# Why don't they make apple ice cream? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 27, 1999, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066 "1999-11-27T21:36:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/1 "1999-11-28T06:15:00Z")
My son Nick wants to know. ---
**Author:** ![Mac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/2 "1999-11-28T06:23:00Z")
hmpf, urk, gag, choke…no way am I going to eat apple favored ice cream eeuuuch! Ok wait a minute I think I said the same thing about sushi. Have to drag out the ice-cream maker this weekend, will be back with details later. * * * I’ve always found it easier to get forgiveness rather than permission. MAC ---
**Author:** ![LemonGrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@LemonGrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LemonGrl)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/3 "1999-11-28T06:23:00Z")
well, nick, apple ice cream just doesn’t sound very appetizing. just imagine apple juice over your vanilla ice cream. first of all, apple is usually paired up with cinnamon, and when i think of apple cinnamon anything, i think of warm stuff, like pie or freshly baked cookies. i think if you mix it with ice cream, it loses its essence. * * * “I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe.” ---
**Author:** ![dlv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dlv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dlv)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/4 "1999-11-28T06:52:00Z")
Tell your kid that apples (or apple flavorings) make the milk go sour. However you can find apple gelato (Italian ice), non-dairy sorbet, etc. (There’s lemon gelato, but no lemon ice cream for the same reason.) ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/5 "1999-11-27T21:36:00Z")
Just get apple pie and put ice cream on top. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/6 "1999-11-27T21:47:00Z")
## “Just get apple pie and put ice cream on top” —sunbear Close, sunbear. Baskin-Robbins has (had?) an apple pie ice cream. Vanilla with apple pie mixed in, crust and all. Not all that bad, actually. Little Nicky would probably like it. My kids did. Peace, mangeorge * * * Work like you don’t need the money… Love like you’ve never been hurt… Dance like nobody’s watching! …(Paraphrased) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/7 "1999-11-27T21:49:00Z")
Well, for my part, if it isn’t Blue Bell and it doesn’t have chocolate in it, then I probably won’t eat it. But, to paraphrase an old wine commercial, if you put Blue Bell Rocky Road ice cream on an apple, it doesn’t hurt the ice cream much and it does the apple a world of good. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/8 "1999-11-27T23:01:00Z")
I ate some appleish ice cream recently from Raleys, I think it was or Ralphs. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/9 "1999-11-27T23:19:00Z")
If I ate apple ice cream I guess I Would “ralph”! ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/10 "1999-11-27T23:58:00Z")
An ice cream stand here in Columbus makes some great ice cream flavors - chocolate w/ chili pepper, burnt sugar, French buttercream, to name a few. ---
**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/11 "1999-11-28T00:57:00Z")
Of course, if they had MacIntosh apple flavor, they’d also have to have PC flavor, wouldn’t they? Not sure how that all works, but Apple got all those iMacs into those different flavors, right? Ray (Would you settle for prune?) ---
**Author:** ![ellis555](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e36b37/32.png) [@ellis555](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ellis555)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/12 "1999-11-28T04:16:00Z")
ben and jerry’s makes a apple pie flavor, though i’ve only seen it available at the factory. pretty good, too. -ellis ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/13 "1999-11-28T04:19:00Z")
You know, I started to say that I thought I had seen a Ben & Jerry’s flavor, or at least heard of it, that had apples in it. (except that the only name I could come up with was Tom & Jerry’s) ---
**Author:** ![dlv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dlv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dlv)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/14 "1999-11-28T04:53:00Z")
The chain called _Piu Bello_ (I know 2 NYC locations; I assume there are more) has several dozen (reasonable) ice cream flavors I can’t recall seing elsewhere, like tiramisu, watermelon, mango, white chocolate, pear, kiwi… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/15 "1999-11-28T06:22:00Z")
Ben & Jerry’s Honey Apple Raisin Walnut Ice Cream 1/3 cup raisins 1 cup water 2 large eggs 1/2 cup light honey 2 cups heavy or whipping cream 1 cup milk 1/4 cup apple cider jelly 1/3 cup coarsely chopped walnuts Soak the raisins in the water overnight in your refridgerator. Whisk the eggs until light and fluffy (1 - 2 mins). Whisk in the honey, then whisk in the cream and milk. Mix 1/2 cup of the cream mix in with the jelly in a seperate bowl. When they are mixed smooth add it back into the rest of the cream mix. Pour into an ice cream maker and freeze per the instructions. Drain the raisins. When the ice cream is almost done, add in the raisins and walnuts. Finish freezing the ice cream. Makes one quart. B&J use jelly from the Cold Hollow Cider Mill in Waterbury, Vt. From _Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book_ ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/16 "1999-11-28T06:42:00Z")
## ben and jerry’s makes a apple pie flavor, though i’ve only seen it available at the factory. pretty good, too. —ellis You’ve been to the **FACTORY**? Nirvana! One of my dreams is to fly back there (In the summer 🙂 ) for a week or so and pig out on ice cream. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/17 "1999-11-28T07:02:00Z")
I’d just like to second that they have apple gelato…I ordered it and then looked in my Italian dictionary to find that I had ordered apple…so just jet the kid over to Florence… ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/18 "1999-11-28T21:06:00Z")
Hey Nickrz: You can tell your quasi homonym that I find his idea way cool, indiscriminate palates _supra_ notwithstanding (You know who you are…). Mangeorge: Perhaps the 2000 SD symposium could be held at Ben and Jerry’s Factory, or close by :). ---
**Author:** ![BugZap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@BugZap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BugZap)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/19 "1999-11-28T23:16:00Z")
They do. But it’s probably a seasonal thing. Edy’s (Grand), brand, outa Ft. Wayne, (but not the companies home office) made one recently. See if they have a distributor for the Chicago area. Apple Pie it was called, and good too. About $4.99 a half gallon. Basically vanilla, with apple bits. ---
**Author:** ![Mac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 1999, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066/20 "1999-11-29T11:48:00Z")
## Ok couldn’t find the dasher (plastic paddle inside the drum) for my ice-cream maker in the shed. But tried this instead -Vanilla ice cream with Carmel/apple topping. Not bad, took the regular topping you can buy at the store and artificial apple flavoring. [ul][li]put Carmel in a bowl[/li][li]mix in one tsp artificial apple flavoring[/li][li]heat in microwave 1 minute stir[/li][li]pour over vanilla ice cream[/ul][/li] I’ve always found it easier to get forgiveness rather than permission. MAC [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-apple-ice-cream/5066.md?page=2)