Blueberry Schnapps Ice Cream
May 6, 2013Summer is almost here, and at Pralines we’re excited about the release of our summer flavors! Nothing beats a cool, delicious ice cream on a hot summer day, and with a number of ice cream lovers out there, we know the importance of offering seasonal treats that will satisfy the palette. This is why Praline's is now offering its one and only blueberry schnapps ice cream. There is nothing more refreshing on a hot summer day than the taste of chilled blueberries and scrumptious schnapps. So we know you must be thinking, "Why choose to blend blueberries and schnapps?" Well, to start off, blueberry schnapps is incredibly delicious; if you haven’t had it before, you can get your fill in a few scoops of this delicious new flavor. Plus, when we mix in fresh whole blueberries, the end result is a treat you most certainly cannot pass up. Here at…
Read MoreIce Cream Personality Profile
May 2, 2013What is your favorite ice cream flavor? No matter how adventurous you’re feeling, what do you always end up choosing? Turns out that your favorite ice cream might say more about you than you think. According to the Date Report, that delicious ice cream snack is actually a personality profile. Find out what your ice cream is saying about you. Vanilla – Vanilla is an American favorite and a great place to start. If it's your favorite, then you’re most likely a daring and experimental person who sets high goals. You like to be involved but you don’t succumb to peer-pressure very easily. Chocolate – Yum, chocolate. Who doesn't love it? If you love chocolate, you also love to speak your mind. You’re young at heart, very honest, and bore easily. You are also creative, talented, and incredibly enthusiastic. Neapolitan – Don’t take this the wrong way, but if you’re a sucker…
Read MoreOrange Pineapple Ice Cream
April 24, 2013The seasons are changing and you know what that means… it’s time for new ice cream flavors! Praline's loves to release new flavors, especially during the holidays and when the seasons change. Since it’s getting warmer out and summer is just around the corner, Praline's is proud to announce a seasonal flavor that will be available all summer long! We bet you’re dying to know what it is, so we’ll just come out and tell you: The new flavor is called Orange Pineapple and is literally to die for. Orange Pineapple goes with summer like Peppermint Chocolate Chip goes with winter. The two flavors blend together perfectly to give you a burst of orange energy complimented by the delicious blend of summery pineapple. If you’re excited for summer, this flavor is perfect for you. The Long Haul – Most of Praline's seasonal ice cream flavors are only available for a…
Read MoreIce Cream Record Holder
April 16, 2013Ice cream wasn't invented stateside, but that doesn't mean we can’t claim some of its loftiest records. Even though ice cream is significantly older than the United States, we've taken the tasty treat to new heights. Keep reading to find out which ice cream records are claimed by the US of A. Consumption – At the top of the list is consumption per capita. We Americans can proudly say that our country consumes the most ice cream per person than any other. How much do we eat? Roughly 48 pints a year and those living in the northern central region of the U.S. eat the very most. Is it something to brag about? We’ll leave that up to you. Production – Since we eat so much ice cream, it only makes to make it here at home. This is why California makes the most ice cream in the United States. Next time you open a…
Read MoreWhy am I addicted to Ice Cream?
