The 15 Weirdest Ice Cream Flavors You Can Eat
Updated: Jan. 06, 2020Creative geniuses across the country keep inventing odd ice cream flavor combinations to tempt (or shock) our taste buds.
Flavor: Cold Sweat
Where to get it: Sunni Sky’s Homemade Ice Cream, Angier, North Carolina
What’s in it: Ice cream base, hot sauces, and pequín, habanero, and Thai chili peppers (store owners ask you to sign a waiver before you eat this!) Check out how to make ice cream without an ice cream maker.
Flavor: Akutaq
Where to get it: Throughout Alaska
What’s in it: Whipped animal fat, berries, sugar, and boiled fish. Maybe this doesn’t sound so appetizing, but ice cream is a wonderful thing; here’s the difference between our traditional treat and gelato.
Flavor: Lobster
Where to get it: Ben & Bill’s Chocolate Emporium, Bar Harbor, Maine
What’s in it: Butter-flavored ice cream with lobster chunks. Don’t miss these 20 outrageous homemade ice cream sandwich recipes.
Flavor: Guinness
Where to get it: Amy’s Ice Creams, Austin, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas
What’s in it: Amy’s sweet-cream mix with Guinness beer
Flavor: Mexican Chocolate
Where to get it: Cafe Pasqual’s, Santa Fe, New Mexico
What’s in it: Chocolate ice cream, Kahlúa, chile pequín flakes, cinnamon, almonds, and instant coffee
Flavor: Bangkok Peanut
Where to get it: Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee, Chicago, Illinois and six other cities in the United States.
What’s in it: Roasted peanut butter and wildflower honey ice cream, toasted fresh-ground coconut, and cayenne pepper. Jeni witnessed several merchants at the North Market in Columbus, Ohio arguing over who had the best pad Thai, inspiring her to make this pad Thai ice cream flavor. Don’t miss these 10 fascinating ice cream traditions from around the world.
Flavor: Movie Night 2
Where to get it: Ice & Vice, New York, New York
What’s in it: Buttered popcorn, malted chocolate, raisin caramel
Flavor: Everything Bagel
Where to get it: Little Baby’s Ice Cream, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, and Baltimore, Maryland
What’s in it: Everything bagels soaked in ice cream, further flavored with pieces of everything bagels, dried onion pieces, garlic powder, onion powder, kosher salt, sesame seeds, and poppy seeds
Flavor: Tutti Frutti
Where to get it: Leopold’s Ice Cream, Savannah, Georgia
What’s in it: Rum ice cream with candied fruit and fresh roasted Georgia pecans
Flavor: Balsamic Fig & Mascarpone
Where to get it: COOLHAUS Awesome Ice Cream, Culver City and Pasadena, California, and Dallas, Texas
What’s in it: Creamy mascarpone-based ice cream with balsamic glazed California figs and a balsamic swirl.
Flavor: Old Bay Caramel
Where to get it: The Charmery, Baltimore, Maryland
What’s in it: A hand-crafted caramel base with a generous sprinkle of Old Bay seasoning. Next, don’t miss the best ice cream shops in each state.
