I was super excited, because how often do you get to take a look at the insides of an ICE CREAM FACTORY! It was like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. We (it was a mini ice cream party with a couple other local bloggers!) got to tour the ice cream plant right before lunch. Then, submit your signature ice cream flavor here! (If the link doesn’t work, just visit ) Now, I want you guys to start thinking about ice cream flavors that you would want to create, while I continue on with more of this awesome story, and come back when you’re ready… Kemps is looking for entrants to submit ideas that are inspired by a family tradition! This year’s contest theme is “Family Traditions” which I’m sure you can figure out on your own, but I want to help you anyways. How ‘sweet’ is that!? Family Traditions Theme Why do people submit their flavors? Well other than all the awesome things I mentioned above, the winner will also receive $2,500, a year supply of their very own ice cream flavor, and their story and inspiration will be displayed on their ice cream carton next year. On August 28th, the 2013 Hometown Favorites winner will be announced at the State Fair! This winner will be chosen by a combination of online votes, on-site votes, and scores from a celebrity judging panel. From August 22 to September 2, these three finalists will have their flavors produced by Kemps, brought to the Minnesota State Fair, and sampled and voted on by fair-goers. On August 1st, they will have narrowed down these top three finalists. A third finalist will be chosen by Minnesota favorites, Joe Mauer and his mother, Teresa Mauer. These finalists are posted online on June 14th and the public will be able to vote to help determine the top two flavors. The deadline for that this year is June 7th!! That’s coming right up!!Īfter all the submissions are in, they will vote for the top 10 finalists. Creative people like you guys then submit their yummy ice cream flavor ideas. The Kemps Hometown Favorites contest has run every year since 2011. This ice cream is a mixture of vanilla, toffee pieces, and other goodness. In 2011, Kemps chose the Land of 10,000 Licks as their ice cream flavor winner. Well it is now available in major grocery stores! Be sure to head to your local super retailer and see if they have some in stock to try! UPDATE (August 2, 2013): Everyone has been asking me where you can get Mini-Sota Donut Ice Cream. It was so yummy! It had a little bit of a cinnamon, nutmeg taste to it but even beyond that, it had chunks of mini donuts in it! Delicious. I got to taste last year’s (2012) winner of the Kemps Hometown Favorites contest, the Mini-sota Donut. PROCESSED IN A FACILITY THAT USES EGGS, WHEAT, PEANUTS AND TREE NUTS.I’m pretty sure that when I was a kid, I begged my mom to have ice cream for breakfast. MILKFAT AND NONFAT MILK, SWEET CREAM BUTTERMILK, CARAMEL SWIRL (CORN SYRUP, WATER, SWEETENED CONDENSED SKIM MILK, SUGAR, BUTTER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF PECTIN, SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALGINATE, SODIUM CITRATE), LIQUID SUGAR (SUGAR, WATER), CORN SYRUP, CHOCOLATY CARAMEL FILLED COWS (SUGAR, COCONUT OIL, CORN SYRUP, SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK, SKIM MILK, MILK, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, CREAM, BUTTER, PALM KERNEL OIL, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT), WHEY, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CARAMEL FLAVOR (SUGAR, WATER, CONDENSED SKIM MILK, BROWN SUGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, BUTTER, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, CITRIC ACID, TURMERIC ), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, CALCIUM SULFATE, CAROB BEAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN.
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