What is your favorite ice cream flavor? No matter how adventurous you’re feeling, what do you always end up choosing? Turns out that your favorite ice cream might say more about you than you think. According to the Date Report, that delicious ice cream snack is actually a personality profile. Find out what your ice cream is saying about you.

Vanilla – Vanilla is an American favorite and a great place to start. If it’s your favorite, then you’re most likely a daring and experimental person who sets high goals. You like to be involved but you don’t succumb to peer-pressure very easily.

Chocolate – Yum, chocolate. Who doesn’t love it? If you love chocolate, you also love to speak your mind. You’re young at heart, very honest, and bore easily. You are also creative, talented, and incredibly enthusiastic.

Neapolitan – Don’t take this the wrong way, but if you’re a sucker for Neapolitan than you’re also probably a bit indecisive. People like to baby you, and you welcome the attention with open arms.

Strawberry – Strawberry lovers are young at heart, incredibly thoughtful, a tad bit conservative, and very traditional. Strawberry ice cream eaters tend to be very committed in relationships and make some of the best friends. Be patient if you haven’t found a bestie; you can be a little shy, too.

Chocolate Chip – Are you competitive and absolutely love having fun? Yup, you’re a chocolate chip lover, all right! You also love sports, have a great sense of humor, and find it incredibly easy to laugh. You’re an extrovert and, frankly, the life of the party.

Butter Pecan – Chances are you’re a little bit old fashioned, more conservative than most, and definitely a hard worker. You’re detail oriented and a perfectionist, but when it’s time to relax, you really know how to kick back.

So, do you agree with your ice cream profile? Give us some feedback in the comment section; we’d love to know what you think.

The seasons are changing and you know what that means… it’s time for new ice cream flavors! Praline’s loves to release new flavors, especially during the holidays and when the seasons change. Since it’s getting warmer out and summer is just around the corner, Praline’s is proud to announce a seasonal flavor that will be available all summer long!

We bet you’re dying to know what it is, so we’ll just come out and tell you: The new flavor is called Orange Pineapple and is literally to die for. Orange Pineapple goes with summer like Peppermint Chocolate Chip goes with winter. The two flavors blend together perfectly to give you a burst of orange energy complimented by the delicious blend of summery pineapple. If you’re excited for summer, this flavor is perfect for you.

The Long Haul – Most of Praline’s seasonal ice cream flavors are only available for a few weeks or months at a time. Good news, Orange Pineapple is here for the long haul. You can now purchase this new seasonal flavor at any Praline’s store near you; the best part is that it’ll continue to be available through August 30^th. That’s plenty of time to get your fill of both summer and Orange Pineapple ice cream!

Whether you’re sitting there craving a dose of summer right now or if you’re having a pool day come June, Praline’s seasonal Orange Pineapple treat is just what you need to make the day perfect. Taste summer today by swinging by and trying a scoop of this fresh flavor or refresh, re-energize and cool down with a bowl full this summer. See you soon!

Ice cream wasn’t invented stateside, but that doesn’t mean we can’t claim some of its loftiest records. Even though ice cream is significantly older than the United States, we’ve taken the tasty treat to new heights. Keep reading to find out which ice cream records are claimed by the US of A.

Consumption – At the top of the list is consumption per capita. We Americans can proudly say that our country consumes the most ice cream per person than any other. How much do we eat? Roughly 48 pints a year and those living in the northern central region of the U.S. eat the very most. Is it something to brag about? We’ll leave that up to you.

Production – Since we eat so much ice cream, it only makes to make it here at home. This is why California makes the most ice cream in the United States. Next time you open a new carton of ice cream, check the label — we bet it came from the Golden State.

Largest Scoop – Well, we already eat more ice cream than anyone else, and we produce a lot of it too; thus, we had to go to extremes for another title. Carvel helped us do just that. By piling 3,894 scoops of ice cream on top of each other, Carvel built the largest ice cream scoop ever — mission accomplished.

Ice Cream Cone – We may not have invented ice cream, but we sure did make up for it with the invention of the ice cream cone. Where and when this happened is still heavily debated; however, most agree that the cone was invented at a fair in St. Louis in 1904.

Ice Cream Sundae – Back when blue laws forbid soda to be sold on the Sabbath, one savvy ice cream store owner served an ice cream-changing concoction. Since ice cream sodas were the treat of choice, he simply decided to serve them without the soda. This resulted in hot fudge-covered ice cream. By eliminating soda from the recipe, the ice cream sundae was born.

It’s been a long work day, and you’re at the grocery store doing some last-minute shopping. As you walk through the frozen foods aisle, your eye stumbles across the ice cream section. You stop. Your stomach starts to grumble, your mouth begins to water, and somewhere in your mind you hear a little voice saying, “Gimme!” You can’t help it — you don’t even think twice — you open the door and grab a carton.

Why does this happen? Why is it that even when you’re not hungry you can’t help but crave a scoop of delicious ice cream whenever you see or smell it? The reasons are simple and completely natural. Two words: dopamine and serotonin.

Dopamine – This little brain chemical is responsible for feelings of elation and pleasure. It is a natural mood booster and can be stimulated by exercise, drugs including cocaine and antidepressants, and, yes, even ice cream. As it turns out, foods that are high in sugar, fat, and salt trigger a release of dopamine in the brain, making you feel happy. Your brain then remembers how certain foods made you feel and gives you cravings when said foods are in sight. When you see or smell dopamine triggering foods, like ice cream, your brain screams, “Oh! Happy food. Get it!”

