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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 44)
9-19-2006 @ 5:44PM
Boutros said...
Wackie Chan sounds awesome. Cannoli sounded pretty darn good, too.
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9-19-2006 @ 5:58PM
Angie said...
Italian Renaissance sounds incredibly yummy. Put me down for a scoop of that!
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9-19-2006 @ 6:55PM
MJ said...
I figure it will be a toss u between wacky and italian R. The one with the ritz crackers??? i dont think so...........
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9-19-2006 @ 7:09PM
Robyn said...
the Italian or Ritz sound good to me. I vote no on Wackie Chan. Maybe it's unfair, but I had a ginger martini this summer that is making me think no on the ginger ice cream.
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9-19-2006 @ 7:37PM
calamari said...
Wacky Chan! Ginger is "in," plus it has the mix-in style that B&J is known for, including the all-important (a) ripples of something smushy and (b) gratuitous covering of something with chocolate. I'd buy it, too.
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9-19-2006 @ 9:42PM
Christina said...
That Italian Renaissance sounds amazing.
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9-20-2006 @ 11:23AM
Miss Tiffie said...
Wackie Chan sounds SO freaking good. I LOVE ginger ice cream and the fortune cookie bits are a good twist to the usual, cookies, graham or brownie bits etc.. etc..
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9-20-2006 @ 11:54AM
Gobo said...
Mojito sounds awesome on paper, but in reality, it'd probably just taste like a sweet lime sherbet... not that there's anything wrong with that. Wackie Chan, on the other hand, sounds fantastic.
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9-20-2006 @ 2:05PM
brandi said...
my vote is mojito or italian rennaisance, sounds yummy
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9-20-2006 @ 2:08PM
Krista said...
I definitely like the sounds of the Italian Renaissance!
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9-20-2006 @ 2:09PM
T42 said...
Mojito brings flavors of the Carribean to us.
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9-20-2006 @ 2:10PM
rosie said...
Wackie Chan it is!! Its sounds DeLiCiOuS!
I cant wait to taste it !
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9-20-2006 @ 2:10PM
Joan Santoli said...
Italian Renaissance and Mojito I would love to try!
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9-20-2006 @ 2:10PM
Chriss said...
Italian Renaissance gets my vote
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9-20-2006 @ 2:10PM
iclover said...
Wackie Chan has my vote. The ginger will give it a little heat which is interesting. Heat with chocolate is very delicious so that sounds like a winner to me. Now if they would only bring back Rainforest Crunch!
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9-20-2006 @ 2:11PM
David D said...
I remember about ten years ago B&J had a flavor in their scoop shops called "Ginger and Fred," which was a ginger-flavored ice cream with chocolate swirl. It was incredible. So I absolutely vote for Wackie Chan.
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9-20-2006 @ 2:11PM
tor said...
my favorite home mix is sprinkling ginger powder over vanilla and adding either coffee or hazlenut creamer or coconut. I love cherries and anything amaretto is awesome. can't they do both?
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9-20-2006 @ 2:13PM
Steve said...
Ginger can be too much for lots of people, the Italian Renaissance sounds GREAT!
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9-20-2006 @ 2:13PM
emily said...
Wacky Chan sounds like a great new flavor...I would buy it!
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9-20-2006 @ 2:13PM
Liz said...
Wackie freakin' Chan!!! I'm almost certain that'll be the new flavor! Everything else is a little over-rated, you know?
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