Turkey Hill’s newest line of ice cream flavors, Dynamic Duos, features two different but complimentary ice cream flavors packed into the same container. To introduce you the Duos, we sat down for a series of unprecedented one-on-one interviews with each new addition. Our meeting with PB Explosion, our last of the Dynamic Duos interviews, happened in the Turkey Hill lab.
TURKEY HILL DAIRY: You look a lot different under a microscope than you do in person.
PBE: Better in person, I hope. I saw some other flavors under the microscope. It’s, um, interesting.
THD: C’mon, what are you afraid of?
PBE: Nothing really. It just seems a little up-close-and-personal.
THD: Well, it is their job. Speaking of up close, on one side, you’ve got vanilla ice cream with chocolate peanut butter cups and on the other side you’ve got chocolate ice cream with peanut butter swirl. How’s that combination working out for you?
PBE: Great so far! Just between you and me and the Ice Cream Journal readers, I anticipate being one of Turkey Hill’s most popular flavors.
THD: That’s quite a prediction! Word around the Dairy is that you and Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup have a little rivalry going.
PBE: Where’d you hear that? I wouldn’t call it a rivalry. We’re actually very good friends. She said she was doing the whole “chocolate and peanut butter thing” long before I was invented, which is true. Then Peanut Butter Mania said he was the “king of all peanut butter flavors” because he has peanut brittle and peanut butter cookies, but it’s not really a rivalry. We’re just very competitive and they like giving me a hard time because I’m the new kid in the freezer.
THD: So no bad cream between you guys?
PBE: Nah.
THD (motioning toward the lab’s centrifuge): Have you take a ride in that thing yet?
PBE: No. That’s the thing that spins around really fast, right? Don’t they only use that for testing new milk and cream?
THD: Maybe.
PBE: Not that I’m afraid or anything. I just don’t like moving around a lot. I’m pretty laid back, I guess.
THD: That’s pretty funny for a flavor called “PB Explosion.” You do realize you’ll be moving around a lot once it’s time to ship you out to grocery stores, right?
PBE: Yeah, I know. And for the record, the “explosion” in my name is more about an explosion of flavor, not a literal explosion. That would be kind of messy.
THD: But a lot of fun at birthday parties.
PBE: Depending on the age, I guess. They’re not really going to put me in that machine, are they?
THD: No, but we might be able to talk them into it though.
PBE: Don’t even think about it.
THD: Your brother, CocoNutz!, was in there for 10 minutes last week. He said it was the most fun he’s had since he was in the mixing tank.
PBE: That’s not saying much. There’s a reason they call him CocoNutz.
THD: And you’ll probably wind up side-by-side with him on the grocery store shelf.
PBE: Don’t remind me.
If you’ve got a technical question about the ice cream making process or some other inquiry about the nuances of America’s favorite treat, chances are Ernie has the answer. He might not be able to answer all questions, but he’ll try his best and some may be featured on the Ice Cream Journal.
