🍦cheers to it being the weekend! And to the last but not least of ice creams I tried at #omgdessertgoals 🍦
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📍@coolhaus / @omgdessertgoals
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🍦Maker's Mark Manhattan
⚪️ Sweet cream ice cream
🍒 Cherries soaked in Maker's
🍪 Confetti whoopie pie cookies
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Out of 5!
Creativity: 😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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✏️ Super tart & boozy! This is a whiskey-infused ice cream sandwich 🥂 Ice cream was sorbet-like with a super light sweet cream flavor (Tastes like diet sweet cream..). Cherries were both sweet & tart, laced with a faint amount of bourbon. The cookies? Oh so sweet.
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* fun fact! - @coolhaus is a word play on famous @oma.eu architect Rem Koolhaus
* another fun fact! Coolhaus was co-created by fellow Cal Bear architect Natasha Case. Go Bears and go archis! 

🍦😍😍<-- How I feel about the spring weather and ice cream! And how I feel about #omgdessertgoalslast month! 🍦
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📍@vanleeuwen / @omgdessertgoals
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🍦 Planet Earth! 
🌏 Spirulina custard ice cream
🌏 Matcha green tea cake bits
😍 Cake pops by @rebeccascakepops
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Out of 5!
Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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✏️ Planet Earth is one of Van Leeuwen’s newest flavors released back in March! According to their Instagram, the ocean is a custard ice cream made from spirulina (algae superfood!) with almond extract. The green land is made from a house made matcha green tea cake! 
I thought this was super lickable. Spirulina custard is sweeter than I expected lol! Green tea cake's flavor is strong, and with the giant waffle cone (I got a DOUBLE SCOOP and it looks tiny in this cone haha), I was very full at the end. But not so full that I ate more ice cream! #tobecontinued

🍦 WHAT: 1 Cone of 1 Scoop of Blue Jasmine
🍦 Blue Jasmine

📍WHERE: Van Leeuwen
Upper West Side
253 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10023

WHIT’s scale out of 5:

Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🌬🍦💫Today's forecast: Chilly clear skies with a chance...of an ice cream hurricane?! 😮😆
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📍Emack & Bolio's
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🍦"Deep Purple" Chip
⚪️ Black Raspberry Ice Cream
⚫️ White & Dark Chocolate Chips
⚫️ Fruity Pebbles + Marshmallow cone!
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Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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✏️ Yum! Black raspberry is sweet and smooth. A munchy ice cream, due to dime sized chocolate chips adding lots of texture to this ice cream. The Fruity Pebbles added another tasty (albeit more sugar) layer to this experience. This Brooklyn location has fun & crazy graphics in its spacious (& duplex!) interiors. 😃🍦

💚🍦💜Along with ice cream, I've been eating a lot of veggies recently, so let's GIF it up a little for Fat Tuesday! #cheatday #butnotreally#everydayischeatday 😉
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📍@morgensternsnyc
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🍦Mardi Gras sorbet soft serve
💚 Green Tea Mint swirled with Grapefruit
💜 Chocolate beads
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Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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✏️ One of the healthiest (& the craziest sorbet combo I've ever had LOL) you could ever eat on a Fat Tuesday. Green Tea with real mint used is refreshing, providing a fresh welcome breath of air from the tastebud roller coaster ride that is Grapefruit. Grapefruit is TART to the max, so pucker up if you get to try this! 😗 😋🍦

🍦🏆Last night, the Academy forgot to introduce this award last night! Oh no! 😱
Just kidding 😁The Oscar for Best Ice Cream goes to... this Oscar Night cow from Ample Hills Creamery!! 🏆🍦
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📍@amplehills
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🍦Oscar Night
⚪️ Cream cheese ice cream
⚫️ Red Velvet cake pieces from @onegirlcookies
⚫️ Pretzel cone!
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Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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✏️ A really hearty, sweet & savory ice cream (due in part to pretzel cone - 1/4" thick!! 😲) Super creamy cream cheese base. I bit & chewed more than I licked. Fun interior space, and there was a ice cream churning BIKE! 🍦🚴🏻

🍦💚 Guess what? Today's #WorldPistachioDay! 😋

FYI, pistachio in Chinese "開心果" directly translates to "happy fruit/nut". So eat pistachios, and be happy :)
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📍@amorinousa
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🍦Pistachio Mawardi Sublime
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Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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✏️ my favorite flavor from Amorino. One bite and it bursts with REAL pistachio flavor. Earthy & roasted aroma. Think the total opposite of pistachio Jell-O pudding lol!

