Ben & Jerry’s is celebrating Vermont’s legalization of same-sex marriage by changing its “Chubby Hubby” flavor to “Hubby Hubby.” Not that I need an excuse to eat more ice cream.
Wow. This is the first time an ice cream flavor has made me cry: Chubby Hubby was the favorite substance of an ex boyfriend of mine, who died a few years ago. I’ma go get some in his memory.
Interesting choice of salty wiener looking pieces packed with fudge. I was actually looking at the TVtropes page about unfortunate implications when I heard about this.
“Hubby Hubby” also sounds suspiciously like the title of an ABBA song 
That ice cream flavor is so gay! Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Is it available in stores yet? Wonder if it will show up everywhere and if Phred Felps head has exploded yet.
Hubby Hubby how you thrill me, aha, Hubby Hubby
Though the religious nuts want to kill me, aha, Hubby Hubby.
Since it’s God that made us this way,
There’s nothing wrong with being gay.
And now I can marry you, it’s what we’re going to do.
ETA: And kudos to Ben & Jerry. I think this is the first non-sexual item to celebrate being gay.
I’m hoping for “Lesbian Lesbian Lemon Lemon” to follow soon.
Never having eaten Chubby Hubby, I’m not clear: Is this a new flavor, or have they renamed the old flavor? Is it available only in Vermont?
Chubby Hubby is a classic Ben & Jerry’s flavor that’s been available all over for years: "Fudge Covered Peanut Butter Filled Pretzels in Vanilla Malt Ice Cream Rippled with Fudge & Peanut Butter.
They’ve just renamed it
Chubby Hubby has been available in pints in grocery freezer sections for years. It was supposedly concocted as a practical joke by people who have nothing to do with Ben or Jerry but the joke backfired.
I don’t need an excuse to eat ice cream at all, but I am really excited to buy some Hubby Hubby.
Big up to Ben & Jerry’s for doing this.
Last night, Conan commented on this on the Tonight Show. He said that Hubby Hubby is just like Chubby Hubby – except it has more nuts.
We should take up a collection and send him a case.
This would be a serious suggestion if we could arrange to have cameras on hand for delivery.
I had no idea Ben and Jerry’s was so progressive. And fudge-covered pretzels filled with peanut butter sounds ridiculously good. Almost makes me want to blow my nutrition plan and become a regular customer.
I broke down today and bought a pint of the peanut butter cup flavor; not being in Vermont I couldn’t get the Hubby Hubby. But I think it’s awesome that they did this and have no problem throwing a few dollars their way.
I can’t buy it often or I’d weigh 300 pounds, of course. But dessert tonight will be yummy.
They’re actually renowned for being progressive, and Chubby Hubby is ridiculously good, especially if you like peanut butter and like sweet, salty and crunchy things mixed together - and who doesn’t?
I remember when they announced that VT had gay marriage, on Jon Stewart they had a joke that Ben and Jerry’s was coming out with a flavor called Chubby Hubby
I went through a ton of that flavour in college. You can’t seem to buy it here now though. Which is probably a good thing. I’d be the size of a house if it was still available.
“Chubby Hubbies” was the joke, actually.
This thread is seriously making me crave ice cream. I’m gonna get a pint of B&J as soon as I get back to America on Saturday. (wooooo I’m going to Amerrrricaaaaa! Gonna get me some progressive ice cream!)
We also need to search out sites where fundies are calling for boycotts and post in comments that we’ll be buying two pints in their honor.
ETA: Here’s one. No comments section though dangit.