Booger-Flavored Ice Cream: Would You Pick It?

by Nichol Nelson, Posted Jun 17th 2010 @ 4:00PM

There's no delicate way to put it: The newest flavor at The Ice Cream Store in Rehoboth Beach, DE, is flat-out gross. Ready for a double scoop of...Booger? Yes, Booger. And it's everything you might imagine: green, studded with chunks and completely off-putting. Longing for the good old days of Rocky Road yet?

Of course, the shop's owner, Chip Hearn, was banking on the gross-out factor. In a flash of marketing genius, he decided to create the ice cream after tasting a booger-flavored Jelly Belly jelly bean (a part of their 'BeenBoozled' collection that contains other gross-out flavors like Rotten Egg, Moldy Cheese and Barf). "Let's make 'Booger' and let's make it great just to mess with everyone," the ice cream maker recalls telling his staff.

Hearn is no dummy -- kids are big fans of unorthodox flavors. Look at the candy aisle these days and you'll see a wide selection of gummy worms, fake slime, and other stomach-turning offerings (care for a candy scab on a faux band-aid?). So, Hearn told the Associated Press, he thought, "I'm going to make my version of what booger tastes like, and I'm going to make it look good." He added, "I did not pick a bunch of boogers for myself to get some ideas."

Read more about booger ice cream after the jump.

Take away the name and the ice cream actually sounds pretty good. It's a cake-batter base (tinted green, of course) swirled with green-hued caramel and those addictive little Lucky Charms marshmallows that you picked out of the bowl as a kid.

At a recent taste test ranking the shop's best new flavor, Booger came in a close second to "Oooey Gooey," a cake batter ice cream with Oreo, chocolate fudge and caramel. Taster comments? "Tastes better than the real thing," "disgusting look with great taste," and "terrible name, great texture."

This isn't the first time Hearn has rolled out an unusual flavor. Past experiments have included Beer and Chocolate Jack Daniels.

But nothing's generated the kind of buzz that Booger has. In this case, it's easy being green.

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Tags: ice cream, jelly belly

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Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)

6-17-2010 @8:56PM ALEXANDRIA said... SOUNDS REAL GOOD BUT THE NAME SOUNDS SICK
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6-17-2010 @10:46PM Lyn said... A friend of mine and I were 2 out of a gillion people who taste tested for this very fun and family friendly business in our home town - the coolest in the world - Rehoboth Beach, DE. We ate boogers and are proud of it - and it was yum. Lucky Charms marshmallows and all. Stop being poopy people and lighten the heck up! Fun is fun is fun.
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6-17-2010 @11:47PM Wendy said... Bertie Botts Every Flavor Ice Cream.
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6-18-2010 @6:18AM DavidT said... And yet, you're here

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6-18-2010 @3:55AM Geegee Davis said... All of this flavored icecream makes me want to throw up. How perverted can you get?? Yes, perversion is the word... because they went out of their way to try to think up such gross stuff to reproduce in the icecream. This isn't normal and it is so unappetizing. It makes icecream, which is a wonderful positive thing, gross and gut wrenching. Life is hard enough without people trying to make it uglier and more unappealing and disgusting.
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6-18-2010 @3:58AM mickey said... Can I get a double scoop of booger in a cup?
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6-18-2010 @6:20AM David said... Sry that was meant for Wes.
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6-18-2010 @12:52PM WoodsideFarm said... Booger and many other unique and wonderful flavors are made by the hardworking people at The Woodside Farm Creamery in Hockessin Delaware. It's a beautiful little dairy farm that serves the best ice cream around. Please stop in if you happen to be in the area, or visit our website http://woodsidefarmcreamery.com/
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6-18-2010 @8:11AM piggy peggy said... All I can do is laugh at that!
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6-18-2010 @11:01AM bellagrlxitalia@aol.com said... kids prolly like it but even as a kid i wouldnt.. boys prolly do.. maybe thats why they are so warped by the time they grow up lol so whats the mans version? butthole crust?lol

the name is gross enough to make me not order it.. but the ingredients sound good
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6-19-2010 @11:44AM The Bitchy Waiter said... I am going to Rehoboth for two weeks to do a show (The Fantasticks, if anyone wants to come see it!) and I will be trying this ice cream. Love the site. Thanks!
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