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Breyers Ice Cream embedded with Heath Bar bits (Original Post) MrScorpio Jul 2016 OP
Man, you are going to be SO healthy after eating all that!!! ret5hd Jul 2016 #1
You need to read more carefully. 3catwoman3 Jul 2016 #11
Aaaaaghk! ret5hd Jul 2016 #12
Pinboy3niner... 3catwoman3 Jul 2016 #13
Don't Bogart that ice cream, my friend! pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #2
That isn't ice cream. It's a "toffee flavored frozen dairy dessert." mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 #3
You sound like someone who knows ice cream MrScorpio Jul 2016 #4
I used to mainline that stuff. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 #5
Part of that is they don't meet the fat standards TexasBushwhacker Jul 2016 #6
It seems almost incomprehensible that something jammed full of Heath bars mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 #7
Toffee is mostly sugar TexasBushwhacker Jul 2016 #9
The best ice cream I ever had... pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #8
Breyers is not really ice cream Nac Mac Feegle Jul 2016 #10
"Embedded with Heath Bar bits"? Bryan Jul 2016 #14
Time to get another bowl. nt MrScorpio Jul 2016 #15

ret5hd

(20,433 posts)
1. Man, you are going to be SO healthy after eating all that!!!
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 01:31 PM
Jul 2016

I mean Yuuuuugly healthy! You're going to be so healthy that germs will run in fear from you! You will absolutely be the Donald Trump of healthy!

Can I have some?

3catwoman3

(23,812 posts)
13. Pinboy3niner...
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 08:52 PM
Jul 2016

...and the rest of the accomplished punsters here as DU have nothing to fear from me.

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,888 posts)
3. That isn't ice cream. It's a "toffee flavored frozen dairy dessert."
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 01:41 PM
Jul 2016

It might start out as ice cream, but the finished product does not rise to the standard of ice cream.

Do you see that list of ingredients over two inches long, printed on the end of the container? If this were ice cream, that list would be about one-half inch long.

A lot of Breyers products are not ice cream. You have to read the fine print. I found out the hard way.



By the way, Safeway stores in the DC area have what used to be half-gallons and are now 48 ounces (and don't get me started on that) of Breyers on sale this week for $1.99.

Is Turkey Hill ice cream available where you are?

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
4. You sound like someone who knows ice cream
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 01:49 PM
Jul 2016

Turkey Hill? Probably so, but I'd have to get a bag of Heath Bars for the pain.

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,888 posts)
5. I used to mainline that stuff.
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 01:54 PM
Jul 2016

Last summer, the stores were in a price war on ice cream. This year, they aren't.

You can get Turkey Hill with added stuff.

Giant house brand ice cream is okay too. Try the Moose Tracks.



Ice cream. Not a frozen dairy dessert.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,043 posts)
6. Part of that is they don't meet the fat standards
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 02:12 PM
Jul 2016

To be called Ice Cream they must be 10% butterfat and an additional 10% nonfat milk solids. Many of the fancy flavors have so much added in that they just aren't fatty enough. It can be artificial ingredients, but it can be too many fruits, nuts or sugary items like caramel or fudge too.

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,888 posts)
7. It seems almost incomprehensible that something jammed full of Heath bars
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 02:19 PM
Jul 2016

lacks sufficient fat to meet some Federal standard.

I mean, it's toffee, not tofu.

I'll bet our forefathers (forepersons) had the gumption to chop up their own Heath bars and stir the chunks into real ice cream. It just goes to show you how far our country has fallen.

Dagnab it.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
8. The best ice cream I ever had...
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 02:28 PM
Jul 2016

...was when I got a hand-cranked machine and made a mistake in trying to do the recipe for vanilla ice cream. The recipe was supposed to include a certain measure of whole cream and an equal measure of milk. After adding the whole cream, I proceeded to add an equal measure...of whole cream again, not milk. It turned out great!

Nac Mac Feegle

(969 posts)
10. Breyers is not really ice cream
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 07:00 PM
Jul 2016

If you want the REAL stuff, go for Dreyers.

Unilever is using a sound-alike name to knock off the good stuff.

Now, if you want to talk about guilty pleasures, try Dreyers Lemon Custard.
So good it's banned in 14 western states.

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You can tell the difference between the quality by looking at the labeling. If it says "Frozen Dairy Dessert", it's got more artificial flavors, preservatives and emulsifiers in it than anything else. An Ice Cream has to have a defined percentage of cream in order to claim that name.

I liken it to the difference between margarine and butter. One is chemicals, dyes, and flavorings processed by "proprietary" methods, while the other is natural ingredients processed by known methods. You can taste the difference side by side. Go for the real stuff or don't go at all.

Bryan

(1,837 posts)
14. "Embedded with Heath Bar bits"?
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 01:42 AM
Jul 2016

Thank you, no. Eating ice cream studded with things that don't thaw at the same rate as ice cream is a recipe for chipped teeth.

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