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Ben and Jerry's Half Baked? (vanilla and chocolate ice cream with chunks of brownie and cookie dough) Soft serve is still a type of ice cream, at any rate, and

Ben and Jerry's Half Baked? (vanilla and chocolate ice cream with chunks of brownie and cookie dough) Soft serve is still a type of ice cream, at any rate, and I sell a lot more twists than I do chocolate cones at my fast food restaurant. Black and white shakes are also popular. I'm a huge sucker for vanilla soft serve with chocolate syrup drizzled on top. Lots of vanilla+chocolate+ice cream possibilities! (If you insist, the argument: butterfat is measured by volume and soft serve by default has less because it's aerated a lot more than what you consider to be ice cream. we also have low-fat ice cream but it's still called ice cream. and what do you call gelato if you think butterfat is what defines "ice cream"?)

Retric 10y ago
Geloato and soft serve have different flavor profiles, and of course different names. Ice cream sandwich etc are again different, you would think if it was a good combo someone would have plain old cololate vanilla icc cream pre mixed.
- tgb 10y ago
  I'm so baffled by your continued denial that this exists, let alone is edible. I already linked to one that's exactly as you describe, the first hit on google for me for chocolate and vanilla ice cream: http://www.breyers.com/product/detail/113883/vanilla-chocolate-ice-cream http://www.breyers.com/product/detail/113883/vanilla-chocola...
  - Retric 10y ago
    That's chocolate and vanilla in the same box, but not mixed. You will see most people go for one side or the other at a party.
    - tgb 10y ago
      I can't understand the mental hoops you're going through to justify this. It's like a real-life version of an invisible dragon: http://lesswrong.com/lw/i4/belief_in_belief/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/i4/belief_in_belief/ What even would 'mixed' vanilla and chocolate ice cream be if it's neither machine-swirled soft serve, nor store bought both-ice-creams-in-a-box hard serve nor chunks-of-chocolate-in-vanilla nor chocolate-covering-on-vanilla? Mixed chocolate and vanilla icecream would be called chocolate ice cream! After all, vanilla is an ingredient in chocolate icecream.
      - Retric 10y ago
        Salt is an ingredient in pasta, mixing extra salt and pasta quickly makes it unpalatable. Adding vanilla extract to chocolate ice cream is similarly nasty. Now sure, a hint where it's hard to tell in full chocolate or less chocolate, less vanilla and less cream to make that more bland helps. As does mixing some milk etc. But the full flavors don't mix well.
        tgb 10y ago
        No one is disputing that it's possible to add too much vanilla to your ice cream recipe. Please just try this experiment: take a scoop of chocolate and a scoop of vanilla ice creams and mix them together and eat it. Is it unpalatably overly vanilla? No, of course not, it tastes like mildly chocolatey ice cream. Which is to say, it's pretty good. I'll admit that I'm interested in what contortions you can come up with next to keep justifying this. I'm greatly amused by this conversation.
        Retric 10y ago
        I have done this with high quality aka strong vanilla ice cream with that real creamy taste and high quality aka strong chocolate ice cream and no it was not tasty. You can try the same thing what cheaper ingredients by adding the same fairly large quantity of vanilla extract to unflavored ice cream and chocolate ice cream. But, you miss out on some of that strong cream flavor. PS: Even just good chocolate is hard to find in the US. Hint it has zero wax content and a short shelf life.
        tgb 10y ago
        Ah, so if I try this, it won't count because it's No True Icecream. On the other hand, I commend you on being completely consistent and somehow going through with this conversation without a hint of sarcasm, snark or anything other than a deep passion for the subject. More than I can say for myself. But I'll still hold this as perhaps the most surreal exchange I've ever had and can't quite remove the feeling that this was a masterfully executed joke.

Retric 10y ago

Geloato and soft serve have different flavor profiles, and of course different names. Ice cream sandwich etc are again different, you would think if it was a good combo someone would have plain old cololate vanilla icc cream pre mixed.

tgb 10y ago
I'm so baffled by your continued denial that this exists, let alone is edible. I already linked to one that's exactly as you describe, the first hit on google for me for chocolate and vanilla ice cream: http://www.breyers.com/product/detail/113883/vanilla-chocolate-ice-cream http://www.breyers.com/product/detail/113883/vanilla-chocola...
- Retric 10y ago
  That's chocolate and vanilla in the same box, but not mixed. You will see most people go for one side or the other at a party.
  - tgb 10y ago
    I can't understand the mental hoops you're going through to justify this. It's like a real-life version of an invisible dragon: http://lesswrong.com/lw/i4/belief_in_belief/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/i4/belief_in_belief/ What even would 'mixed' vanilla and chocolate ice cream be if it's neither machine-swirled soft serve, nor store bought both-ice-creams-in-a-box hard serve nor chunks-of-chocolate-in-vanilla nor chocolate-covering-on-vanilla? Mixed chocolate and vanilla icecream would be called chocolate ice cream! After all, vanilla is an ingredient in chocolate icecream.
    - Retric 10y ago
      Salt is an ingredient in pasta, mixing extra salt and pasta quickly makes it unpalatable. Adding vanilla extract to chocolate ice cream is similarly nasty. Now sure, a hint where it's hard to tell in full chocolate or less chocolate, less vanilla and less cream to make that more bland helps. As does mixing some milk etc. But the full flavors don't mix well.
      - tgb 10y ago
        No one is disputing that it's possible to add too much vanilla to your ice cream recipe. Please just try this experiment: take a scoop of chocolate and a scoop of vanilla ice creams and mix them together and eat it. Is it unpalatably overly vanilla? No, of course not, it tastes like mildly chocolatey ice cream. Which is to say, it's pretty good. I'll admit that I'm interested in what contortions you can come up with next to keep justifying this. I'm greatly amused by this conversation.
        Retric 10y ago
        I have done this with high quality aka strong vanilla ice cream with that real creamy taste and high quality aka strong chocolate ice cream and no it was not tasty. You can try the same thing what cheaper ingredients by adding the same fairly large quantity of vanilla extract to unflavored ice cream and chocolate ice cream. But, you miss out on some of that strong cream flavor. PS: Even just good chocolate is hard to find in the US. Hint it has zero wax content and a short shelf life.
        tgb 10y ago
        Ah, so if I try this, it won't count because it's No True Icecream. On the other hand, I commend you on being completely consistent and somehow going through with this conversation without a hint of sarcasm, snark or anything other than a deep passion for the subject. More than I can say for myself. But I'll still hold this as perhaps the most surreal exchange I've ever had and can't quite remove the feeling that this was a masterfully executed joke.