# Why don't they have X in Y flavor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 17, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056 "2008-11-17T00:23:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/41 "2008-11-20T20:12:22Z")
Would lobster or clam-flavored ice cream have a market?šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/42 "2008-11-20T20:27:57Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Why donā€™t they have sensitive toothpaste in any flavor other than mint? ā˜¹ Crest Pro-Health has a cinnamon flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/43 "2008-11-21T00:24:45Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Combos had a pepperoni pizza flavor a long time ago. Man, are those things still around? Disgusting, but my Jr. High tastebuds were all aquiver! Yeah, I still see them in convenience stores, at least in the northeastern USA. I got some just this past weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/44 "2008-11-21T07:18:32Z")
I think there was a thread here awhile back about grape ice cream and the answer seemed to be grape and grape juice were rather neutral flavours. Indeed you can see grape juice as a sweetner in many juices like peach juice and pear juice. So to make grape flavoured ice cream youā€™d have to use artificial flavour to get the grape taste people would want. If you go online you can often find offbeat products. Companies constantly test different products but there also is the concept of too much. Studies show when consumers have too many choices they get frustrated and may buy other things. In othere words if you have 6 kinds of potato chips itā€™s fine, but if you add two or three more kinds consumers get frustrated and will choose pretzels or cheetos or nuts or some other kind of snack. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/45 "2008-11-21T12:58:37Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Necco Wafers still include a clove flavor. (I always thought it was some horrible version of grape, since the wafer is purple.) I donā€™t know how that compares to the Lifesavers version thoughā€¦ So THATā€™S what that is supposed to be. I thought it was supposed to be a off-beat licorise (sp? Lickorish _L_) ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/46 "2008-11-21T13:42:52Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Not that long ago, I was musing on how good pancakes and syrup ice cream would be. It makes sense ā€“ mushed-up pancakes in vanilla ice cream with a maple syrup ribbon. > > Robin Oh my God! That would be amazing! The one I have never understood is why no chocolate yogurt? People like chocolate _frozen_ yogurt, and vanilla yogurt is everywhere, so why no chocolate? I vaguely remember it being around briefly years ago, and loving it, but aside from various short-lived ā€œdessertā€ yogurts like black forest, or fruit flavoured yogurt with chocolate shavings in it, no plain chocolate yogurt. And I want some!! ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/47 "2008-11-21T13:57:35Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Iā€™m not Jelymag, but I love the popcorn flavor. And the black pepper flavor! > > Lard Dum-Dums are pretty unappealing, I have to admit. Mrs. Chef thinks the popcorn Jelly Bellies are Satanā€™s boogers. She ate one by accident not long ago and I seriously thought she was going to sprint to the bathroom and barf. I can take 'em or leave 'em. Now, the black pepper onesā€¦ om nom NOM, baby. If there was a way to get a big bag of just that flavor, I would be all over it. Iā€™ve checked the website and it doesnā€™t look like theyā€™re available that way, though. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/48 "2008-11-21T13:59:23Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > Crest Pro-Health has a cinnamon flavor. Their Whitening Expressions line used to have a lemon flavor that I LOVED. Of course, they discontinued it. Chef Jr. uses the vanilla mint flavor, which tastes like cupcake frosting to me. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/49 "2008-11-21T14:00:25Z")
> [@Elret](#): > > Oh my God! That would be amazing! > > The one I have never understood is why no chocolate yogurt? People like chocolate _frozen_ yogurt, and vanilla yogurt is everywhere, so why no chocolate? I vaguely remember it being around briefly years ago, and loving it, but aside from various short-lived ā€œdessertā€ yogurts like black forest, or fruit flavoured yogurt with chocolate shavings in it, no plain chocolate yogurt. And I want some!! What about getting some vanilla yogurt and putting some chocolate syrup in it? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/50 "2008-11-21T14:27:54Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > I can take 'em or leave 'em. Now, the black pepper onesā€¦ om nom NOM, baby. Exactly! I think the only time I had them was when my husband decided to try the Bertie Botts packages. ---
**Author:** ![vintageloveletter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@vintageloveletter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vintageloveletter)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/51 "2008-11-21T16:54:36Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > You can get chicken flavored crackers when you buy Chicken in a Biscuit. Why canā€™t you buy chicken flavored popcorn? Why not use chicken salt on the popcorn? Maybe not chickeny enough. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/52 "2008-11-21T16:59:43Z")
> [@Elret](#): > > Oh my God! That would be amazing! > > The one I have never understood is why no chocolate yogurt? People like chocolate _frozen_ yogurt, and vanilla yogurt is everywhere, so why no chocolate? I vaguely remember it being around briefly years ago, and loving it, but aside from various short-lived ā€œdessertā€ yogurts like black forest, or fruit flavoured yogurt with chocolate shavings in it, no plain chocolate yogurt. And I want some!! We can buy a whipped yogurt at Schnucks thatā€™s chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/53 "2008-11-21T22:28:15Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Theyā€™ve always tasted like very sweet popcorn to meā€¦like not-quite-right kettle corn. I donā€™t remember any excessive butteriness. Iā€™ve never tasted a buttered popcorn lollipop ā€“ Iā€™m guessing the butter flavor clings to/coats your mouth? Yes, the butter flavor was so immediately overwhelming that I _felt_ like my mouth _should_ be greasy, but I was also getting the sugar of the candy, so it was pretty bad to me. Maybe if I could have hung in there past the butter flavor I would have tasted sweet popcorn (I love caramel popcorn actually) then it might have been okay. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/54 "2008-11-27T06:56:22Z")
> [@Elret](#): > > Oh my God! That would be amazing! > > The one I have never understood is why no chocolate yogurt? People like chocolate _frozen_ yogurt, and vanilla yogurt is everywhere, so why no chocolate? I vaguely remember it being around briefly years ago, and loving it, but aside from various short-lived ā€œdessertā€ yogurts like black forest, or fruit flavoured yogurt with chocolate shavings in it, no plain chocolate yogurt. And I want some!! [Brown Cow](http://www.browncowfarm.com/OurYogurts/NonFat.cfm) makes a yogurt with chocolate on the bottom. Itā€™s quite good. I think Stonyfield Farms has a version too. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056/55 "2008-11-27T07:14:20Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Not that long ago, I was musing on how good pancakes and syrup ice cream would be. It makes sense ā€“ mushed-up pancakes in vanilla ice cream with a maple syrup ribbon. > > Robin A friend of mine makes Bacon ice cream along these lines, vanilla as a base with maple syrup and small bits of crunchy bacon, its good stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-have-x-in-y-flavor/473056.md?page=2)