Not So Crazy About Magnum

For the last couple of weeks everyone seems to be going crazy about Magnum.  The craze was spread via social media, it seemed everyone needed to get a taste of this Belgian chocolate vanilla ice cream bar. Demand was so high that there was a supposed shortage with supermarket freezers being left empty for days.

To be perfectly honest I had to plans of giving in to the Magnum craze, however for several weeks the Little Girl would drop hints now and then about how she was wondering how Magmum would taste, that she heard this and this talking about how good the ice cream bar.  Each time I told her that if she would willingly do  her chores for a month I would reward her with this treat.  But tonight I gave in, at the dinner table my Mom also dropped a hint that she would love to taste this, and then somebody mentions that they just heard that the nearby  village grocery store just got a new delivery of Magnum.  So with hints coming from so many family members I decided shell out the money, though I must say it was begrudgingly . 

So how did everyone feel  about their first taste of Magnum?  They all fell head over heels in love with it. I kept hearing how   they loved the Belgian chocolate coating and just how smooth and creamy the vanilla ice cream was.  As for me I was not too crazy about it, found the chocolate coating and the ice cream way too sweet for my taste, but I have never been a sweets person.   But hey the important thing is the Little Ones enjoyed their first taste of Magnum, those precious smiles with lips smeared with vanilla ice and melted chocolate make worth its price.  

Taking his first bite

His face says it all, he loves anything sweet

Taking her fist lick

and another lick 

there's the precious smile after several licks and a bites

She likes to pretend her ice cream is lip coloring 

 

Messy but super satisfied sweet tooth

Mochiko

There is a Mochiko craze sweeping over the metro. It seems a lot of people have become fans of their chewy sweet treats.  They offer mochi balls filled with different ice cream flavors.  We got our first taste of  Mochiko at the Yummy Eats event last May.  I loved the azuki filled mochi, and the black sesame one was also very good.   

The other day the Littles Ones and I together with my Sister-in-law were at Alabang Town Center to catch a movie.  Since we had time to kill we decided to get us some mochi.  I let the Little Ones pick the flavors, being kids they went for the classics - chocolate and strawberry.  The mochi balls are given to you frozen so you need to wait for it to thaw before you take that first bite.  

While waiting the  Little Boy kept on asking when he could start eating his chocolate mochi. When the thawing period was up he took a huge first bite, and had a big smile on his face.

The Little Girl had fum with her strawberry mochi, she would rub some on her lips like it was lipstick.

Looking forward to having more mochi and creating sweet memories with the Little Ones.

My Favorite Dessert - Vanilla Ice Cream

To celebrate the end of summer I would like to give honor to my favorite summer dessert - vanilla ice cream.  

You got me through this summer when the heat was unbearable and the humidity was horrible. You were there for me when I was feeling down, ready to lift my spirits any time.  Some people consider you plain, since you have no frills - no nuts, no chocolate shavings, no marshmallows and other stuff to make your special.  But for me there is beauty in your simplicity. I love and will miss your smooth creamy texture, and your gorgeous white color.  Till next summer my dear friend.