# Exotic Ice Cream Flavors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842 "2008-07-01T01:28:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/1 "2008-07-01T01:28:15Z")
A few months ago, I bought an ice cream maker and have been whipping up a new flavor every few weeks. Some favorites include: Honey Almond Cinnamon Black Sesame Vanilla Chai Chocolate Guiness Wasabi and Dark Chocolate with Ginger Cookie Chunks But now my brain is running out of good ideas, so I turn to The Dope. Anyone had a tasty ice cream flavor I can copy? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/2 "2008-07-01T02:11:22Z")
Green Tea ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/3 "2008-07-01T02:23:43Z")
[This](http://www.udderdelighticecreamhouse.com/Icecreamflavors.html) should give you plenty of ideas. Bacon? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/4 "2008-07-01T02:29:25Z")
Garlic! I once sampled pickle, too. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/5 "2008-07-01T02:37:24Z")
I used to make ice cream at work and after we went through the obvious flavors people started challenging me. I made Almond Joy, apple, Baileys Irish Cream, butterscotch, Coca-Cola, carrot, cinnamon, corn, eggnog, grape, orange creamsicle, pear, peppermint Life-Saver crunch, plum, pumpkin, root beer, tea, watermelon, and wintergreen. I did draw the line at a request for jalapeno but somebody else went ahead and made it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/6 "2008-07-01T02:39:59Z")
In Latin America we sometimes got “Custard Apple” ice cream. The Custard Apple is the English name for a Guabanana (I hope I spelled that right). Good stuff with a delicate, pale green color. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/7 "2008-07-01T02:52:36Z")
A popular flavor here in Panama is, I kid you not, [Grape Nuts](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape_Nuts). The ice cream has bits of the cereal scattered through it. I bet it started back in the old Canal Zone days, and somehow it still persists. You can get it in a lot of Panamanian supermarkets. As I recall, it’s not bad, but I have tried any in years. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/8 "2008-07-01T02:59:21Z")
[My Little Pony](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article460090.ece) ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/9 "2008-07-01T12:46:23Z")
Bacon, Bacon, Bacon! In vanilla ice cream. I had that flavor in Rehoboth Beach last summer. _drool_ ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/10 "2008-07-01T13:03:25Z")
[QUOTE=Cat Fight] [My Little Pony](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article460090.ece) [/QUOTE] I think I threw up in my mouth a little when I read that article title… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/11 "2008-07-01T14:45:34Z")
[QUOTE=hocow] Bacon, Bacon, Bacon! In vanilla ice cream. I had that flavor in Rehoboth Beach last summer. _drool_ [/QUOTE] I’m guessing from the same place linked in #3. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/12 "2008-07-01T14:50:25Z")
Didn’t we do this last month? I seem to remember relating my expecrience at Ici, a newish scoopery on College Ave in Elmwood (N. Oakland/Berkeley) where I had candied pecan cumin ice cream. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/13 "2008-07-01T15:17:25Z")
[Salty Caramel!](http://www.jenisicecreams.com) Among others, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/14 "2008-07-01T15:20:33Z")
My SIL the corn freak makes vanilla ice cream with brown sugar and adds creamed corn to it. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/15 "2008-07-01T15:58:54Z")
Is mango key lime sorbet exotic enough? I whir up 4 big ripe mangos in the blender, strain it to get the fibers out, sweeten it with about 1 cup of simple syrup, and add key lime juice to get it tangy. Freeze it up and try not to eat the entire batch in one sitting. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@FlyingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRat)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/16 "2008-07-01T16:01:43Z")
Coconut. A good, simple, but FREAKIN’ AWESOME recipe is: 7 cups coconut milk 1.5-2 cups sugar 1 tsp salt Heat all together until sugar and salt are dissolved, then chill and freeze in the ice-cream maker. For extra Bangkok street vendor flavor, mix in rainbow sprinkles when freezing. Yum! For double plus authenticity, top with sweet corn kernels, cooked sticky rice, or palm seeds (ETA: forgot peanuts!), and serve on a hot dog bun. (This coconut ice cream recipe comes out rather light, but very refreshing. You can also do a creamier coconut ice cream by doing the full custard thing with eggs, cream, etc. but substituting coconut milk/cream for half of the dairy requirements.) This is also good topped with a chocolate-ginger ganache. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/17 "2008-07-01T17:26:41Z")
Ok, the OP absolutely has to list the recipe for the Wasabi/Chocolate ice cream. There’s a local chocolate shop that has chocolate/wasabi truffles. They sound wierd, but are so good. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/18 "2008-07-01T17:39:21Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] Garlic! I once sampled pickle, too. [/QUOTE] Ah, I see you’ve been to the Gilroy Festival as well. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/19 "2008-07-01T17:45:29Z")
When I went to Croatia and Bosnia a few years back, one of the most awesome things was the ice cream. Green apple, Snickers, cola, rum punch, Jaffa cake, kiwifruit, tiramisu… I have no idea how you make any of the above, but there are probably recipes somewhere online. ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842/20 "2008-07-01T17:56:48Z")
[QUOTE=Baker] Ok, the OP absolutely has to list the recipe for the Wasabi/Chocolate ice cream. There’s a local chocolate shop that has chocolate/wasabi truffles. They sound wierd, but are so good. [/QUOTE] 1 cup dark chocolate chips 1-2 tsp wasabi paste (I use S&B prepared wasabi paste. And honestly, I kind of eyeball this. More if I’m feeling saucy and adventurous, less if I want to create an exotic but non-deadly treat for friends) 1/5 tsp fresh ginger (or, if you’re lazy like I often am, prepared ginger paste) 1 cup crushed ginger cookies (I use Trader Joe’s Triple Ginger Snaps) 1 cup sugar 2 cups whipping cream 2 1/2 cups 2% milk 1 tsp salt In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips, wasabi, ginger, and a splash of 2% milk until smooth. Take chocolate mixture and everything else and dump in your ice cream maker. Follow the freezing directions on your ice cream maker and then enjoy. I line the ice cream bowls with more ginger cookies for a pretty presentation. I use this ice cream base for EVERYTHING because it doesn’t require heating on the stove beforehand (I mentioned I was lazy, right?). And **Baker** , is that [Vosges](http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/category/exotic_truffle_collection) Chocolate? Because that’s where I got my inspiration! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-ice-cream-flavors/454842.md?page=2)