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10.06.2023 - 08:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
"Purple potato ice cream, anyone?" I admit it didn't sound the most tempting of questions a mum could ask two young children as we rocked up at Cheshire's latest countryside ice cream parlour.
The Mobberley Ice Cream Company has been making a name for itself in recent years for its range of unusual flavours and artisan blend, and has now opened its own parlour with indoor and outdoor seating in the pretty rural village. And I was keen to see if my kids would be bold enough to try something a little more adventurous than your boring old raspberry ripple.
"Yuck," said the 7-year-old at the purple potato suggestion. "Ice cream, ice cream" said the 3-year-old - which was enough of an affirmative for me to buy him a pot of the stuff and see what he'd think.
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I didn't have high hopes of the little 'un eating it, mind. I thought it would probably be left to me, in the way mums often do, having to eat up his leftovers. But to my surprise, he demolished it.
When I asked for a taste he started backing away going "no, no". He literally started slapping my hands as I reached over to try and grab his spoon. I couldn't believe it, how good could this ice cream be?
The older son, meanwhile, was tucking in to a more traditional flavour of chocolate (ok they call it milkiest milk chocolate) - but he did let me have a taste of his. And I was stunned.
It was the most unusual, creamiest, chocolatiest, yes milkiest milk chocolate ice cream I think I've ever tasted. Unsurprisingly, the tagline for this place on social media is "You've never tasted anything like it" and after our visit I'd have to firmly agree.
But the purple potato ice cream intrigued me even more - so I snapped up a
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