Wow, I haven’t written anything in over a month! And I know I haven’t done a Top 5 Tuesday entry in several weeks. Today I return with my top 5 favorite sodas/soft drinks/pops/whatever you like to call them.
1. Dr Pepper
2. A&W Cream Soda
3. Mountain Dew Code Red
4. Cherry Coke
5. Coca Cola
Honorable Mention (discontinued flavors):
Coke with Lime
Surge
Top 5 Tuesday returns after a too long absence, not that anyone noticed. The State Fair of Texas ends this Sunday and I may end up spending that afternoon and evening at the Fair with my family. It’s been two years since I last went (as of today) and in my 26 years I have only been to the State Fair of Texas 3 times. It is an event known for a number of things, but what is most unique about it may be its wide assortment of creative baked and fried foods. In past years they’ve had everything from fried oreos to fried Twinkies. This year’s food list includes another impressive (or excessive) array of totally unhealthy foods that I’m quite curious about. So for this week’s entry, I’ll list the top 5 foods I want to try at the 2008 State Fair of Texas. Food descriptions are from the Fair’s official website.
1. Chicken Fried Bacon – “Thick and peppery Farm Pac® bacon is seasoned, double-dipped in a special batter and breading and deep-fried. Served with a creamy side of ranch or honey mustard sauce.”
2. Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Waffle Balls – “Plump fresh strawberries covered in a thick chocolate shell are dipped in a sweet, waffle batter and deep-fried. Dusted with powdered sugar and served on a stick.”
3. Deep Fried Apple Bites – “Fresh cut apples dipped in a homemade batter, deep fried, and then covered with a caramel sauce and cinnamon topping!”
4. Fried Banana Split – “A mixture of banana and honey peanut butter is rolled in balls, battered and deep-fried and topped with assorted, delicious fixings, including powdered sugar, caramel and chocolate syrups, chopped peanuts, whipped cream and banana split flavored ice cream bites then fittingly crowned with the traditional cherry.”
5. Fernie’s All-American Fried Grilled Cheese Sandwich – “An American classic with a State Fair twist. Two slices of white bread filled with a blend of American and cheddar cheeses, dipped in an egg and milk batter and lightly coated with panko bread crumbs for extra crispness. Served with a side of shoestring potato sticks, a pickle spear and tomato soup dipping sauce. The All American Meal!”
This week, my top 5 Blue Bell ice cream flavors, as well as my top 5 from the Ben & Jerry’s line. The flavor descriptions were copied from the official websites for both companies, with the exception of Blue Bell’s Moo-llenium Crunch.
Blue Bell
1. Candy Jar
- Rich caramel ice cream containing all of your favorite candy pieces – peanut butter cups, chocolate chunks, peanut brittle, chunks of caramel and chocolate crisp pieces.
2. Moo-llennium Crunch
- Vanilla ice cream with dark chocolate and caramel chunks, roasted pecan halves, chopped almonds and walnuts
3. Cookies ‘n Cream
4. Mocha Almond Fudge
5. Peaches & Homemade Vanilla
*Honorable Mention (Grand Jury Prize):
Homemade Vanilla, because you can mix it with practically anything; warm peach cobbler, cakes, candies, other ice cream flavors, you name it. It’s the most flexible of flavors and my favorite brand of vanilla ice cream.
Ben & Jerry’s:
1. Cherry Garcia
- Cherry ice cream with cherries & fudge flakes
2. Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream
- Vanilla ice cream with fudge covered waffle cone pieces & a caramel swirl
3. Phish Food
- Chocolate ice cream with gooey marshmellow, a caramel swirl & fudge fish
4. Willie Nelson’s Country Peach Cobbler
- Peach ice cream with cinnamon-sugar shortbread pieces
5. Neapolitan Dynamite
- Cherry Garcia and Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice creams, side by side
*Honorable mention (favorite discontinued flavors):
1. Nutty Waffle Cone
- Vanilla malt ice cream with fudge-dipped waffle cone pieces, fudge-covered peanuts and magnificent fudge swirls
2. One Sweet Whirled (its name was inspired by the Dave Matthews Band song “One Sweet World”, and some of the profits from this flavor’s sale went to an environmentalist organization that band supported)
- Caramel & coffee ice creams with marshmallow & caramel wwirls & coffee flavored fudge chips