April 11, 2013It’s been a long work day, and you’re at the grocery store doing some last-minute shopping. As you walk through the frozen foods aisle, your eye stumbles across the ice cream section. You stop. Your stomach starts to grumble, your mouth begins to water, and somewhere in your mind you hear a little voice saying, “Gimme!” You can’t help it -- you don’t even think twice -- you open the door and grab a carton. Why does this happen? Why is it that even when you’re not hungry you can’t help but crave a scoop of delicious ice cream whenever you see or smell it? The reasons are simple and completely natural. Two words: dopamine and serotonin. Dopamine – This little brain chemical is responsible for feelings of elation and pleasure. It is a natural mood booster and can be stimulated by exercise, drugs including cocaine and antidepressants, and, yes,…
Read MoreMaking Ice Cream is a Ball
April 3, 2013Ice cream is an incredibly popular dessert, and for many, nothing tops homemade ice cream. Perhaps homemade ice cream is a tradition in your family: maybe everyone gets together during the holidays and anxiously waits as an aunt or uncle creates the mouth watering treat. If you've always wished you could be a part of the ice cream tradition too, well, now you can. Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker – Up until now, all ice cream makers have worked the same way; add the ingredients, let the machine do the chilling and stirring, wait a few hours, and, voila, ice cream for the entire family. Again, that was up until now. The Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker is the perfect ice cream maker for an active, involved family or group of friends who simply love ice cream. Instead of being a bulky machine, this ice cream maker resembles a hamster…
Read MoreEyescream and Friends
March 28, 2013They say that presentation is half the battle; is it true? Seems like some in Barcelona sure believe so; in fact, one ice cream parlor may be taking this idea a little too seriously. Eyescream and Friends, a self-service ice cream parlor in Barcelona, enables guests to bring ice cream to life by decorating their scoops with eyes made of sugary candy. How would you feel about your ice cream snack staring back at you as you drive your spoon into the side of its face? It must not bother guests at Eyescream and Friends, as many are all too ready to decorate a scoop with beady eyes before indulging. Why, you ask, did this particular parlor decide to personalize ice cream? It turns out that Eyescream and Friends struggled with the fact that ice cream is “ugly.” Adding eyeballs is their way of beautifying the treat. Now we don’t…
Read MoreWacky Ice Cream Flavors
March 18, 2013Not all ice cream flavors are sweet, rich, and creamy. You probably already know this, but just to expand your horizons, we've discovered some of the wackiest ice cream flavors out there. Some will have you scrunching up your nose while others may be intriguing. Will you be searching for the recipe or battling a queasy stomach? Here they are… the world’s oddest ice cream flavors. Buckwheat – Yes, the grain. This may sound like a healthy snack, but unless you consider the addition of buckwheat kernels enough to make a dessert healthy, it’s far from. Aside from the buckwheat and added honey, this ice cream flavor is made with milk, salt, sugar, cream, and eggs. Parmesan Gelato – In our humble opinion, parmesan cheese has no place in the ice cream mix, but obviously our opinion isn't shared by all. To make this cheesy dessert, a whole cup of fresh…
Read MoreIt’s an Ice Cream World After All
March 15, 2013America isn't the only place on earth where ice cream is celebrated. All over the world ice cream is manufactured, embraced, and culturally unique. From China to Finland and all the way to India, ice cream is an important part of almost every diet. Turns out, it’s an ice cream world after all. China – Ice cream is incredibly popular in southern China; however, their frozen, ice cream-like dessert isn't made from milk, sugar, and eggs like western ice cream. It’s made from mung beans that are softened into a paste and boiled with milk and sugar. Popular flavors include vanilla, chocolate, coffee, mango, black sesame, and red beans. Cuba – Cuba is home to one of the largest ice cream parlors in the world. The Coppelia ice cream parlor was founded in 1966 in Havana. Coppelia is the main branch of the national Coppelia ice cream parlor chain in Cuba. Lines are long,…
Read MoreIce Creams Bloated Secret
March 11, 2013If your stomach aches every time you eat ice cream, maybe it’s not because of the dairy. We know what you’re thinking, “What else could it be from?” Well, you may be shocked to find that dairy is neither the most important ingredient nor the most abundant ingredient in ice cream. In fact, one of the most crucial ingredients in the mix is actually tasteless, odorless, and weightless. That’s right, it’s air. This is ice cream's bloated secret. Airy Beginnings – There has always been air in ice cream, without it, the treat would be hard as ice. In the 1950s, a British research team discovered that a larger amount of air resulted in softer ice cream -- a discovery that led to the invention of soft serve. Although we owe it to this team of ice cream scientist who stumbled upon a way to make soft serve, we must…
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