Until reading this post, I had conveniently forgotten that the main ingredients of chocolate dip/magic shell are chocolate and coconut oil. So, basically, it's just fat congealed on top of your dessert. Tasty, tasty fat.

Everything is bad for you in excess. A good chocolate ice cream soda or a creamy shake is just good for the soul. Everybody needs one once in a while.

Sometimes the only thing that gets us through the night is the thought of a milkshake after service -- sometimes we make them in house, sometimes we get them from elevation.. honestly this is a good cue to start a top 10 milkshakes in baltimore

I like the idea of a top 10 milkshakes. Unfortunately, I rarely have them anymore, because my first "real" job was as a soda jerk, so I know what a real shake is.

Which milkshake? Was this a McDonald's shake? A real shake made from whole milk, chocolate sauce and ice cream? What is it with the low fat? If you eat low fat "ice cream," it'll be about as satisfying as a snowball fight in July, so you'll keep going back for more.

I don't trust studies like this. I keep going back to St. Julia. Everything in moderation.

I had a milkshake last night. To make matters worse, it accompanied a deep fried double dog with chili and cheese from Ann's Dairy Creme.

I had a milk shake from Hoffman's last night. No guilt here.

If I'm going to give into a craving (ie milkshakes) I'm going to have the real deal. Not the low fat low cal version of it because that's just not satisfying.

So, cake cones still suck, I still like chocolate brownie ice cream and real whipped cream. And a REAL milkshake! Yes, Lissa! Not that mess that McDonalds pours out of that machine and calls a shake!

But, unless I purchase a home gym, (assuming I'd use it - HAH) I can't do that every night!

Ah yes the anns dairy creme is a great 'fake' milkshake.. its pretty close to where I live.. usually I make a trip of the asian market across the street with some dairy creme to finish it off.

I would imagine a snowball fight in July would be quite satisfying. It would be incongruous, but satisfying.

Now hot soup in July is not satisfying. I wonder why restaurants even bother selling (hot) soup in the summer. Who is buying it?

RoCK, I'm with you. The guy who runs the eatery at work did not understand my response of "no soup after Memorial Day," when he offered crab soup the other day. EEL, Hoffman's is the one thing I really miss about leaving Carroll County to come back to the city.

There is nothing like the pure pleasure of a good ice cream cone (sugar cone) and it doesn't matter whether you are 3, 30 or 83. Its pure magic. But I do miss the milkshakes from the Medical Arts Pharmacy on Park Avenue. Now, Field's in Pikesville has some of the best real milkshakes around.

RayRay might concur, but the milkshakes at Read's on Harford Road were might tasty too.

RoCK, where you gonna find those snowballs in July?

RoCK, where you gonna find those snowballs in July?

At a snowball stand, of course.

Don't you remember the Bill Cosby riff of freezing slush balls in January to get Junior Barnes in July..................and then his Mother had thrown them away.

Susan BK, I'm more familiar with Bill Cosby's riff on yogurt and health food.

E-mails like this cautioning about calories in once-in-a-while indulgence items are specifically targeted to the people who do not get the concept of once-in-a-while.

Once in a while, I want the REAL deal. And I'm no worse for it because it isn't my steady diet. And when it crosses the line, I just move my heiny a little more. Problem solved, with no mathematics involved.

I remember that Cosby routine, Susan BK. We loved it as kids. That and the Sister Mary something something Elephant routine.

Somewhere in my parents attic is my old Snoopy Snow Cone Machine. I should dig that out next time I'm up there.

Just a foreshadowing of what life will be like after the Food Police take over. Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.