I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Turkish Ice Cream

After waving the ice cream about in the air for several minutes, what I think of as 'ice cream' would not have stayed on the end of even a cold metal paddle, and melting ice cream drips would have been flying at the customer - a lot less funny. I suspect then an additional ingredient in holding the ice cream together.
I think Cold Stone uses gums, of necessity, so their product will hold together no matter how many toppings and candies the customer asks to have added and worked in. It's been a very profitable gimmick for the company. But I think if you're not going to add toppings and just want a scoop of ice cream, standing on its own, their ice cream is an inferior taste experience, fwiw.

I think you're right. Guar gum is the stabilizing colloid used in many ice cream brand.

Do you suppose it's extra guar gum-my (I've always wondered what that ingredient was about)? I'm more a fan of Haagen Das 'Five' - just five ingredients, and none of them are gum.

Welcome to the Interweb, Myrasam79! It's where gentlemen go to duke it out.

Yeah, I don't like Cold Stone ice cream for that reason as well, facetedjewel!