I love the show "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" on the Food Network. This evening I watched the episode entitled, "The Best Thing I Ever Ate... Ice Creamy." Lots of gut-busting sundaes and frozen concoctions on this episode, that's for sure!!
Perhaps it's the fact that I just visited my parents and grandmother, who have a history in the Ludington-Scottville area; or perhaps it's because I spent part of the week enjoying summer fun at a beautiful Lake Michigan beach... but I gotta call it: House of Flavors in Ludington, Michigan.
When I was a kid, we spent lots of time in Ludington. There is a beautiful State Park there. There are plenty of cute little cabin-rental resorts. And there is a great old mini golf course. We would enjoy all of that. But I still can't mention Ludington without talking about House of Flavors. House of Flavors is an old ice cream parlor in downtown Ludington (the 3 blocks which count as "downtown"). We didn't visit Ludington without going there. It had the cutest interior, very old-fashioned ice cream parlor-looking, bright white and primary colors. House of Flavors was the one place our family went where my sisters and I were allowed to choose something from the ice cream menu in lieu of an actual meal.
They have always had a thing at the House of Flavors called the Super Pig which is 7 scoops of ice cream plus a load of toppings, which comes in a trough. If you finish it you get a button. There are smaller versions, too. As fabulous as that is, that's not my favorite. The Best Thing I Ever Ate... Ice Creamy is: The Cherry Bon Bon sundae, at House of Flavors Ludington Michigan, BUT (and this is VERY important) with Black Cherry ice cream instead of the standard vanilla which normally comes on the Cherry Bon Bon sundae. Black Cherry ice cream is my favorite by a long shot. Seriously, a good black cherry ice cream is so good that I could almost call that as the best ice creamy thing I ever ate. But, add hot fudge, cherry sauce, and whipped cream, and really, it's the best possible ice cream combination I can think of. I honestly can't think of a sundae that could be better than that. And I'm not an ice cream person, at all.
So that's my vote. What is the best ice creamy thing you ever ate?
Interestingly enough, I happen to be chowing down on some Ben & Jerry's right now. The Best Thing I Ever Ate...Ice Creamy would be the chocolate peanut butter ice cream cone at House of Flavors, Ludington (Before the remodel - b/c it helps the way the ice cream tastes.) I love me some sundaes, but this ice cream is just chocolate ice cream with massive peanut butter swirls/chunks and it is da bomb.
ReplyDeleteAlmond Joy sundae from the ice cream place in Grand Haven, Michigan. We can have beach town wars to see who really has the best ice cream on the lake!!
ReplyDeleteAndrea: bummer, I was just in Grand Haven and we didn't do the ice cream there! We did Oberons, though, and that's just as refreshing on a hot day ;) mmmm... beer.
ReplyDeleteJul: Yummo!