Serotonin – This is another mood booster, but unlike dopamine, which is solely responsible for feelings of elation, serotonin is responsible for aiding in sleep, learning, and overall mood well-being. Serotonin is a hormone found in the digestive track, and when a person undergoes hormonal changes, serotonin levels may drop. Serotonin is highly receptive to carbohydrate-based foods, which could explain your addiction to cookies and brownies; however, it is also receptive to dairy-based products like ice cream. Serotonin levels naturally dip during the winter months, causing a greater appetite for sugary and carb-based foods.

Ice cream helps promote the natural release of both dopamine and serotonin, both of which are crucial mood boosters. Have you had your daily dose?

Ice cream is an incredibly popular dessert, and for many, nothing tops homemade ice cream. Perhaps homemade ice cream is a tradition in your family: maybe everyone gets together during the holidays and anxiously waits as an aunt or uncle creates the mouth watering treat. If you’ve always wished you could be a part of the ice cream tradition too, well, now you can.

Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker – Up until now, all ice cream makers have worked the same way; add the ingredients, let the machine do the chilling and stirring, wait a few hours, and, voila, ice cream for the entire family. Again, that was up until now. The Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker is the perfect ice cream maker for an active, involved family or group of friends who simply love ice cream. Instead of being a bulky machine, this ice cream maker resembles a hamster ball. All you have to do is put ice and rock salt in the center compartment, add your cream, sugar, and ice cream mix to the other and, then, shake it up! Give it to the kids and let them toss or kick it around outside, hand it off to family members, and let it circulate the room or do the shaking on your own. This ice cream machine will have you and your family or group of friends working together to created a delicious ice cream snack.

Here at Praline’s, we love ice cream, and we also know that many families love making their own concoctions. If your family already loves making homemade ice cream, you’ll probably love the Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker, too. But, if you’re like us and think that none can beat Praline’s Own ice cream, swing by anytime for a double scoop of your favorite flavor.

They say that presentation is half the battle; is it true? Seems like some in Barcelona sure believe so; in fact, one ice cream parlor may be taking this idea a little too seriously. Eyescream and Friends, a self-service ice cream parlor in Barcelona, enables guests to bring ice cream to life by decorating their scoops with eyes made of sugary candy.    

How would you feel about your ice cream snack staring back at you as you drive your spoon into the side of its face? It must not bother guests at Eyescream and Friends, as many are all too ready to decorate a scoop with beady eyes before indulging. Why, you ask, did this particular parlor decide to personalize ice cream? It turns out that Eyescream and Friends struggled with the fact that ice cream is “ugly.” Adding eyeballs is their way of beautifying the treat.

Now we don’t know if adding sugar eyes can really qualify as beautifying. If it were up to us, we’d add full bodied red lips and eyelashes, too. Although the parlor sought to clean up ice cream’s image, it looks to us like they’ve created ice cream monsters instead. These wide-eyed scoops look more like Cookie Monster’s cousins than ice cream beauty-queens. Regardless, we must admit that their before and after photos are strikingly convincing. We have to agree that their ice cream looks much better now that toppings are served on the side and sugary eyeballs substituted for cherries.

Here at Praline’s, each scoop looks as delicious as it tastes. With no need to dress up our menu, you won’t be seeing personified treats here. If you really want to try ice cream with eye balls, you’ll have to book a trip to Barcelona. But hey, we can’t think of a better reason to travel.

Not all ice cream flavors are sweet, rich, and creamy. You probably already know this, but just to expand your horizons, we’ve discovered some of the wackiest ice cream flavors out there. Some will have you scrunching up your nose while others may be intriguing. Will you be searching for the recipe or battling a queasy stomach? Here they are… the world’s oddest ice cream flavors.

Buckwheat – Yes, the grain. This may sound like a healthy snack, but unless you consider the addition of buckwheat kernels enough to make a dessert healthy, it’s far from. Aside from the buckwheat and added honey, this ice cream flavor is made with milk, salt, sugar, cream, and eggs.

Parmesan Gelato – In our humble opinion, parmesan cheese has no place in the ice cream mix, but obviously our opinion isn’t shared by all. To make this cheesy dessert, a whole cup of fresh parmesan cheese and one pound of rock salt is blended with milk, cream, and sugar. Perhaps we should try this rendition to see if we like it — that is, if we can stomach it.

Orange, Buttermilk, and Mint – What ingredient doesn’t belong? Here at Praline’s, we love mint ice cream, and buttermilk ice cream and orange is always a seasonal favorite. But could we successfully blend these flavors together? We’re not sure. If so, we’d have to blend together Greek yogurt, buttermilk, orange juice, honey, and freshly chopped mint. Sounds healthy and maybe even tasty.

Sweet Potato – Nothing sounds better than sweet potato ice cream after a thanksgiving meal… or does it? This treat is made with whole sweet potatoes but that’s not all; agave nectar, oak milk and pie spices are also added. As tasty as this treat may be, could a potato-based ice cream really hit the spot?

Red Wine – This flavor takes ice cream to the next level. We’re curious: is it okay to sip red wine while eating this dessert, or would that be overkill? For you winos out there, not to worry, this flavor is authentic; two bottles of red wine, two cinnamon sticks, and black peppercorn are all it takes to make your ice cream buzz. Please eat responsibly.