3 best things about Michigan State hockey's Big Ten Tournament semifinal win

2. Melting Moments cookie sandwich reigns supreme

This being my first time at Munn, I was unsure if the Melting Moments cookie sandwich was just a Spartan Stadium delicacy.

I didn't get my hopes up but that still didn't stop me from thinking about it once an hour, every hour starting last Wednesday. Upon entering the arena, we did a quick lap, eyes darting back and forth for the delicious treat.

After circling the entire arena, I had only seen signs for Dippin Dots (it's the ice cream of the future®) and signs for Icee. Both are wonderful in their own right, but my mind was set on Melting Moments. Once I thought the arena was devoid, I resigned to having a Sparti Parti. Yes, a cold beer and hockey go together like Tom Izzo and March and it's a fantastic second-place prize, but my mind could help but think of how long the wait would be until I tasted the gold at the end of rainbow again.

Less than an hour later, a student walked by our seats with a Melting Moments sandwich in her hand. Like a 5-year-old child, I turned to my wife and said. "Did you see that?! She had one!" At the next stoppage in play, I got up and kept my eyes peeled. It turns out the stations with the big Icee umbrella also have Melting Moments, which is a genius idea because if it was a Melting Moments umbrella, it would bring way too much attention to such a small arena and the lines would be too long and no one would actually watch the hockey.

Yes, I already had ice cream earlier in the day. No, beer and ice cream do not go well together and is a weight loss killer. But when you're in The Louvre, are you not going to see the Mona Lisa? It was everything I remembered it was. Somehow the frozen cookie is soft, and the ice cream flavorful, which I'm sure isn't because of organic ingredients, but it's not like I'm eating these everyday. I tried to savor every bite but like dust in the wind, it was here and gone, and still long for our next tryst.