List of ice cream flavors

Neapolitan ice cream is made of flavors of ice cream, chocolate, vanilla and strawberry side by side in the same container.

This is a list of notable ice cream flavors. Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavors. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners.

Flavors

Name Image Region Type Distinctive ingredients and description
Bacon Savory A modern invention, generally created by adding bacon to egg custard and freezing the mixture[1]
Beer Flavors vary with the type of beer used: a stout beer, for instance can can impart a malty and caramel-like flavor, while the use of pilsner, India pale ale and pale ale can impart flavors of bitterness.[2]
Biscuit Tortoni France Made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons
Black raspberry New England Fruit Black raspberry ice cream often contains chocolate chips, and is especially popular in New England.[3]
Blue moon United States, Upper Midwest Has a bright blue coloring, and is available in the Upper Midwest of the United States
Brown bread Originated in France in the 18th century. Brown bread appears in pieces that are toasted, caramelized, or infused into a liquid, before being strained and removed.[4][5][6]
Butter Brickle United States, Sioux Falls The registered trademark of a toffee ice cream flavoring introduced by the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, in the 1920s.[7] Alternately, it is often prepared and sold as butter vanilla-flavored ice cream with tiny flecks of butter toffee instead of chunks of Heath bar.
Butter pecan Southern United States Smooth vanilla ice cream with a slight buttery flavor, with pecans added.
Caramel
Cherry Fruit Includes variations (e.g. Amaretto cherry, black cherry)[8]
Chocolate
Chocolate chip cookie dough
Coffee
Cookies and cream
Cornish United Kingdom, Cornwall
Crab Japan, Hokkaido Savory A Japanese creation,[9] it is described as having a sweet taste; the island of Hokkaido, Japan, is known for manufacturing it.[10][11]
Garlic Savory Savory in taste, in at least one notable preparation the flavor combines vanilla ice cream and garlic.[12][13]
Grape Fruit
Green tea Japan
Goody Goody Gum Drops New Zealand Unique to New Zealand[14]
Hokey pokey New Zealand Eaten in New Zealand, consisting of plain vanilla ice cream with small, solid lumps of honeycomb toffee
Mint chocolate chip Mint ice cream with small chocolate chips. In some cases the liqueur crème de menthe is used to provide the mint flavor, but in most cases peppermint or spearmint flavoring is used.
Moon mist Atlantic Canada Fruit A blend of grape, banana, and blue raspberry (or sometimes bubblegum) flavors, popular in Atlantic Canada. The flavors are generally blended together to give a mist-like texture.[15][16]
Moose tracks United States, Michigan Ice cream with peanut butter cups and Moose Tracks fudge[17]
Neapolitan Usually vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream together side by side
Oyster Savory [18]
Pistachio
Queso Philippines Savory [19]
Raspberry ripple Fruit Raspberry syrup injected into vanilla ice cream.
Rocky road Chocolate ice cream, nuts, and whole or diced marshmallows, or sometimes replaced with marshmallow creme, a more fluid version. Variations exist.
Rum raisin Fruit [20]
Sili Philippines
Spumoni Italy A molded Italian ice cream made with layers of different colors and flavors, usually containing candied fruits and nuts
Stracciatella Italy, Bergamo
Strawberry United States, Maryland Fruit
Superman Midwestern United States
Teaberry Fruit [21]
Tiger tail Canada A flavor popular in Canada, consisting of orange-flavored ice cream with swirls of black licorice
Tramontana Argentina, Mar del Plata Dark chocolate, white chocolate, dulce de leche and cookies.[22]
Tutti frutti Fruit
Ube Philippines Purple yam – a popular ice cream flavor in the Philippines[23]
Vanilla [24]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Who's to blame for bacon ice cream?". NBC News. May 9, 2008. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ Medrich, A. (2015). Pure Dessert. Artisan. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-57965-685-0. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ Ali, Hanna (September 9, 2023). "A tasty search: What's behind New England's love of black raspberry ice cream". WBUR-FM. Archived from the original on September 25, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  4. ↑ David, Elizabeth (2001). Is There a Nutmeg in the House?. London: Penguin Books. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-140-29290-9.
  5. ↑ Whitley, Andrew (2009) [2006]. Bread Matters: The State of Modern Bread and a Definitive Guide to Baking Your Own. London: 4th Estate. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-00-729849-5.
  6. ↑ Quinzio, Jeri (2009). Of Sugar and Snow: A History of Ice Cream Making. Berkeley, California and London: University of California Press. pp. 26, 33. ISBN 978- 0- 520- 24861- 8.
  7. ↑ "What is Butter Brickle Ice Cream? Everything You Want to Know About the Classic Flavor". braums.com. Braum's. February 5, 2018. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  8. ↑ Ice Cream Review. Miller Publishing Company. 1917. p. 40. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  9. ↑ McCullough, Fran (2003). The Good Fat Cookbook. Simon and Schuster. pp. 120–. ISBN 9780743238588.
  10. ↑ Wilson, Lindsay Cameron (2005). Ice Cream!: Delicious Ice Creams for All Occasions. New Holland Publishers. pp. 6–. ISBN 9781843309796.
  11. ↑ Derbyshire, David (June 11, 2001). "Crab ice cream is simply a matter of taste". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on July 8, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  12. ↑ Froncillo, Andrea (2006). The Stinking Rose Restaurant Cookbook. Ten Speed Press. ISBN 9781580086868.
  13. ↑ Wysocki, Heather M. (2012). Four Seas Ice Cream: Sailing Through the Sweet History of Cape Cod's Favorice Ice Cream Parlor. The History Press. pp. 56–. ISBN 9781609495282.
  14. ↑ McClure, Tess (October 28, 2022). "Iconic New Zealand ice-cream flavour Goody Goody Gum Drops to be removed from shelves". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Island Farms – Moon Mist". SimiSodaPop. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Moon Mist". Atlas Obscura. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  17. ↑ "Moose Tracks Ice Cream". Denali Moose Tracks. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Oysters, Ice Cream All Right". The Milwaukee Journal. September 21, 1934. pp. 9–.
  19. ↑ "Cheese Ice Cream". Ang Sarap (A Tagalog Word for "It's Delicious"). November 2, 2012. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  20. ↑ "We All Scream for Ice Cream! The 32 Best Ice Cream Flavors—Ranked Best to Worst". March 31, 2022. Archived from the original on September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  21. ↑ "It's-Its, Hoodsies and more: Regional ice cream favorites". CBSNews.com. July 20, 2013. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Tramontana, el sabor que conquistó fronteras y tiene su raíz en "Helados Italia"". Infobrisas (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 6, 2026. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  23. ↑ Cordero-Fernando, Gilda (1976). The Culinary Culture of the Philippines. Bancom Audiovision Corporation. p. 47. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  24. ↑ Quinn, T.R. (2012). Old-Fashioned Homemade Ice Cream: With 58 Original Recipes. Dover Publications. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-486-13587-8. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
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