Posts Tagged ‘halloween’

STRANGE DAYS AND TWO MILLION VISITORS

Friday, October 30th, 2009

There’s a holiday coming up tomorrow, but I can’t remember what it is. Oh well. Last night was kind of strange in the neighborhood. Kids kept knocking on my door and asking for treats (or tricks, but I didn’t know any). And oddly enough, they were all dressed in costumes. At one point, two witches, a zombie and a Power Ranger paid a visit and they all seemed so enthusiastic that I finally dug through a drawer in my kitchen and found some tic tacs to give them. They didn’t seem pleased with that treat, but it was all I had.

Wait! This happened last year around this time (and the year before if I remember correctly). That must mean that it’s HALLOWEEN! Ahh, it all makes perfect sense now! Well, Happy Halloween to everyone. I’d suggest giving out Turkey Hill ice cream to your michevious visitors, but I don’t think that would end too well.

P.S. – We’re very close to reaching a milestone here on the Ice Cream Journal. To date, our cozy little ice cream blog has attracted 1,979,904 visitors, which means we’re a stones throw away from reaching TWO MILLION visitors! According to my calculations, we should surpass the two mil mark any day now. To celebrate, I’m going to give away a special prize (to be announced later) to our two millionth visitor. Could it be you?

ICE CREAM TRIVIA: HALLOWEEN EDITION!

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

trickortreatIn keeping with our October Halloween theme, this edition of Ice Cream Trivia will feature questions in the same general Halloweenish vein. Send your responses to icecreamjournal@gmail.com or use the Ask Ernie link on the right. Three people who answer all the questions correctly will be chosen at random to receive some free Turkey Hill ice cream! Who needs a trick when you can have a treat like that?

1. What monster once claimed that he would eat anything, but when offered some sardine ice cream, he declined, saying that he would eat almost anything?

2. Which two week 2008 event in Japan featured more than 100 ice cream flavors, including a garlic variety known as Dracula Ice Cream?

3. It’s Halloween in your neighborhood, and you decide to give away one Turkey Hill Double Decker ice cream sandwich to kids dressed as witches, two sandwiches to kids dressed as superheroes, three sandwiches to kids dressed as pirates, and four sandwiches to kids dressed as ghosts.

How many boxes of Turkey Hill Double Decker ice cream sandwiches would you need     to buy if you were visited by 12 superheroes, every superhero except for four was     accompanied by two pirates, there were three times as many visiting witches as pirates,     and every other pirate was accompanied by one ghost?

4. Which of the following was not one of the edible images featured on “Haunted House Ice Cream,” a treat sold in the 1970s in the UK: a skeleton, a witch, a spider, or a vampire.

5. Candy corn: A tasty Halloween treat, or the last thing to be eaten out of your Halloween candy stash? (There’s no right or wrong answer for this one, we’re just curious because we’ve been talking about it around the office.)

RECIPE: ICE SCREAM EYEBALLS

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

eyescream_ballsSome of you may be attending a Halloween party in the coming weeks, and this recipe would be a perfect side dish for such a ghoulish event. It’s also frighteningly easy to make.

INGREDIENTS

• Vanilla ice cream
• Red syrup or decorating gel
• M&Ms (various colors)
• Black decorating gel

DIRECTIONS

Scoop the ice cream into balls. Drizzle red syrup or gel onto each ball to create a bloodshot effect. Put an M&M (logo facing down) at the center of each and top with a drop of black decorating gel to form a pupil. Enjoy!