# Peppermint or Spearmint?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peppermint-or-spearmint/971759>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [September 18, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peppermint-or-spearmint/971759 "2022-09-18T16:29:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peppermint-or-spearmint/971759/61 "2022-09-19T22:28:26Z")

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I’ve had decent spearmint ice-cream. It was good, but I prefer peppermint ice cream.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peppermint-or-spearmint/971759/62 "2022-09-19T23:36:20Z")

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Baskin Robbins has an incredibly good peppermint stick ice cream.

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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peppermint-or-spearmint/971759/63 "2022-09-20T23:21:58Z")

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For gum, my ultimate choice is wintergreen, spearmint next, then peppermint. For ice cream, chocolate mint, of course, but peppermint will do.

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