🍦🌞 Lava-ing this beautiful (okay, before it got cloudy) day in Brooklyn!
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📍@bkbellthelocal
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🍦Black Lava Caramel
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Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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✏️ I could feel the lava!! 🔥 JK haha! It was a subtle heat from the black lava salt. Fantastic customer service. Family friendly shop.

❤🍦Happy Valentine's Day! 💕
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📍@amorinousa
Greenwich Village
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🍦Amarena
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Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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✏️ Messy petals of sweet (& not too tart!) amarena cherries + gelato = creamy goodness.

🍦🐇(Psychedelic) snow bunnies hopping over to nibble this ice cream!!🍦🐇
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📍@morgensternsnyc
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🍦Madagascar Vanilla
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Creativity: 😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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📝 Flavor may seem simple at first, however it's a beautifully complex flavor. Sweet, creamy, and toasty vanilla that warms your taste buds and soul. (Great way to combat this winter lol!) ❄️🍦

🍦 WHAT: 1 Swirled Cone of Goat Milk Vanilla Ice Cream!

📍WHERE: Seed + Mill
Chelsea Market
409 West 15th St.
New York, NY 10011

WHIT’s scale out of 5:
Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📝 SHORT & SWEET: Ice cream-wise, there is only one choice and that's goat milk soft serve! Gluten free, lactose free, this goat milk soft serve is a delicious alternative to try. Toppings of dense but flavorful halva (also gluten and lactose free) with sesame tahini provide a welcome crunch that dissolves in your mouth.

FULL REVIEW

🍦Saturday post-brunch nomming🍦
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🍦Earl Grey Fudge
🍦Brown Sugar Oat
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Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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📝all organic ice cream. earl grey fudge is delicious.

WHAT: Vanilla – three large ice cream scoops in a mug!
 Base: Vanilla

WHERE: Nespresso Boutique Bar, Upper East Side

WHIT’s scale out of 5:
Creativity: 😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄

🍦keeping it sweet & simple🍦
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📍Gusnova Gelato
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🍦Oreos Cookies 'n' Creme
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Creativity: 😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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📝good for a quick ice cream break while shopping!

🍦my ice cream looks like a hammer🍦🔨
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📍@gromgelato
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🍦Crema di Grom
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Creativity: 😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🍦💕Brightening up this cloudy NY day with some PINK & RED!!🍦
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@coolmessnyc
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🍦Red Velvet + sprinkles!!! by @icecreamlab
🍦Red Velvet cone @thekonery
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Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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📝 omg so good. Taste buds satisfied. Sprinkles mixed into red velvet ice cream = crunchily amazing.

WHAT: Green Tea Almond – Haagen Daz ice cream bar
⚪️Base: Green Tea
⚫️Coated with: Chocolate syrup
⚫️Toppings: Chopped almond

WHERE: Shanghai Pudong International Airport

WHIT’s scale out of 5:
Creativity: 😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄

WHAT: Donut Ice Cream Sandwich
⚪️ 1 scoop of Holey Cream!
⚪️ 1 scoop of Green Tea!
⚪️ 1 scoop of Long Island Raspberry Rhapsody!
⚫️ swirled with: Raspberry preserves from Long Island, & Belgian chocolate truffles
⚫️ Sandwiched between a plain donut
⚫️ Glazed with Strawberry icing
⚫️ Topped with M&Ms
WHERE: Holey Cream, Midtown

WHIT’s scale out of 5:
Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄

🍦Got my passport & I'm ready to fly ✈️
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#WillTravelForOddfellows
#WillTravelForIceCream
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🍦Santa's Milk & Cookies
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Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋 
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎃🍦👻 Cornetto di Halloween 🎃
@amorinousa @amorinogelato
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🌸 Raspberry sorbet
🌼 Mango sorbet
🌿 Pistachio

👻⚫🍦️🎃 Tahitian Vanilla, black as night.

