Homer Hudson Ice Cream

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22 March 2009

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Mmmmm Homer ice cream …

Photo courtesy of Sugartown

When I mentioned briefly about Homer Hudson Ice Cream in my Se Joung post, I didn’t acticipate so many closet fans of the brand. In fact, I think I received more comments about the Ice cream than the actual post itself! Naturally, I went out and bought all the flavours which were stocked at my local Woolies so I could see what else the fuss was about. I have only tried the cookies and cream version and it is pretty hard to beat. How do the rest stack up Homer ?

Hoboken Crunch, Vanilla Nirvana, Chocolate Rock

To give you a little background, Homer Hudson is an Ice Cream which is made in Austalia and started off back in the 80’s. Like alot of the good stuff (eg. Monaco Bars and Ice Cream sandwich) it was discontinued but later relaunched in 2004. Despite this, it still seems a relatively unknown brand for most ice cream eaters.

For $6.99, you get 500ml of some pretty damn good ice cream. The difference between Homer and the rest ? Homer just tastes like a premium ice cream after the first scoop. It’s rich, thick and not overly sweet. The chocolate tastes like chocolate, vanilla like vanilla, you get the drift.

Cheap Ice cream doesn’t do ice cream justice, maybe with the exclusion of Macca’s 30 cent cones. I remember as a kid, Mum and Dad use to buy home brand ice cream and to this day the taste still haunts me. At times it does the job and with respect to the price it actually isn’t too bad. But other times, it just tastes too watered down much like the ice cream I had recently at French Riviera. The novelty of eating a giant ice cream was great, but the taste was nothing to savour.

Vanilla Nirvana

Out of all the flavours this is probably my favourite, along with cookies and cream. Sometimes, a clean tasting vanilla ice cream is all that is needed for an ice cream fix. Homer’s version is unbelievably strong tasting, almost as if the vanilla beans are still in the tub.

This is old school vanilla at it’s best. I can imagine Vanilla Nirvana served with some warm sticky date pudding. Like almost all the flavours, it is tempting to eat this all in one go straight out of the tub.

Hoboken Crunch

The Hoboken Crunch seems like the favourite of most Homer fans. Crunchy pieces of toffee are mixed in vanilla ice cream. I’ve got a strange like for things with a balance of crunchiness and ’smoothness’. I love the crunch of the toffee and how I can balance it with the ice cream. I’ve got a similiar love for fried chicken and coleslaw. Opposite ends of the taste scale I know.

Check out those toffee pieces! It also looks like the Haboken crunch can be used in cocktails called the Haboken Crunch Float and “is a mix of Mount Gay rum, vanilla liqueur, Homer Hudson Hoboken Crunch and ginger beer, served in a high ball or pilsner glass and garnished with a maraschino cherry”.

Chocolate Rock

I’m not the biggest fan of chocolate ice cream, mainly because it doesn’t taste like good chocolate. I find that alot of chocolate ice creams taste like a frozen version of Nesquik, which is not neccesarily a bad thing as I grew up on that stuff (bananna flavour rocks). It’s simliliar to alot of the so called Milkshakes you get at restaurants who just use the powdered stuff and doesn’t do justice to how a real milkshake is supposed to taste like.

However, I think Homer Hudson is actually the first Supermarket chocolate ice cream which I actually like. In fact, I think it is even too rich for my taste buds. It literally tastes like dark chocolate and reminds me of the chocolate I had at the Pierre Hermé store in Tokyo in terms of richness. I can only have a few spoons at a time, something which is usually unheard of when it comes to ice cream. If your a chocolate fan (I’m looking at you Chocolatesuze) then this is pretty hard to beat.

Here is another way you can use Chocolate Rock. The Chocolate Rock Star is a “mix of vodka, chambord, vanilla liqueur, Homer Hudson Chocolate Rock ice cream and crushed ice, served in a martini glass and garnished with crushed chocolate on the rim”.

Yes, I did go a little overboard by buying all the flavours I could see. Apparently there a few other flavours which are available but havn’t made their way to my Woolies. There is a flavour called the ‘Digger’ which has Anzac biscuits in it, I’d be keen to try that.

