Of course, jimmies (sprinkles in layman’s terms) are more than candy, they’re chocolate, and rather festive. And pretty! Do some jimmies taste better than others? Of course, but there aren’t many varieties to choose from in the store. If you know of good brands, please leave in comments.

Out here they call them sprinkles, but I’m a ” jimmies” fan-girl. And this is not my first cartoon about them, believe it or not! I have another cartoon about the importance of ice cream toppings! (And I talk about the history of jimmies there, too.)

The chocolate sprinkles known as, “Jimmies” were started in the Boston area a number of years ago. The reason for calling them Jimmies was because each time a person put these chocolate sprinkles on their ice-cream, the money spent on the sprinkles was donated to the Jimmy Fund. Hence, they started calling the chocolate sprinkles “Jimmies.” I am not sure whether the money is still donated to the Jimmy Fund, but the act of kindness still lives on as the name “Jimmies” still continues.

I also like to build my own sundae. It must be my independent spirit, along with a dash of libertarianism! And while we’re talking about toppings, every. single. time. I go to the store and pass the ice cream aisle, I look for Smuckers Walnuts in Syrup, and there are NONE to be found anymore ! WTH? I thought they stopped making it, until I found that link just now. I even clicked the search button 5 times to see if they have it in a 100 miles radius!, but nope. Sad for us.

I see they have Pecans in Syrup, too, which I would like to try, but have never seen that in any store.

Cartoon caption: Don’t you just love jimmies? So few calories, so much charm and character!

Try this one:

1. Giants love jimmies, too.
2. Ice Cream on the Couch

And these looked like milk chocolate cake, with a thin layer of fluffy chocolate icing on each sponge. (the scrub part)

This picture is Scotch-Brite greener clean  natural fiber sponges (no caps because they’re just that cool), but what I really bought was the scrub sponges. However, the picture that 3M put up of those makes it look like the sponges have something unpleasant inside, gah, tendrils of something dark, and that’s not what mine look like.

Mine are very pure milk chocolate.

I haven’t tried them yet, but am looking forward to that.

Try this one:

1. Hello world!
2. Ice Cream on the Couch

I’ve seen a couple versions of this outrageous ice cream cone hat before, but this is the best one! And by reading the page at taylorherring.com, I found out it’s called the Cadbury Flake 99 hat. Obviously I know Cadbury, but the rest of the name…!?? And wouldn’t flakes plural be a better description than one flake?

cadbury ice cream cone hat for ascot

Turns out Flake 99 is the brand name of an ice cream by Fredericks in the UK. That immediately tells me I’ll never get to taste this exotic ice cream unless I travel across the wide wide sea.

In 2008 the company was named the Most Innovative Ice Cream company in the World and received The Grocer award for the Top Launch in Ice Cream.

Fredericks Ice Cream is a business forged by pioneers – the company developed the Mars Bar Ice Cream in 1988, reinvented the iconic Flake 99 in 1999 and created the World’s first wobbly lolly…

I could use some translation here…

But anyway, we can all enjoy the delightful hat! And at least part of it is edible. I guess Ascot’s Ladies Day is similar to the Kentucky Derby. Ladies on both sides of the Atlantic, I would appreciate more food-themed hats, please.

And God willing, maybe I can try Flake 99 ice cream one day.

Try this one:

1. Have some respect, Whole Foods!
2. Best ice cream of 2010.

Little girl orders shot of chocolate drink in restaurant

Poor little match girl. She has no idea that most chocolate milk nowadays is SKIM milk, boo, hiss! WTH?!

I use 2% milk in cereal, fine. (My father had a discussion with me recently where he insisted that I switch to 1% milk, because it is so much healthier, totally ignoring my point that I eat full-fat ice cream at every opportunity!)

But  2% chocolate milk (or chocolate skim milk) is going too far. I won’t compromise. And for this reason, I haven’t had any chocolate milk for many years, even though it used to be one of my favorite things ever. In one coal city back east, where dairies knew how to do it right, there were 3 different brands of chocolate milk at the store. My friend insisted that I do a taste test of all 3, and of course I passed. .

But here’s what’s even sadder: I found a delicious brand of chocolate milk, right here in LA this year, and I lost it. I had 2 cartons of that milk, that’s it. It was in Whole Foods, Clover Dairies. You can see right here, no chocolate milk listed now! It was really really good, too, nice flavor, color, texture.

Drink Responsibly

I like the excellent design on the Clover products — look at those fonts! And good colors. The best milk carton around. But dairies aren’t really as happy as the picture, are they… Of course, you do know that the reason cows keep producing milk is because they have just had a baby calf, right? Ever wonder what happens to all the calves? They are immediately stolen from their grieving mother and put in dark holes for 6 months, so their skin stays white and soft, and then they are slaughtered as veal.

So drink milk in moderation. Please.

Caption: little girl in restaurant  with her parents orders milk like wine, with a shot of something stronger: I’ll have the house milk, please, with a shot of chocolate. You can see more restaurant cartoons in my weekly feature for newspapers, Daily Special.

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This is how I tried Trader Joe’s Ultimate Berry Pie. Otherwise, why take a chance?

Nice, but I think I could have used one more. (Not that I actually ate these - these are fantasy cakes.)

I’m not a pie person. I think it’s the crust – shortening tastes terrible in it, or is it baking soda or powder? I don’t stay around long enough to find out, but unless a crust is made from butter or cookies or graham cracker, I just leave it on the plate.

But here was the Trader Joe’s sample, with a lot of whipped cream on top, and who doesn’t need more fruit, right?, so I tried it. I’m always looking for something a little more healthy that also tastes good and sweet. Good!

The crust is not too hard, and nicely crumbly — I would have liked more of it. (Although  I think this is more of a tart than a pie.) Fruit is right: it has raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, cranberries and cherries, in that order. I had second thoughts in the store when I saw the cherries, because I like cherry flavored lollipops or cough drops, but not real cherries! But you know, it tasted more like blackberries and brown sugar, with a lot of natural juices to wash it down, so I ignored the cherry part.

Is this a local pie? I couldn’t find any other reviews of it. I recommend it, but I didn’t finish the pie. It turns out whipped cream was the “cherry on top” in the store for me, and I ran out of whipped cream!

Try this one:

1. Chocolate Cream Pie, oh boy.
2. Trader Joe’s, did you test drive these frozen foods?

cartoon of chocolate kitty litter

For some reason, cat cartoons are very popular. The smell of kitty litter really isn’t. But the smell of chocolate is, so it all works out in the end.

I remember feeling so pleased when I thought of this cartoon for my chocolate book! This cartoon is also very New Yorker Style. These women live in Manhattan, probably. I want her purse.

Cats are very hard to color or put wash on, btw. With a black cat or darker color, all the details of the whiskers, eyes, etc can get lost, but these somehow survived.

Woman tells friend: Oh my, it smells wonderful in here, Iris. Chocolate scented kitty litter?

PS, When I wrote this cartoon, it seemed funny enough at the time. (The smell of chocolate beating the smell of cat litter works for me!)  But looking around, I just discovered that there is an actual  kitty litter cake. Ugh! Here’s another Kitty Litter Cake. And they have closeups, along with every detail there!

Weird. Who wants to spend all that time assembling such an ugly idea, anyway?

Cat lovers are crazy.

Try this one:

1. Ice Cream on the Couch
2. Birds are too pure to behold evil chocolate.