The Craziest Ice Cream Flavors You Can Buy Right Now
Traditional vanilla is always a hit, but this year's craziest new ice cream flavors include bold bursts of popcorn, loquats, cheesecake, and even surprisingly-delicious zucchini.
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Stranger flavors abound at Baskin Robbins
Breakfast, but make it dessert-worthy
One of the biggest trends in ice cream right now is the crossover of real meals in dessert-worthy pints. Expect to see waffles, pancakes, cereal, and other traditional most-important-meal-of-the-day flavors making their way into scoopable pints, like this Humphrey Slocombe Complete Breakfast 4-Pack. It comes with two pints each of Blue Bottle Vietnamese Coffee and Secret Breakfast, a delicious blend of cornflake cookies and bourbon, so it's all but a guaranteed good time. Check out these fascinating ice cream traditions from around the world, too.
Mythical creatures make for wild flavors
If you're onboard the everything-unicorns food trend and are over 21, good news—Tipsy Scoop Unicorn Amaretto Toffee Ice Cream Topping is prepared with actual amaretto and is completely delicious on its own or a truly magical accessory for typical store-bought vanilla.
This is a bright idea
"Expect 2019 to be the year of Instagrammable flavors," explains Mark Becker, co-founder of Max & Mina's, a local artisanal ice cream maker in New York City. "In the past, we saw a lot of interesting flavor combinations that didn't really have much visual appeal, but with everything being about social media uploads now, bright colors are one of the biggest trends. Expect happy-looking citrus flavors and lots of bright toppings to fill store freezers." Halo Top Creamery's high-protein, lower-calorie Lemon Cake flavor is sure to be a hit.
Spice up your life
"Cardamom pistachio is actually our most popular unusual flavor right now," shares Becker, who sells Max & Mina's to the nation's top confectioners like Dylan's Candy Bar and Bloomingdales. "A customer requested it once. We quickly realized cardamom plays so nicely against sweetness, and pistachios offer a rich, nutty texture that balances it all perfectly." More into ice cream sandwiches? These are the best ice cream sandwiches, according to a taste test.
Your two favorite desserts had a baby
Ice cream and cheesecake just got married and created these adorably delicious Blue Bunny Strawberry Cheesecake Bunny Snacks, only they're lower in fat than you'd expect and topped with strawberry sauce and graham crunch. Did we mention they're single-serving size, too?
If stir fry tasted like ice cream
Are you sitting down right now? This flavor looks and tastes like classic vanilla, but it's actually packed with real zucchini for fiber, nutrients, and the ability to trick finicky eaters into having actual vegetables. The hidden zucchini in Peekaboo Vanilla With Hidden Zucchini delivers vitamins and minerals including vitamin A, C, calcium, phosphorous, and more without anyone even catching on.
A vegan bouquet for your mouth
A pint of Noona's Dairy-Free Rose Ginger Ice Cream is a tongue-tingling burst of floral romance for your tongue. While dairy-free and vegan flavors aren't necessarily crazy, combining those elements with unusual flavors like rose and ginger certainly is conversation-worthy. All of these fun ice cream flavors should be easy to find these days, but here's why you'll never find grape ice cream.
Pumpkin spice, but extra nice
If Thanksgiving flavors are your favorite, you'll be excited about Nye's Cream Sandwiches in Pumpkin Cranberry Spice flavor being on the market and ready for your ongoing gratitude. Think of this flavor as a surprisingly perfect combination of your favorite PSL foods and sweet cranberry sauce flavors.