Mile High Ice Cream Pie

So, I know in my last blog I said that domination of the new dessert at Applebee's was going to take place today, but I lied. I don't know what exactly happened, but it wasn't domination, it was more like extreme, mega, ultra domination. I must confess though, that I did have a friend's help, but I could have easily eaten it by myself. And plus, we shared two desserts, so I technically did eat it by myself.

All right, I had planned beforehand on really savoring the dessert, paying special attention to each and every mouthwatering bite so that I could hurry home and blog to all my fans about all the flavors and textures of the new Mile High Ice Cream Pie, but I failed. Miserably. I just can't eat a dessert slowly. I mean, I really think that phrase is an oxymoron. Eat dessert slowly? It's just not right. But in order to give you an idea of all the flavors here is the Applebee's description of the Mile High Ice Cream Pie:

This pie-scraper starts with an OREO® cookie crust, filled with chocolate ice cream and layers of chocolate fudge and peanut butter. Then we add peanut butter ice cream, caramel swirls and peanut brittle. Finally, we drizzle it with hot fudge & caramel, and top it with whipped cream and OREO® cookie crumbs.

Now you understand why I actually ate at Applebee's. The place needs descriptions like that to get people like me in the door. My friend and I showed up in the parking lot, and we were literally the only two cars in the parking lot. I thought the place was closed down, in which case I would, of course, been VERY upset. So what I do remember about the dessert is this: it was finished in approximately 5.2 seconds. Okay, not really, but like I said, we extreme, mega, ultra dominated it. I don't remember tasting much peanut brittle. And you know that on Iron Chef if the "secret ingredient" is not the highlight of the dish, then you definitely aren't going to beat the Iron Chef. And no, peanut brittle is not the "secret ingredient", but what if I was a major peanut brittle freak, and that was the only reason I even wanted to try the Mile High Ice Cream Pie? That would be some major disappointment. I do, however, distinctly remember the Oreo crust and peanut butter layer. And by the way, if you haven't tried dipping Oreo's in peanut butter, you're missing out. I stole that from the Parent Trap. Thanks, Lindsay!

Okay, so the peanut butter layer was very peanut buttery (is that a word?), the texture was very smooth, and the flavor meshed so well with the Oreo crust and ice cream. This is a peanut butter lover's dream. (Okay, maybe I wouldn't make such a good food critic) On the other hand, if you are not a peanut butter lover, it's not so overwhelming that it just tastes like one big peanut butter mess. Although, I'm not sure that that would be such a bad thing. Overall, I give it a B+. I mean, it was good. Real good. I finished it, and probably could eat it every day for the rest of my life, but I just wasn't blown away. I like unique desserts though; something with some weird random combination of flavors that I never would have thought of by myself. In fact, one of my biggest pet peeves is dessert at Italian restaurants. Cheese cake, creme brule, cannoli, tiramisu, blah, blah, blah. Boring! I mean seriously, think about it. When have you ever seen anything different on an Italian dessert menu? Yes, I understand those are considered Italian desserts. But my rule is that there should at least be one off the wall dessert on the menu. I have even been known to base what restaurant I eat at because of this. I once chose a restaurant to eat at in NYC based off a Willy Wonka themed dessert I read about online. It had a golden egg and snozberry flavors and everything! When I went, they told me that it was no longer on the menu. I'll let you guess my reaction, but let's just say no one heard the end of it for weeks...