DQ's Thin Minty Goodness

As a young plump child I would order 6 boxes of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies and keep them in my freezer.

I kept them in my freezer because they tasted better cold.

Maybe I should have sold my idea to Dairy Queen.

The new Dairy Queen commercial for the Thin Mint Blizzard is extremely tempting. My wife saw it first and sent me a text message, knowing that I would start salivating at just the idea of a Thin Mint - ice cream combination.

I saw the commercial shortly after that, however I was extremely skeptical. Last time I believed in an ad from a fast food joint (Wendy's) I found myself stuck with Frosty shake of lies. To add to my skepticism, the last time I attempted one of DQ's "Blizzards of the Month" I was disappointed when I got the Cheesequake Blizzard.

All things considered, how could you mess up putting Thin Mints in vanilla ice cream?

With a raw sense of urgency I went running (not literally) to DQ earlier this week to get my hands on what I believed to be a Blizzard from my childhood dreams.

First let me ask you this. What is it about the color "green" that makes us taste and feel minty? Mint ice cream that isn't green is simply no good. Have you ever had white mint ice cream? It doesn't taste like mint ice cream at all! The same goes for ketchup. Not to get too off track here, but I have tried the green ketchup and it tasted awful. Sometimes are eyes are more important than our taste buds.

I sped through the drive thru with my Thin Mint Blizzard in hand, and before my first bite I notice a couple of important things that are imperative for any good blizzard experience.

1. It's well mixed. The topping wasn't just thrown on top in a desperate attempt at speed.
2. I can see the Thin Mints. Often times you will get a blizzard and won't even be able to see the candy inside.

First bite......sensational. This is the ultimate. Simply enough this is a combination that DQ can't screw up. Thin Mints + Ice Cream + Green minty syrup (to make it green) = Mouth Watering Blizzard. The other part about this that really sealed the deal was that there were whole Thin Mint cookies in the blizzard not tiny little pieces.

The sad thing is that just like Girl Scout Cookies this Blizzard is going away at the end of the month. You don't have much time.

I already have a plan in place. Just like my boxes of regular Thin Mint cookies I intend on stocking up on Blizzards and storing them in my freezer.