# Ice cream flavors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908 "2012-08-18T22:00:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/81 "2012-08-20T22:01:53Z")
You have mint, but not mint chocolate chip? 😕 It’s a tough call between that and chunky monkey but you made it easy by not having either so I could select “other.” Also: Maple Walnut. What the hell kind of list is this anyway? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/82 "2012-08-20T22:06:46Z")
I’ll always go for Maple Walnut but it seems to hardly ever be available at the local B&R. Maybe it’s a Canadian thing (i.e. we like our maple up here). Of course, Pralines and Cream is a fine alternative. ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/83 "2012-08-20T23:16:36Z")
Ice cream with peanut butter in it, including peanut butter cups, peanut butter swirl, peanut butter and chocolate, Moose Tracks, etc (I tend to eat the ice cream first, saving the peanut butter parts/pieces for last). Cookie dough is a second (again, eating the pieces last), followed by coffee, usually with chocolate syrup added; I also have this way of mixing the ice cream up (when it doesn’t have any pieces in it, like coffee) so it resembles soft-serve. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/84 "2012-08-20T23:39:40Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Black Walnut is my favorite. Wasn’t on the poll. Strawberry is my second favorite. Thats what I voted for. > > Black Walnut can be tough to find. I usually find it maybe once every ten times I look. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen black walnut ice cream. Looking online, it appears Haagen-Dazs has it as one of its flavors. I’ll have to keep an eye out next time I’m at the grocery. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/85 "2012-08-21T01:22:00Z")
I voted “coffee/mocha,” but mint chocolate chip is really my all-time fave. ---
**Author:** ![Bass\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@Bass\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bass_Chick)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/86 "2012-08-22T15:21:14Z")
Question: Why does “chocolate” ice cream not taste like chocolate? 😕 If you pour chocolate sauce on top of vanilla ice cream and mix it together it tastes like chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/87 "2012-08-22T16:09:06Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever even seen black walnut ice cream. Looking online, it appears Haagen-Dazs has it as one of its flavors. I’ll have to keep an eye out next time I’m at the grocery. Black Walnut is one of Blue Bell’s rotational flavors & is quite delicious. [http://bluebell.com/what\_were\_crankin\_out/our\_ice\_cream.html](http://bluebell.com/what_were_crankin_out/our_ice_cream.html) But you can’t get Blue Bell everywhere. Their Mint Chocolate Chip might be my favorite but I picked “coffee/mocha” because it’s not as common. It’s hard to go wrong with ice cream. Now thinking about lunch at that Italian place in the neighborhood where they make their own gelato… ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/88 "2012-08-22T16:35:27Z")
I’m with **Johanna** ; I like whatever’s got cherries in it. Bing cherries, cherry vanilla, cherry chocolate chip. I don’t think anybody’s mentioned White House ice cream yet. When properly made in a premium version, there’s nothing better. (For the uninitiated, it’s vanilla with Maraschino cherries.) ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/89 "2012-08-22T23:18:55Z")
Cookie dough. BRUSTERS chocolate-chip cookie dough, in a waffle cone. If I had to pick only one food for the rest of my life, I think that would be it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/90 "2012-08-23T01:04:10Z")
I usually go for some fancy but chocolate-based flavor like rocky road or tin roof or bear claws or fudge brownie or… But I can go for any of those, and since the poll only allowed one option, I chose “chocolate” as the common thread. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/91 "2012-08-24T00:03:31Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > I had never even heard of Superman ice cream until just now. It does not look like Superman. It looks like an LSD trip with the primary colors all swirling together and combining into secondary and perhaps even tertiary colors. More like Donovan’s psychedelic song “Sunshine Superman.” It does look like Superman, in that it’s red, blue, and yellow, the three colors of his costume. Anyway, it’s a midwest thing, which is why you may not have heard of it. But they always have it at ice cream parlors around here (sometimes renamed to something like superhero, but no one asks for it that way). ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/92 "2012-08-24T01:57:20Z")
