On the 10th November 2014 at 1904hrs I got sent this...
This.... is THE ice cream.
In short: **READ IT HERE**
2005- Ben & Jerry's release this BEAST of an Ice Cream. I am addicted.
2005- The Ice Cream vanishes to the depths of the Ben & Jerry's Graveyard
2005- I drop into a despair and grief that can only be understood by hardcore addicts. Withdrawal symptoms included emailing Ben & Jerry's to beg for it's return- only to be told I can "view" it in the Graveyard on their website. I do. I am heartbroken.
2005-13 Years of heartache and Mint Ice Cream misery ensue. No other mint ice cream tastes the same.
2013- Hagen Daas release Mint Leaves & Chocolate. My faith in humanity, hope, ice cream and mint is restored.
2014- Minter Wonderland descends. I explode with Joy.
It has returned. In my time of need. It has returned. Words genuinely cannot express how I felt seeing that photograph... it was monumental. I can only compare it to finding my long lost snake ring all those years ago after a year of it being lost. It was spiritual, emotional and just epic.
I was sent a few torturous videos of it being opened and eaten... however... this was short lived and manageable. There then followed a WEEK of trying to hunt some down in various supermarkets. And finally.. FINALLY ... I managed to get hold of some after a tip off of some stock in Sainsburys. I got the last two tubs. At present I have two tubs of Minter Wonderland and two tubs of Mint Leaves in my freezer. This makes me feel... glorious.
Tomorrow I plan on having a compare of the two ice creams. This is going to be a huge moment for Ice Cream and an even huger moment for my tastebuds. I will blog my results following the strictly controlled experiment.
I know my time with this ice cream is short... it won't still be here like the Hagen Daas has been all this time, so I hope it permits me a short, brief affair with the ice cream that started this all.
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