Growing up, it was always a treat to go to the ice cream store. At our local mall (Crossroads Mall) we were fortunate enough to have a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop, the gold standard of the ice cream stores. When I was young, I stuck to the traditional flavors of vanilla and chocolate and mint chocolate chip. As I got a little older, though, I grew more adventurous and branched out into other flavors. My sister enjoyed a flavor known as Daiquiri Ice. I thought it sounded very adult! Daiquiris were alcoholic drinks, which made the flavor seem forbidden. It looked like no other flavor offered, a light blue-green color not found in nature. It even had a different consistency from their other ice cream flavors, not quite sherbet, but not quite creamy. I decided that I would try it and see what all the fuss was about.
It was DELICIOUS! A refreshing mix of lime and rum flavor, sweet and sour at the same time. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it became my new favorite ice cream flavor. Sometimes I would return to one of my previous choices, but Daiquiri Ice was my new #1 seed. I chose it almost every time I went there.
Then one day…it wasn’t there. I asked the worker, and they said they didn’t have that flavor right now. I naively assumed that the flavor was just out of stock for a short time. But every time I went back, it still wasn’t there. Eventually, I gave up.
Fast-forward about 15 years later. I began to hear rumors that Baskin-Robbins were going to bring back Daiquiri Ice! I was so excited and couldn’t wait to try it. Then I saw the pictures of the ice cream…I knew immediately it was not the right flavor. It was much too green. It looked too much like sherbet. I read some reviews online, and my fears were confirmed. This was not my Daiquiri Ice.
Earlier this month, I once again heard that Daiquiri Ice was coming back. I did my best not to get my hopes up, weary of having my heart broken before. My hope was buoyed by the name that they called it: Original Daiquiri Ice. That sounded promising. Then I went to the website and saw this:
My first love! Back after all this time! I quickly rushed to the website to find the location of the nearest Baskin-Robbins. I made plans to go there as soon as possible (which turned out to be today!) I had a yummy dinner at Outback Steakhouse, turning down their attempts to tempt me with a Chocolate Thunder from Down Under. I already had a date planned, and I had no intention of leaving her jilted at the altar.
I walked into Baskin-Robbins, feeling like a kid again. I didn’t see the flavor at first (which caused a little nervousness), but then I saw it, waiting for me. I asked for two scoops on a sugar cone, and tasted Daiquiri Ice for the first time this millenia. It was just as I remember it. But as they say on Reading Rainbow, “Don’t take my word for it!” Treat yourself to some Daiquiri Ice as soon as you can!
