The Test

So as I have said in numerous posts, I am kind of obsessed with ice cream. Now as we all know, ice cream comes in hundreds of different flavors and can be eaten in hundreds of different ways.

Some may prefer hard cherry vanilla ice cream, while others prefer soft serve vanilla/chocolate twist. Some like to drink their ice cream in the form of a milk shake, others prefer having it scooped or swirled onto a cone. Some like hot fudge or caramel sauce, while others just like whipped cream and a cherry. Toppings can be placed on top, or if you like, blended right in. Either way, ice cream paves the way for multiple flavor combinations and textures.

But how do you tell if a brand or an ice cream parlor has the best ice cream? Well I have devised a method. It’s simply called “The Soft Vanilla Ice Cream Test.” In my opinion, the more basic the ice cream the easier it is to tell if it is truly amazing. Like anything in life that is good, it needs a good base, and what’s more basic than vanilla???

So over the past few years I have heard of two places in New Jersey that supposedly have the best ice cream around, Polar Cub in Whitehouse Station and Hoffman’s in Spring Lake. So naturally, they both got the test…and passed with flying colors. I brought my family to Hoffman’s this past weekend and as we were driving there I told my brother (who tends to be very good at knowing good food) about how it passed my Vanilla ice cream test. At first he was skeptical. He hadn’t known about “The Test” up until that moment. He took my word for it and ordered the vanilla anyway…and low and behold, he agreed with me (a rarity between us siblings).

So if you don’t think “The Soft Vanilla Ice Cream Test” holds water, go try it for yourself.