✨🍦➡️🍦✨
My first time at @dominiqueansel's Bakery, and I caught the seasonal #softserve on its last day!
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🍦Burrata w. Micro basil
🍦Salt + Pepper Caramel
SWIRLED TOGETHER!
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Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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📝 Veggies? ✔️ Bread? ✔Chocolate? ✔️ My stomach says I ate an entire meal with this. A little spicy on the Salt/Pepper Caramel side. Didn't really taste the Burrata. Super icy, would prefer it to be creamier (milk-based)

🍦🍠<-- Ube emoji, I think? In any case, UBE ICE CREAM!
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Creativity: 😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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📝 Real ube used, ube chunks are chewy (& fibrous lol). Great service. Worth the $4.

WHAT: Vanilla soft serve + Lemon!
⚪️ Ice Cream Base: Vanilla
⚫️ Toppings: Lemon wedge (2)
WHERE: Museum of Ice Cream, 2nd ice cream stop

Creativity: 😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

WHAT: Magnum CUSTOMIZABLE ice cream bars!
⚪️ Base: Vanilla
⚫️ Coated with: Dark Chocolate syrup
⚫️ Toppings:Rose petals, white chocolate crispearls, edible gold flakes
⚫️ Drizzled with: white chocolate syrup
WHERE: Magnum in SoHo

Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Check!

Boston trip🍦 round 1: Toscanini's! .
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( #b3 )
( #khulfee )
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Creativity: 😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Boston 🍦 Round 2: The most Bostonian ice cream ever.
( #cookiesandcream )
( #blackraspberry )
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Creativity: 😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🍦 WHAT: 1 Cone of 1 Scoop of Just Vanilla
🍦 Vanilla ice cream

📍WHERE: Blue Marble
Upper West Side
2578 Broadway
New York, NY 10025

WHIT’s scale out of 5:

Creativity: 😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🍦 WHAT: 1 Cone of 1 Scoop of Mac Chip Ice Cream!
🍦 Vanilla ice cream
🔶 Macarons, various flavors

📍WHERE: Zai’s Dessertery
Upper West Side
468 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10024

WHIT’s scale out of 5:
Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📍WHERE: Mr. Dewie’s Cashew Creamery
4184 Piedmont Ave.
Oakland, California 94611

🍦 Green Tea
🍦 Roasted Cashew
🍦 Vanilla
🍦 Turmeric Spice
🍦 Chocolate Cookie Crumble

WHIT’S scale out of 5!

Creativity: 😉😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋
Texture: 😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✏️ MORE THOUGHTS:

Very impressed at how all of these flavors are cashew-based! Green Tea was not bad, I wanted to like it a lot but there are better green tea ice creams out there. Roasted Cashew tasted exactly like cashew in ice cream form. Turmeric Spice was really strong. Chocolate Cookie Crumble was so good! Vanilla was okay.

I thought the proportion sizes were a little odd.

Taste-wise, which averaged out to 4 above -
Taste: 😋😋😋😋 (Green Tea)
Something was missing.

Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋 (Roasted Cashew)
I was hoping it would be more nutty.

Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋 (Turmeric Spice)
What a really strong flavor!

Taste: 😋😋😋😋😋 (Chocolate Cookie Crumble)
This was so good! My favorite.

Taste: 😋😋😋 (Vanilla)
Just okay. Was expecting much more.

As for texture, all ice creams were so creamy but it melted faster than I expected! Jason kept giving me the side-eye because it was starting to melt quite fast.

VISIT IF:
- You are looking for dairy-free options!
- You enjoy nut-based ice creams!
- You are looking to try something new!
- You are in the Oakland area!

📍 WHERE: Lappert’s Ice Cream
689 Bridgeway
Sausalito, California 94965

🍦 Strawberry (with Washington strawberries!)
🍦 Hawaii Sea Salt Caramel (French Vanilla Ice Cream & Kosher Caramel)

WHIT’S scale out of 5!

Creativity: 😉😉😉😉
Presentation: 😎😎😎😎
Taste: 😋😋😋😋 (Strawberry)
Taste: 😋😋😋😋 (Hawaii Sea Salt Caramel)
Texture: 😜😜😜😜
Value: 😄😄😄😄😄
Overall Experience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✏️ MORE THOUGHTS:
Thoughts to come!

VISIT IF:

- You are in the Sausalito area and just got off the ferry! And are looking for a sweet treat :)