Freezer Favorites

If these aisles could talk.

While I have foresworn some items in the grocery aisle--most notably two major brands' increased use of corn syrup--there are still some items worth your while. I was reminded of this when a new grocery store chain (Mariano's) entered my neighborhood in recent months, opening me to a new world of ice cream brands, not to mention fresh squeezed, unpasteurized orange juice. In this new series, Freezer Favorites, I will explore the best items you can find for those nights you feel like staying in.

I should note that over the years I have tasted many items, national and regional, and I do not expect I can accurately represent ALL of my Freezer Favorites from the past decade. For example, I recall Blue Bell as being a superior regional ice cream maker--I daresay the best!--but I couldn't write about my favorite flavors because I lost my extensive notes from 2009 when I spent three week volunteering in New Orleans, eating as many varieties as possible. (This is one of only two sets of notes from over seven years of blogging that mysteriously disappeared. Seriously, where the heck did they go?!?)

For easy navigation, a list of entries in this ongoing series will be updated here:

• Oberweiss' Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
• Häagen-Dazs' Vanilla Swiss Almond
• Steve's No. 45 Mexican Chili Chocolate
• Denali's Bear Claw
• FatBoy's Key Lime Pie-wich
• Ben & Jerry's Phish Food
• Ciao Bella's Blood Orange Sorbetto 
• Sweet Me Creamery's Salted Caramel Brownie
• Graeter's Black Raspberry Chip and Buckeye Blitz
• Talenti's Roman Raspberry
• Häagen-Dazs' Double Belgian Chocolate Chip
  
• Kemp's White Chocolate Raspberry
• Signature Select's Chocolate Peanut Cutter Cup
• Tillamook's Monster Cookie
• Stewart's Crumbs Along the Mohawk
• ...and more to come!