Are you new to this blog? If so, you might not know I have a regular column called Vegan Ice Cream Wars. I use this tag to talk about the highs and lows of cruelty-free iced confections.
This version of Vegan Ice Cream Wars is definitely a high.
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New vegan ice cream
Do you come here often?
If the answer is yes, you will be familiar with my recurring post category known as Vegan Ice Cream Wars. This is the part of my blog were I risk life and limb to bring you the very best from the frozen dessert frontline.
Put on your standard issue boots. We are going back into battle as stunning vegan ice cream The Nude Spoon launches in central London tomorrow.
All the ice cream
Here is a super quick post to let London people know where to find all four flavours of the Almond Dream ice creams.
Waitrose in Richmond. That is where I saw the Velvety Vanilla, Salted Caramel, Mint Chocolate Chip and Praline Crunch varieties in one freezer. I have seen individual flavours dotted around but this was my first experience of the entire range in one shop.
Have you seen all four flavours in one spot? Share your sighting in the comments below for other vegan ice cream lovers.
Extra note: the Praline Crunch is the best of the range.
Order ice cream
The Vegan Ice Cream Wars have just launched into cyberspace.
Vegans are still celebrating the arrival of Almond Dream ice creams into Waitrose stores around the country, but not all outlets stock all four available flavours. As a matter of fact, a lot of their stores don’t have any.
Thankfully, it’s 2015 and we have the Internet.
Lots of ice cream
It has been a bit quiet on the Vegan Ice Cream Wars front. Not much to report back from the trenches.
Quiet, that is, until I stumbled into Waitrose in White City Westfield today.
When you shop in a mainstream grocery store in the UK, you usually find just one brand of vegan ice cream (or two if you are fortunate). My experiences as a vegan consumer have left me disappointed by the freezer section of most supermarkets.
This is what makes the ice cream freezer at the White City Waitrose so impressive.
I didn’t see one brand. Or two. Or three. I saw four brands of vegan ice cream or frozen desserts. This sighting was also impressive as each brand featured had at least two flavours available.
Check it out below.
(After the pics, I’ll let you know which one came home with me. Can you guess?)
Vegan frozen yoghurt
Slowly, the UK is getting its act together in the frozen dessert department. You all saw the recent post about the new Almond Dream ice cream and now the friendly people of Coconut Collaborative have come on board with their frozen vegan yoghurts.
I recently picked up a tub of their Raspberry Snowconut and enjoyed myself. Creamy and sweet, but not outstanding. It is the type of frozen treat I would indulge in when I can’t get my hands on one of my favourite brands but have a hankering.
Ice cream massacre
Forget all about our quaint Vegan Ice Cream Wars involving bland vanilla and reserved raspberry. Shit just got serious and vegans are rushing all over the UK to find these new flavours by Almond Dream.
It appears these tubs of frozen goodness only started appearing a few days ago in selected Waitrose freezers and already we might have a shortage on our hands.
That’s what I’m talking about
My buddy Joe constantly sends photos of all the fab vegan food he has been spotting since he moved to Berlin. I can hardly take it!
I had only just calmed down from my latest rant about the lack of decadent vegan ice cream in the UK when the following photos crash landed in my inbox.
Thanks, Joe. You really know how to make a fat, gay vegan envious.