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!
Hello my new best friend.
I too have so many memories of the best ice cream ever. I hope I too can find it in my town.
thanks for sharing to the ice cream world that there is no other flavor better. I just hope I can share it with my children
Thanks again
Becky Bass