole glazed donut, and the mr. got his ice cream puff, which is pretty much if you take my order, and ev's order, and slice it and mush it together in a panini like press, well, that's what he had.

and because we don't look quite as cute eating our dessert, here's too many photos of everly eating hers...

^she seems to really be getting the 'show my your food' photo down^

$2 single scoops

$2.95 ice cream puffs

every tuesday @ The Parlor