I'll keep my opinion about this Haagen-Dazs contest being turned into an entire show on the Food Network to myself for now. The more important part of this story is that the winner of Food Network's SCOOP! contest to pick the next Haagen-Dazs ice cream flavor was chosen. The winning flavor is Sticky Toffee Pudding and will be sold as a limited-edition flavor in grocery stores.
Sticky Toffee Pudding is a dessert of British origin, consisting of a steamed brown sugar cake with a toffee sauce contained within itself. Haagen-Dazs Sticky Toffee Pudding ice cream is made from a creamy vanilla ice cream base with chunks of moist, brown sugary cake with swirls of gooey toffee sauce.
7-17-2006 @2:51PM rainey said... I saw that extended commercial too.
Stickey Toffee Pudding didn't sound very appealing to me. I'm imagining that it would have been very, very sweet. Neither did the coconut one. I don't like coconut and I wonder if they were able to keep a brittle-like texture with the sesame candy that would actually "crunch".
I think I would have preferred the Canoli and I'm already hatching a plan to introduce some mascarpone, some chopped chocolate & pistachio and some candied citron to a vanilla base and freeze it up. Only thing is right now is the time to make things with all the fabulous fresh fruit that's available. I'll try the canoli thing in the fall when it will be nice to be able to use other ingredients that aren't so perishable.
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7-17-2006 @4:17PM Karen said... I wanted the Toasted Coconut Sesame brittle flavour to win.
Boo.
The Cannoli sounded good, too. I'll try the Sticky Toffee Pudding, but it was my 3rd choice of the 3.
I wrote Haagen-Daz encouraging them to release all 3 flavours... even if LE.
I recommend the rest of you to do the same, if you agree.
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7-17-2006 @5:58PM Kate said... I say well done. I'd buy it without hesitation.
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7-17-2006 @11:52PM Eleanor Holler said... I thought they should let the consumer choose by putting all three flavors on the shelf and let the consumer choose which one they liked best by keeping track of which one sold the most!!
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7-18-2006 @3:13AM Caroline said... I was rooting for the caramelized fig and walnut one. I think I'll be making something similar myself, a sort of cross with the cannoli. Mascarpone base with a thick ribbon of caramelized fig and walnut chunks.
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7-18-2006 @5:03AM Pachey said... Yum! That looks really good. Correction though: on a sticky toffee pudding, the sauce is poured over it, not contained within the cake.
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7-19-2006 @10:12AM Brittni said... I wanted the coconut sesame one to win, too. I'm wicked curious as to what it tastes like. Does anyone know when this flavor will be out? We looked for it yesterday but it was no where to be found.
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7-19-2006 @8:28PM Darla Ghanat said... I think they should've put all three flavors on the market, as well, letting the public decide by the most sales. The test markets they used weren't necessarily accurate. My family's preference was the toasted coconut sesame brittle!!
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7-19-2006 @8:29PM can said... mmmmm sounds really really good!!!
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7-19-2006 @8:31PM StickyToffeeHeaven said... Oh my lands! Saw the show, fell asleep for the winner, but found the Sticky Toffee Pudding in the store and tried a pint. Incredible! Not as sweet as you might think, and the cake tasted just like a spice cake to me--wonderful balance of flavor and texture. I am broken-hearted that it's limited edition; it's good enough to stay put.
Try it!
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7-19-2006 @8:36PM Leslie said... My boyfriend and I saw the program too and my choices were the coconut one first, the canolli second. and the sticky toffee third.
He went out looking for the ice cream the next day, but we didnt know it has not been released yet.
And an answer to the person regarding the toffee sauce it is supposed to be swirled in the ice cream.
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7-19-2006 @8:38PM L said... To the previous poster. They did take the three flavors out to the public and let them vote on the winner.
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7-19-2006 @9:01PM Trea said... I saw the show;and was very disappointed. Everyone with a refined taste palate knows cannoli can't be beat! The choice of toffee pudding is not only overplayed but rather boring. I won't be buying it any time soon.
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7-19-2006 @9:02PM Coleen Armstrong said... I would have loved the fig flavor for the new ice cream. I agree that all flavors be put before the public to judge. Maybe next time.
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7-19-2006 @9:04PM madelyn-renee said... Hey,I'm a 50 year ice cream-luver BUT IF ITS NOT CHOCOLATE WHY BOTHER AND>>>the more stuff( nuts. chips,etc)that's in it the better.
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7-19-2006 @9:07PM Lawrence said... This is a surprise to me . . . I had no idea that people made their own Ice Cream! Is any special equiptment needed?
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7-19-2006 @9:18PM madelyn-renee said... Im a long time ice cream lover BUT IF IT AINT CHOCOLATE, WHO CARES> PLUS THE MORE STUFF IN IT/ THE BETTER.
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7-19-2006 @9:21PM bnascar8 said... I get a toothache just thinking about it It sounds way to sweet.
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7-19-2006 @9:27PM Veronica said... Based on what I saw on the show, I was rooting for either the cannoli or the coconut/ginger. But since i never had sticky pudding, I was curious and bought a pint today. Very disappointing! It's a flavor that reminds me of any vanilla-based ice cream with caramel sauce. Nothing special, really, in my "testers" opinion - our family of 4 and 2 neighbors.
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7-19-2006 @9:34PM Haydee Baez said...
I say please pretty please bring back the Bananas Foster I was in total heaven with that ice cream.
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