Homer Hudson

Find them at your local Woolies for around $6.99 / 500ml tub.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Hudson

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heh looking at me? that chocolate rock does sound good tho especially since your mere mortal tastebuds can only handle a coupla spoonfuls =P

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chocolatesuze || 22 March 2009 at 12:03 pm

It’s funny to use such an American sounding name (Homer Hudson) for an Australian made icecream that comes in Anzac biscuit flavour. I havent’ tasted this brand before, but it sounds like I should. I like the way your research allowed you to taste every flavour – smart thinking

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Arwen from Hoglet K || 22 March 2009 at 12:30 pm

Great post Howard! Love the backlit shots, especially for Vanilla nirvana – apt, no?

Christie @ Fig & Cherry || 22 March 2009 at 4:28 pm

HOMER HUDSON DOES THE BEST DESSERTS YOU CAN FIND IN YOUR SUPERMARKET! LOL I haven’t tried their icecreams but their dessert range is also excellent.

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K || 22 March 2009 at 4:34 pm

I love your ice cream fortress tower! Mmmm and Hoboken Crunch sounds like my type of ice cream XD Must make a woolies run tonight!

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FFichiban || 22 March 2009 at 8:58 pm

Have you been to the website? It’s so messed up. Don’t know whether to laugh or step around it slowly and not make any sudden moves. Except for the milf. She was kinda ok.

Did you eat all that ice cream in one sitting? I’ve had the chocrock before. Nice enough but a little disturbing as it comes out looking the same as it went in.

Simon || 22 March 2009 at 9:15 pm

I applaud your commitment to ice cream analysis. That tower of ice cream shot looks dangerous too.

I can’t believe that all this time I thought that Homer Hudson was American. The name and packing had me fooled! I have seen the Anzac variety at Coles Burwood but usually we can’t go past the Hoboken Crunch. Now I have even more reason to buy it. Support Australia! lol.

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Helen || 22 March 2009 at 9:57 pm

I think there’s a cherry one as well, that used to be quite nice!

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Y || 23 March 2009 at 8:15 am

love the second photo – it’s all olympic torch-esque

i’m a big fan of the chocolate rock (in little serves as you mentioned) but not so much the hoboken crunch, finding it a little too sweet for my tastes. big fan of the packaging though. so kitsch!

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shez || 23 March 2009 at 9:25 am

chocolatesuze : I tried a second attempt and could only have about 10 spoonfuls :/

Arwen : That might have been the ploy, make it sound American so we’d actually look at it! Food research is good for the soul

Christie : Cheers! I was just experimenting with the spot lights in our kitchen, works well until the leaning tower shot of the ice cream tubs fell onto the kitchen floor.

K : They have desserts ? I will have to do another ‘research’ session then.

FFichiban : Yeah Hoboken seems to be the fav but not all Woolies has Homer Hudson I’ve noticed.

Simon : Yeah the website is trippy, reminds of the Crumpler website which doesn’t make sense at all. I didn’t finish them all, it’s way too rich!

Helen : The tower actually fell lol, holding it up plus trying to take a shot without camera shake is hard work. And yes, with a name like that no one would expect it to be Aussie! It was introduced by Unilever back in the good old days.

Y : Oh wow, lots of flavours it seems. The variety seems inconsistent between different Woolies, in fact there is a Woolies a suburb away from mine which does not even stock it :/

Howard (author) || 23 March 2009 at 9:33 am

Ahh . . the link from overclockers works now! Have to try some Homer just to know what it tastes like.

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SK || 23 March 2009 at 1:14 pm

Whoever thought of using the word “nirvana” in a vanilla ice cream is a genius! I usually go past the vanilla flavour and choose something more “exoorrtic” when comes to ice cream, but with a name like Vanilla Nirvana, I think it is a clear winner!

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billy@ATFT || 24 March 2009 at 10:59 am

SK : You won’t be dissapointed!

Billy : Definately! If I’m spending $7 on a tub of 500ml ice cream I’d prob avoid vanilla as well lol

Howard (author) || 25 March 2009 at 10:02 am

I have to say Homer Hudson Ice cream is definately a level or 10 above other ice creams, its just so YUMMY but its a little pricey too……..

Sydneyguyrojoe || 29 March 2009 at 11:12 am

If you want to try some REALLY impressive ice cream, grab some Gundowring icecream… it has won every competition it has entered (http://www.gundowringfinefoods.com.au/)

Thomas Gren || 2 May 2009 at 4:15 pm

Homer Hudson icecream rocks especially chocolate rock! Though the problem is we never seem to find it stocked at our local groceries store. Does anyone know the nearest supermarket to Balmain that stocks this product?

RP&PV || 1 January 2010 at 10:29 pm

i love the anzac digger ice cream. i thought this was an american brand too.

tam || 14 March 2010 at 7:31 pm