Lightest pumpkin custard ever!
As turned off as I was by this week's sampling of candy corn-flavored popcorn, I am no quitter, by golly! I mean, Stephanie found the fall flavor holy grail in seasonal Edy's pumpkin ice cream, right?
Well, I am happy to report I found my own frozen pumpkin temple to worship. I just polished off a soft-serve cup of pumpkin-vanilla custard swirl from the new D'Lites Emporium, 1906 S. Dale Mabry Hwy in Tampa. Wow! Totally delish.
I'm going to give this a Grade of A.
And Stephanie, I think this beats Edy's for a couple of reasons.
First, the flavor and texture: The D'Lites stuff is creamier and smoother than any regular soft-serve ice cream I've had, and unlike some other fat-free or sugar-free or low-carb frozen concoctions, this one has no weird aftertaste. My taste buds were singing.
And the best part: You can eat this stuff and not suffer any sort of "too much dessert" guilt. A half cup of the Edy's has 140 calories, 7 grams of fat and 14 grams of sugar. According to the D'Lites folks - and barring any Seinfeld-ian frozen yogurt calorie coverup - a 4-ounce cup of their treat has just 40 calories, less than 3 grams of fat and no more than 3 grams of sugar.
Forty calories! That's it? I think I just burned that off typing this! I have a feeling I'll be making many future stops at D'Lites. I mean, there are so many more flavors to try:
Josh Korr blames his Ben & Jerry's habit on the uncle in Vermont who
always had factory seconds -- pints with extra-large chunks or even a
different flavor from what the label said -- in his freezer. Josh
needs Cape Cod Potato Chips the way other people need coffee, and he's
forever on the lookout for the next great meat substitute. His Rosebud
Snack: A $1.50 bag of rectangular BBQ corn chips from Giant (a
supermarket chain in Maryland)
Did anyone else notice that in Pulp Fiction, Lance the drug dealer
eats Fruit Brute cereal? Jay Cridlin did, because he firmly believes
werewolf-themed cereals are part of this balanced breakfast. He also
believes all chocolate should be dark, all mints should be intense,
and Fruit Roll-Ups should resume selling hearty flavors like grape and
apricot instead of the mealy-mouthed "rainbow" flavors on store
shelves today. He is considered the world's foremost authority on
Zebra Cakes, and he happens to be a close personal friend of Mr.
Peanut.
Shannon Colavecchio-Van Sickler, our healthy and vegetarian snack
scout, is a recovering Funyun and Slim Jim addict who once hosted
slumber parties featuring "appetizers" of cheese puff-genoa salami
kebabs. Her taste buds are considerably more sophisticated now, and
her diet considerably healthier. Weird snacking habit: She only eats
cereal dry, and likes it best when it's a few kinds of cereal mixed
together. And her favorite ice cream topping is, you guessed it,
cereal.
Stephanie Hayes' body is 65 percent pure Diet Coke. She gets huffy
when Coca-Cola adds trendy flavors to her sweet nectar. Down with
Splenda! She avoids raw veggies at all costs. Once, someone dared her
to eat a buffalo wing side of carrots and celery. It ended badly.
She's a sucker for snooty ice cream brands like Godiva. Her perfect
evening? TGI Fridays frozen appetizers, Merlot and Netflix.
Thanks, Shannon. THANKS A LOT! I avoided looking at the caloric content on Edy's on purpose, so I could enjoy it and throw caution to the wind. Now I feel like a cow. Moo! ;)
That said, I'm totally down to try this. Maybe pumpkin pie is so last year? Replaced with pumpkin flavored something-or-others?
Posted by: Stephanie Hayes | September 21, 2007 at 03:49 PM
No MOO feelings allowed! I was ready to buy the Edy's, calories be damned, but happened to luck into the D'Lites. I think the solution is one night Edy's, one night D'Lites, and so on :)
Posted by: Shannon CVS | September 24, 2007 at 09:50 AM
Why are all the comments on this board only from teh freaks who write it. Does anyone else give a damn what you think of greasy food?
Posted by: ??? | September 24, 2007 at 06:02 PM