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Where Can I Find It?
Where can I find it?
Blue Bell chocolate chip ice cream, Pickled Pink pickles and Guittard milk chocolate baking chips,
Do you know if any local store stocks Blue Bell chocolate chip (not chocolate chip cookie dough) ice cream on a regular basis? I normally shop at Kroger on Caroline Street, and they seem to only get it once or twice a year, as if it’s seasonal. It’s been my favorite ice cream since the late ’70s, and I hate that it’s so hard to find. Thank you. — Jane Fratesi, email
Jane, Blue Bell Creamer- ies produces more than 40 ice cream flavors, not including single-serve and novelty items. According to the Blue Bell branch manager, limited space in stores doesn’t allow for Blue Bell to display all of its flavors all the time. However, he did say that Blue Bell will make sure that some chocolate chip ice cream gets delivered to Kroger, 1225 Caroline St., Atlanta, 404-880-4105, on the next scheduled delivery date. Blue Bell, based in Brenham, Texas, got its start in the early 1900s when it began producing butter. The creamery eventually phased out the butter production and started churning ice cream full time.
I went to a baby shower recently, and the hostess served delicious sweet pick- les called Pickled Pink. They were cut nice and thick, and they weren’t cloying at
all like some regular sweet pickles. I’d love to find these
somewhere locally. Thanks. — J. Stewart, email
Pickled Pink, based in Norcross, Georgia, is an upscale food company that offers an array of hand-packed pickled products, including peaches, spiced watermelon and jala- peno peppers. Pickled Pink’s Sweet Gourmet Pickles get their flavor punch from cinnamon, garlic, mustard seed and black peppercorns. Pickle Pink pickles are available in 16-ounce jars. You can find them for $9.99 at Alon’s Bakery and Market, 1394 N. Highland Ave., Atlanta, 404-872-6000.
My favorite baking chips are from Guittard and while I can find the semi-sweet fairly easily, I have a very difficult time locating the milk chocolate. The holidays are around the corner, and I need to start stocking up. If you could find a reliable source for these, I would be grateful. Thank you. — Mrs. F. Jackson, email
Although Guittard has its roots in France, it is an American chocolate company based out of the Bay Area, where the family-owned operation has been turning out fine choco- late products since the 1800s. Guittard milk chocolate chips are available at Cost Plus World Market, 3495 Buckhead Loop, Atlanta, 470-447-5788. You can purchase them in in two sizes. A 32-ounce bag costs $9.99, and an 11.5-ounce bag sells for $4.49. Allergy sufferers might like to know that
Guittard chocolate chips are produced in a peanut and gluten-free facility. The chocolate is non-GMO and a Fair Trade product. volume of mail, we cannot track down every request. Write to us at Buyer’s Edge Find It, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 223 Perimeter Center Parkway N.E., Atlanta, GA 30346; email sabinem.morrow@gmail.com (include your name, the city you live in and a daytime phone number).