Ben & Jerry's has just announced the top five finalists in their Do Us A Flavor contest and is now going to set about narrowing down the field to one winner. All totaled, there were about 40,000 entries in the contest - a remarkable number considering that the contest was only advertised online - including the Cannoli flavor that we saw here. The finalists will have to make up their flavors for the judges in October, just as the Haagen-Dazs finalists had to when they competed to design a new flavor. The judging will be done by "the company's flavor gurus" and the final flavors are:
- ApricotAbra - a mix of vanilla and apricot preserves
- Wackie Chan - Sweet cream and ginger-flavored ice cream, with chocolate-covered fortune cookie bits and fudge swirl
- Italian Renaissance - Amaretto ice cream, cherry chunks and sliced almonds
- Mojito - Lime-based sherbet with mint, brown sugar and rum
- Puttin' on a Ritz - Vanilla ice cream, caramel and Ritz crackers
Wackie Chan really seems to fit in with a lot of the company's other flavors, not to mention that the name is reminiscent of other famous-figure flavors, like Cherry Garcia. Mojito seems like it would be a refreshing contrast to some of the other flavors and the Ritz combination sounds like it sprang from someone's idea of comfort food. Which flavor do you think will make it into the stores?
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