Margie’s Candies
Where? Margie’s Candies (Bucktown, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America) Map Menu
When? Sunday December 1, 2024
Who? Me
Food Style? Ice Cream
I have a six hour layover in Chicago so I’ve run out of the airport to go to this world famous ice cream parlor. Unfortunately since I’m by myself, I can’t truly gorge on Margie’s most well known creations, like The Royal George (25 scoops of ice cream) and The World’s Largest Terrapin (15 scoops of ice cream). If you finish the Royal George alone (first of all it's $95.95USD, and second of all, it's not just the ice cream, there's whole cones, whipped cream, cherries, nuts, and additional toppings you can choose from), you get a free box of terrapins - the terrapins here refer to the chocolate and caramel-coated pecans, shaped like the animal it's named after. I'm imagining that they're similar to the New Orleans pralines. Instead, because I am no longer a 20 year old with unlimited metabolism, I’m going for a single Terrapin Sundae, one of the classics.
Dessert
Terrapin Sundae: Two scoops of ice cream (vanilla, pistachio) covered with butterscotch, a side order of fudge, topped with a turtle
Unsurprisingly, this is far too sweet and so I’m glad that I limited myself to just the two scoops. The terrapin chocolate quality is terrible, as is the fudge and the ice cream is basically just that disgusting sugary trash kind as well. There's no creaminess, there's no balance, there's no complexity to the flavour. This is not good. I even have beef with the shell-shaped bowl, because it’s not stable enough to dig into the ice cream on the side. I cut my losses and leave. The novelty is not worth it and I’m going to go get some pizza to take back to the airport.
PS: the pizza was also bad.
Posted by Jeremy at 3:10pm on Thursday October 23, 2025 :: 0 comments :: 