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Frozen Treats ID Quiz

Could you tell a Nutty Buddy from a Drumstick or a Bomb Pop from a Firecracker? Take this frozen treats identification quiz on Slashfood.

Frozen Treats ID

What's the point of summer? Nibbling ice cream stuffed cones all the way down to their tips. Can you name these three from left to right?

  • Nutty Buddy / Snickers Cone / Drumstick
  • Drumstick / Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Cone / King Cone
  • King Cone / Drumstick / Nutty Buddy
  • Drumstick / Nutty Buddy / King Cone

What would you do for a Klondike Bar? Well, for starters, figure out which one it is! What's the order, left to right?

  • Husky / Eskimo Pie / Klondike Bar
  • Eskimo Pie / Klondike Bar / Husky
  • Klondike Bar / Dove Bar / Eskimo Pie
  • Eskimo Pie / Klondike Bar / Dove Bar

Here are two frozen on-a-stick renditions of a sweet dessert treat. Name 'em left to right.

  • Klondike Tiramisu / Good Humor Tiramisu
  • Good Humor Chocolate Eclair / Eskimo Pie Chocolate Eclair
  • Popsicle Banana Nut Sundae Bar / Eskimo Pie Banana Nut Sundae Bar
  • Eskimo Pie Chocolate Eclair / Good Humor Chocolate Eclair

The gumballs at the bottom of this conical confection give your chattering teeth something to chew on.

  • Screwball
  • Shocko
  • Drillbit
  • Warhead

Woo-hoo for red, white & blue! Extra points (okay, not really) if you can remember the flavors.

  • Rocket Pop
  • Bomb Pop
  • Firecracker
  • Astro Pop

Three super-sour flavors come together in this palate-punching pop. What's it called?

  • Triple Shock
  • Sour Blast
  • Triple Blast
  • Roman Candle

This ice tream truck classic boasts a crumby coating and a fun, fruity pink center. We'll share the flavor, but the name of this chilly novelty is what?

  • Strawberry Colonel Crunch
  • Strawberry Kruncher
  • Strawberry Shortcake
  • Strawberry Whitehouse

The details are a li'l bit sticky, but we're sure you can ID these choco-luscious confections from left to right.

  • Dove Bar / Good Humor Bar / Haagen Dazs Bar
  • Dove Bar / Haagen Dazs Bar / Eskimo Pie
  • Good Humor Bar / Eskimo Pie / Haagen Dazs Bar
  • Haagen Dazs Bar / Eskimo Pie / Dove Bar

Lick away the summer days with this classic choco-pop.

  • Jell-O Pudding Pop
  • Yoo-hoo Pop
  • Fudgesicle
  • Blue Bunny Big Fudge

One of these delicious treats is actually dairy-free. Which might that be?

  • Left
  • Right

Rooty tooty - this is one fruity pop! What's it called?

  • Froz Fruit
  • Haagen Dazs Fruit Bar
  • Popsicle
  • Jell-O Fruit Pop

Chilly little beads pack mega-sour flavor into a convenient little cup.

  • Blue Bunny Buckshot
  • Dippin' Dots
  • Popsicle Shots
  • Tear Jerker

Chopped nuts are the star of this classic ice cream truck confection.

  • Colonel Crunch
  • Toasted Almond
  • Nutty Buddy
  • Crunch Bar

This luscious, lightened-up ice cream sandwich tastes every bit as great as its full-caloried counterparts.

  • Skinny Cow
  • Slenderella
  • Slim-A-Bear
  • Slender Pie

This dreamy treat is a perfect pairing of fruit and cream - all on a handy stick.

  • Big Stick
  • Creamsicle
  • Otter Pop
  • Dreamsicle

Chocolate covered mini chunks of ice cream are a super-quick fix for a chilly treat craving. Name these two from left to right.

  • Dibs / Poppers
  • Poppers / Nips
  • Dabs / Popettes
  • Nibs / Dibs

This treat simply says

What would you do for a Klondike bar? How about going to jail?

When most people look at commercials for Klondike bars, I imagine that they see silly people doing fun, wacky things in return for yummy ice cream treats. Personally, I see cruelty, torture, and the dark side of addiction. Hunger is a harsh mistress; luckily, I've never been placed in a situation where I've had to do something embarrassing or illegal to get fed. To my shame, I have to admit that, under the right circumstances, I would probably humiliate myself for a Klondike bar. If the reward was a nice crême brûlée, there's no doubt: all bets would be off.

Because of this moral shortcoming, I can, to some extent, understand Tremayne Durham. A Brooklyn thug who was being held in an Oregon courthouse, Durham recently admitted that he did, indeed, kill a man in cold blood over a failed business deal. In return for his candor, he's probably facing life imprisonment.

What caused Durham to admit to his wrongdoing? Was it depression, guilt, a need for forgiveness, the first step on the road to redemption? No, Durham plead guilty to aggravated murder in return for a gargantuan fast-food feast. He received a bucket of KFC chicken, a bucket of Popeye's chicken, a serving of mashed potatoes, a serving of coleslaw, a slice of carrot cake, a pizza, two calzones, a tray of lasagna and a bucket of ice cream. The entire proceeding cost the state of Oregon a mere $41.70.

As Durham discovers that justice is sometimes served with a side of cole slaw, I'm going to start taking the idea of fast food addiction a lot more seriously...

Taste Test: Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwiches

skinny cow ice cream sandwiches

Last week, I tried the Klondike brand Slim-a-Bear Ice Cream sandwiches in my early stages of a search for a "diet" ice cream that I could include with my Spring, ahem, lifestyle change. It wasn't horrible, but the Slim-a-Bear definitely tasted like it was intended to taste - "light."

A couple of commenters recommended the Skinny Cow low fat ice cream sandwiches, which I promptly snatched up at my local market, and they were right - much better than the Slim-a-Bear. The chocolate cake part tasted about the same, but I don't think it's the sandwich part that ever really packs on the fat and calories. The ice cream part was better. It certainly didn't taste like a smooth and creamy ice cream - it had the texture of a slightly icy frozen yogurt, which is much better than the melted-refrozen airy sponge texture of the Klondike bars. At 140 calories each, not a bad "diet" treat.

Taste test: Klondike Slim-a-Bear

klondike slim-a-bear

It's "98% fat free." It's diet food.I know. I know, but sometimes you just have a tiny scoop of hope in the bottom of your heart that maybe, just maybe, this might be the one. This Klondike Slim-a-Bear just might be the one light thing to save your get-ready-for-Spring self, and taste good, too.

To begin with, ice cream sandiwches in general aren't exactly gourmet desserts, particularly since they are almost always out of a grocery store package from some mass-marketed frozen-treats producer. But I have a soft spot for them, I guess the same way most people have soft spot for something that takes them back to thier childhood.

These were, to be quite honest, not great, but not all that bad for being 98% fat free and 130 calories each. The chocolate cake part tasted exactly the same as any other ice cream sandwich. The fat free part must have been in the ice cream, which had the same consistency of ice cream that had completey melted then re-frozen. But if I think about it, I think that's the same consistency it was when I ate them off an ice cream truck when I was eight. I just didn't care as much back then.

Tip of the Day

Drying fruit is easy, mostly hands-off and yields a sweet and healthy snack.

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