Thursday, July 15, 2021

Local blog contributor tries the Kraft Mac-n-Cheese ice cream at Van Leeuwen

As rather sarcastically noted yesterday, there's a new Kraft Macaroni & Cheese-flavored ice cream mashup with Van Leeuwen. (The limited-edition flavor was created in celebration of National Mac and Cheese Day.)

So EVG contributor Stacie Joy decided to try it. (For the record — no one asked her to do this!)
Here's Stacie's report:
Went to the Seventh Street Van Leeuwen to try the Kraft mac-n-cheese flavor and it's good. I was prepared to hate it but it's solid. It tastes just like the blue box mac and cheese, right down to the slippery soft noodle taste. Savory.

While there, Stacie came across someone else trying the new flavor (no word if anyone asked her to try it!)... 

17 comments:

Laura Goggin said...

Thanks for taking one for the team, Stacie! LOL

JAMES said...

Here's a suggestion for a Mashup. How about Lox and Cream Cheese and Chocolate Pecan ice cream? (You can do the Hmmm in your own minds..)

Anonymous said...

I don’t understand the skepticism around it. Obviously it’ll taste good. Mac and cheese is diary and carbs so cheese will naturally taste good in a dairy heavy dessert like ice cream.

Sonya said...

I love this

small h said...

I tried it yesterday myself, and it was...fine. It didn't taste much like mac & cheese, in my opinion. Mostly just sweet.

Anonymous said...

It's COLD mac n'cheese...sounds perfectly unappetizing and it shouldn't be sweets. Only desserts are. But cheese?

What's next, roast beef ice cream? bacon and eggs ice cream?

Count me out! lol

Anonymous said...

Maybe s'mac should take this on with their own twist.

Anonymous said...

When I was a kid, I visited New Orleans quite a bit. At the Dreyers in the French Quarter, they offered a creole ice cream flavor consisting of bell peppers, andouille sausage and lots of spices. It was definitely weird, but not awful. I had a it on cone a couple of times and that was it for me. I agree. I think ice cream should be sweet and not savory, but since I live on 7th street, I might be obliged to try this now just for the hell of it.

Anonymous said...

I am here for bacon and eggs ice cream! I also tried the mac and cheese, and agree, it was fine, but there are better flavors out there.

Anonymous said...

I need some of this.

Caesar said...

Anon @4:00 PM

Funnily enough we have been chatting on and off with Mikey from Mikey's Likes It about a cheesy ice cream flavor. Not Kraft Powder flavor mind you, but some real cheese. Looks like we need to up the priority on that project!

Caesar said...

Anon @4:18pm

https://bacon.fandom.com/wiki/Bacon_Ice_Cream

Also Sundaes & Cones on 10th street always has some good savory flavors. They used to have a Wasabi ice cream that was surprisingly good.

Scuba Diva said...

If Van Leeuwen introduced a vegan mac-n-cheeze ice cream, I would try that at least once; I can imagine the sweet-and-savory play of flavors would at least be interesting. (I'd even try it if they put onions in it!)

Not going out of my way for this one, though; too much dairy to make it worthwhile.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for trying it out and reviewing it, Stacie! I wanna try it now! It's the right shade of orange (a friend purports that there are no bad orange foods). Cheddar cheese in desserts is common in Philippine cuisine, can sometimes find cheddar ice cream with corn kernels at the Philippine grocery store on Ave A.

Anonymous said...

Having an ice cream with Ms Joy sounds divine !

Lola Sáenz said...

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Lola Sáenz said...

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