What do Pluto, the 1980’s
and the heat of the Summer in Stamford, CT all have in common? They’re all so
impossibly far away that you can barely conceive them in your mind. Dairy
Queen, an apparent optimist, does not care about the fact that it has been
several months of darkness and consistently spaced nor’easters and instead they
are marketing their Summer Blizzards.
This past Saturday we were graced with a sunny day
that dared to approach the low 70’s and that felt like a reason to get out and
celebrate. Coincidentally, my idea of a celebration is to head to that Big Red
Barn and to wait in line behind a dozen other people for the antidote to my
seasonal depression; a Blizzard and a red spoon.
Stamford’s Dairy Queen is hit or miss this time of
year because the proprietor closes down for the winter months and seems to
operate on a schedule during the weekday lunch rush on a willy nilly basis but
on this day I was in luck.
I don’t pride myself on being a Jurassic Park
fanatic, because I believe that the world already has more than enough of those
– but I’ll tell you what I continue to be obsessed with and that’s peanut
butter. The “Jurassic Chomp Blizzard Treat” is described as a “blizzard with
Colossal choco dipped peanut butter bites and fudge topping blended with creamy
DQ vanilla soft serve into perfection”. Perfection is a lofty adjective but
allow me to explain below how that is completely accurate.
The ice cream was as good as always with the
ingredients all “blizzed” together in consistent ratios but the real star here
is what I would call the buckeye candies, which have never been included in a
Blizzard of the Month previously. The candies were far more sweet than they
were creamy, so I suspect a person who is ambivalent about peanut butter but
enjoys sweet chocolate would still be quite happy with the order. The vanilla
ice cream was graced with chocolate ribbons throughout that were as ganache-like
as hot fudge, so each bite of the entire blizzard had something to enjoy.
Going to go out on a limb here and declare that this
is my favorite Blizzard of the Month that DQ has ever had. Previous peanut
butter limited time offerings were too one-noted; all peanut butter and lackluster
in the plain bites. Also, something should be said for eating 380 calories here
guilt free because the weather has me feeling like bathing suit season is
light-years away.
Want to take a chomp out of your Seasonal Affective
Disorder? Go get yourself one of these Blizzards while they’re still available.
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