Mackinac Island Fudge - Its creamy vanilla with caramel swirls and generous chunks of fudge. Made by Hansen’s in the Green Bay, WI area. Yummm Yummm Yummmmmy!!! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/93 "2012-08-24T02:44:54Z")
All of the above flavors (that I’ve heard of) get a “yes”. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/94 "2012-08-24T05:18:52Z")
You forgot Ben and Jerry’s Creme Brulee. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/95 "2012-08-24T06:55:44Z")
Bell Bell is my favorite brand. All their flavors are really good. Black Walnut is always a treat. > [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Black Walnut is one of Blue Bell’s rotational flavors & is quite delicious. [http://bluebell.com/what\_were\_crankin\_out/our\_ice\_cream.html](http://bluebell.com/what_were_crankin_out/our_ice_cream.html) But you can’t get Blue Bell everywhere. Their Mint Chocolate Chip might be my favorite but I picked “coffee/mocha” because it’s not as common. > > It’s hard to go wrong with ice cream. Now thinking about lunch at that Italian place in the neighborhood where they make their own gelato… ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/96 "2012-08-24T15:53:44Z")
I’m not really an ice cream eater. I think the last time I had some it was Cookie Dough. I remember a place near my college that had great Butter Pecan (a long time ago.) Black Raspberry was a favorite at one time. I can’t recall when I last had any ice cream though. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/97 "2012-08-24T16:24:44Z")
Haagen Dazs: Black Raspberry Chip; Black Walnut; Fleur de Sel Caramel; Pomegranate Chip; Cinnamon Dulce de Leche; Pralines & Cream; Bailey’s Irish Cream Ben & Jerry’s: Pumpkin Cheesecake; Karamel Sutra; Vermonty Python; Cherry Garcia; Imagine Whirled Peace; Turtle Soup; Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch Other: Lobster Tracks (Gifford’s); Coffee (almost anyone) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/98 "2012-08-24T16:33:53Z")
I see “vegan” is in the poll, but that isn’t really a flavor, now, is it? Vegan ice cream comes in different flavors too, you know, the same kinds as regular ice cream (and it can be super-delicious). Unless you mean ice cream that tastes like actual vegans, which sounds… disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/99 "2012-08-24T17:46:45Z")
I voted “other.” Over 35 years ago, in the PacNW, I first tasted banana split ice cream. Instant love. We moved from there, and I have been searching, searching, searching ever since. I love ice cream, and there are certainly many, MANY flavors that make me swoon with pleasure…but in the back of my mind, the wisp of a memory always dwells. Ben & Jerry’s, the ice cream gods, have finally produced a banana split flavor. And it is really GOOD. But it still is not QUITE the banana split of my dreams. The first banana split ice cream I tried was the best: it was a yellow banana-flavored ice cream, with ripples of fudge, chopped maraschino cherries and chopped walnuts. The second time I tried it (again, in the PacNW), it was a three-stripe Neapolitan type: banana, chocolate, and strawberry. Hello, Ben & Jerry’s? Pretty PLEASE, re-create the ice cream of my dreams! In the meantime, I really won’t mind “suffering” with moose tracks, tin roof, Cherry Garcia, apple pie a la mode, fresh peach, or any of the other thousands of outstanding ice creams. But oh, that banana split… ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908/100 "2012-08-24T17:51:40Z")
Only seven (other) votes for rocky road?? I don’t know what’s wrong with you people. Like many others in this thread, ice cream is its own food group for me: I love mint, strawberry, chocolate, mint chocolate chip, coffee, banana, vanilla, etc. Lately, I’ve been on an ice cream sandwich kick. When it comes to Ben & Jerry’s flavors, Chocolate Fudge Brownie is the no-brainer…but if I get it at the grocery store, I usually also grab a pint of Häagen-Dazs rocky road from the shelf just below it. 🙂 I seem to recall, sometime in the late '70s/early '80s, [Friendly’s](http://www.friendlys.com/) (in the Baltimore area) selling a rocky road ice cream that contained peanuts instead of almonds: does anyone else remember that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-flavors/631908.md?page=6)