There’s a new ice-cream joint in town that takes the ice cream experience to a whole new level. The Cold Stone Creamery has made its way to select Tim Hortons locations in Bedford and Dartmouth.

SHE SAID:

We’ve been going through quite the heat wave here in the Maritimes, so when my sister told me about the Cold Stone Creamery the other day, we gunned it to Bedford. It was kind of weird for me walking into Tim Hortons and smelling waffle cones, but I quickly got over it when I saw the endless ice cream possibilities!

I found the options weren’t that obvious to me, so I’ll save you the trouble and explain. You can choose from one of their twenty Cold Stone Signature Creations or create your own custom creation by selecting your base ice cream and adding in the gazillion choices of mix ins, such as Snickers bars, almonds, brownies and chocolate chip cookie dough.

I decided on the Cookie Doughn’t You Want Some in a chocolate dipped waffle bowl. I’m really glad I went with the “Like it Size,” which is technically a small, but really the size of a small baby. Needless to say, I could not finish it.

I noticed on my way out that you can get ice cream cakes and cupcakes or your favorite flavour packed in a cute container to go if you find a flavour you love and just can’t get enough of. It might also be a great gift idea for your ice cream loving friends/wife (wink wink, Brad).

HE SAID:

When Susan told me we were going to this new place called the Cold Stone Creamery for ice cream I thought it sounded like fun. I wish I could say the experience lived up to the expectation.

First of all, I didn’t realize it was going to be in a Tim Hortons. Nothing against Tim Hortons, but I was picturing something more similar to the Cow’s Ice Cream places in PEI.

Secondly, I didn’t know what their ice cream making methods were ahead of time. For instance, I got what was called “All Lovin’ No Oven” which was supposed to be cake batter ice cream with fudge, cookie dough, and whipped topping. All good things, right? Well what I didn’t know is that they take all the ingredients and just mash them all together, kind of like they are kneading bread with ice cream scoops. This is a problem for me. A big problem. You see, I’m the kind of person who doesn’t like it when the food on my plate touches. I don’t load my fork up with a bit of everything. I eat things one at a time. So when I saw them mashing up my ice cream I kind of panicked, but I wanted to try to be open to new things so I continued on.

What I ended up with was a huge pile of goo inside a massive waffle cone. It didn’t have the texture of ice cream at all. It was thick and weird, but the texture could have been because of the cake batter ice cream. And although some people would probably love the fact that the small is the size of a puppy, it was way too much for me.

So I can’t really recommend it based on my experience. I was expecting chunks of cookie dough and fudge with whipped topping on top like it has in the picture on the menu, but instead it was like they filled one of those cake icing bags and just squirted cookie dough, fudge, and whipped cream into the ice cream. I know my phobia of mixing food is a big factor in not enjoying the ice cream, so I would recommend you go take a look at what they offer. You may end up liking it and thinking I’m crazy.