JUNK FOOD NATION, IT’S FRIDAY. Woo. Took you long enough, Friday. Let’s get to my question of the day/weekend: What Would You Print On YOUR Toast?

Check it out! As reported on FoodBeast.com….TOASTER SELFIES!

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Plus, who IS that guy? Hopefully it’s the founder of the company.

For more details and pictures as to how the process works, read it over on FoodBeast. But basically, this only works with a custom made toaster and custom made plates that fit into custom made rails inside the custom made toaster. So…yeah. Plus it costs almost 70 bucks. BUT STILL.

IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES! Each day, you could wake up to the Boston Celtics logo toasted onto your bread! Or the JFG Logo! Or Kate Upton’s rack! I’d eat that.

It’s clearly useless, but I can see many other possibilities. You toast up the bread with the photo of your loved one, and then make french toast out of it, serving it in bed for the upcoming Valentine’s Day. Or maybe you embarrass the hell out of your kid by putting a picture of him with a finger up his nose on all of his sandwiches in his packed lunch. I AM LOVING THIS.

Tell me, JFNation, in the comments below – if you had this, what would YOU toast onto YOUR bread?  And am I the ONLY one who thinks that, price aside, this is SUPER FUN?

Today’s junk food: TURKEY HILL ALL NATURAL PEANUT BUTTER GELATO!!

Followers of this blog already know I have a close relationship with Turkey Hill. Plus, I love gelato – Talenti is one of my favorite companies. So I was VERY VERY excited when I heard that in 2015, Turkey Hill would finally get into the gelato game with eight All Natural Gelato flavors. And then I went to Wegmans and I found them!!

Chocolate Peanut Butter, Purely Vanilla…

…Sea Salted Caramel, Chocolate Chocolate Chip…

…Mint Chocolate Chip…

…Hazelnut…

…Coffee Chip…

…and Peach Mango (OOOOO!) Yes, I did just squeal.

So what’s the deal with these gelatos? According to Turkey Hill’s blog, “The Italian-born treat is very similar to ice cream, but it has a denser consistency and, some say, a richer taste than ice cream. The main difference between Turkey Hill’s ice cream and our new All Natural Gelato (and the difference that gives gelato its dense texture) is the way it’s made. Gelato is churned at slower speed than ice cream, which means less air in the finished product.”

So there you go – I’m looking for that same great Turkey Hill milky flavor, but in a more dense fashion. These flavors all look great, but I didn’t buy them all, much as I wanted to – No, I’ll leave reviewing of the entire lot to someone like OnSecondScoop. I just wanted to grab adn review one to see how Turkey Hill did with their first foray into the world of gelato! I let the Junk Food Gal pick the flavor, so of course she chose…

…Turkey Hill All Natural Chocolate Peanut Butter Gelato!  Good choice, JFGal. Good choice.

Let’s dig deeper into this Turkey Hill All Natural Chocolate Peanut Butter Gelato…

Turkey Hill All Natural Chocolate Peanut Butter Gelato came in a smaller, 1 quart circular tub. Like a fat Ben & Jerry’s / Haagen-Daz tub.  One quart is still a LOT of ice cream, but I like the different look.

This Turkey Hill All Natural Chocolate Peanut Butter Gelato, like the Turkey Hill All-Natural line, only has a few ingredients: Milk, cream, sugar, cocoa, and creamy peanut butter. I give a big thumbs up to fewer ingredients.

One thing to note – this Turkey Hill All Natural Chocolate Peanut Butter Gelato doesn’t contain any gums – which isn’t a good or bad thing, necessarily. But because of that, I expect it not to have an easy-to-dig-into texture right out of the gate. Might have to let this gelato sit for a tiny bit.

I opened up this Turkey Hill All Natural Chocolate Peanut Butter Gelato and sniffed – simple cocoa aroma. As you can see, I dragged my spoon across the lower lip to get the texture. I was right – a bit stiff.  Needed some time at room temperature to soften. But that’s not a bad thing – it’s stiff because it’s more dense, which means it was crafted correctly.

When I finally did dig my spoon deep into the Turkey Hill All Natural Chocolate Peanut Butter Gelato, I was IMMEDIATELY able to turn up huge thick ribbons of peanut butter.  Plainly visible, and I didn’t have to go too far down – it was right below the surface.  The peanut butter was not viscous – again not a bad thing – mainly because there wasn’t a ton of oil in the peanut butter. It froze just like the gelato.

Placing the spoonful of Turkey Hill All Natural Chocolate Peanut Butter Gelato, I was pretty pleased. When I looked at the flavor lineup and the description, I knew I wasn’t really going to be tasting anything NEW. These gelatos were just going to be about EXECUTION. Could TH pull this off?

Now, I’m no ice cream expert, but I’ve read about BAD gelatos, so I know what to look for: consistent texture. Strong flavor. Pretty much what you’re looking for in any ice cream.

My verdict: YES. Texture wise, I thought this was great. It wasn’t rubbery or too springy. Once the tub thawed a bit, my spoon slid right in and cut through the gelato and gave me solid scoops. Each bite I placed in my mouth WAS dense, and as it melted provided a nice coating to my tongue. I could tell the texture was different because it felt a bit more thick when I bit through a gelato chunk I placed in my mouth. Just slightly thicker.

Flavor? Simple, but well executed. The cocoa flavor of the chocolate ice cream was standard but present – it didn’t taste like a weak chocolate flavor, nor did the creaminess of the gelato get lost in TOO much chocolate flavor. It tasted like a nice, standard creamy sweet chocolate flavor. The star here, to me, was the peanut butter. It was SALTY – and I LOVED it. The peanut butter ribbon melted nicely once my teeth or tongue hit it, mixing it with the chocolate gelato perfectly. And it was nice and salty – it helped cut through the chocolate flavor and give a good mix of salty sweet chocolate peanut butter flavor. This was NOT candy-like Reese’s flavor. This was the more common chocolate peanut flavor you might find everywhere else in food, like pies or cakes.

All in all, I liked this flavor a LOT. I like Turkey Hill’s All-Natural Ice Cream line the best generally, so I’m not sure if there is ENOUGH difference for me to always select the gelato over the ice cream. But if you like gelato, I think you’ll enjoy this – I think TH executed well here.

As always, hats tip to you, TH.

PURCHASED AT: Wegmans, Germnatown, MD

COST: $4.49

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Sincerely,

Junk Food Guy