Wednesday, March 14, 2012

'Ritz' Creation Wins Ice Cream Contest

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Chocolate-covered Ritz crackers, gooey caramel and vanilla ice cream - it doesn't get much better than that, judges ruled at an ice cream contest.

Judges said Tasha Callister's entry, Puttin on the Ritz, tasted great and had a clever name. The flavor got top prize in the national Ben and Jerry's Do Us a Flavor Contest in Waterbury, Vt., on Thursday.

But the combo initially had people thinking it was a bit gross, Callister said.

"People were asking me if I was pregnant. They said it sounded like something a pregnant lady would put together," Callister, of Jacksonville, …

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