I first heard about Tim Horton’s doing their trial co-branding with Cold Stone Creamery last year but had not really gone to check it out quite yet. Having tried Marble Slab, I loved the idea of taking some ice cream and mushing it together with your favorite crunchy and sweet ingredients on a cold slab of marble. What I didn’t like was the price of it (it can cost you $7+ just for a small!) and the lineups in the summer.
My friends on foursquare can probably tell you that after trying Cold Stone Creamery last month, I’ve been in love with the place having gone back about 4 more times in the last 4 weeks. The price is a bit cheaper (You can get one of their small signature creations for less than $5) but you can tell the ice cream is of slightly lesser quality than Marble Slab. Never the less, it’s still pretty darn good.
The frozen slab at Cold Stone, where the magic happens!
I find that whenever a place lets you go wild with the ingredients, I’ll always stick with the recommended/pre-selected creations as they’re usually more tried and tested. I’ve tried my own random Cold Stone ice cream creation of Cookie dough ice cream with oreo and strawberries but it just wasn’t that great. However, their signature selections are heck of a lot better. My favorites would have to be the Cookie Mintster (Mint ice cream with oreo cookies), and Our Strawberry Blonde (graham cracker pie crust, strawberries and caramel).
I know it’s been a year since they first put Cold Stone in the Timmy’s up at Bay and Bloor, but I do hope they roll out a lot more of them around the city.
