20 Strange Ice Cream Flavors: Part 2

Today’s post concludes the 20 strangest ice cream flavors I ever heard of!

Honey Jalapeño Pickle

Pickle-lovers and pregnant people everywhere can rejoice because Sweet Action Ice Cream in Denver, Colorado, made the flavor mash-up just for you. In collaboration with The Real Dill pickle company based out of Denver, the brands made a Honey Jalapeño Pickle ice cream loaded with honey, jalapeño peppers, and pickles. It’s sweet, savory, and spicy all in one. As was made abundantly clear by the anchors at local news station 9NEWS who tried the flavor, this ice cream is not for the faint of heart.

What’s more, it might leave you with some acid reflux after you eat it, but if you’re into spicy and salty, it’s totally worth it. Pickle ice cream might not sound great, but these two brands clearly are experts in both their respective cuisines. If you were going to try them out together, it only seems fitting that it would be this thoughtfully-crafted sundae rather than trying to create your own version at home.

Garlic

Garlic is one of those ingredients that makes everything taste better, but loves to linger on your breath or your fingers if you chop up a bunch of it. The stinky ingredient is a staple at The Stinking Rose, a restaurant in San Francisco known for making everything with garlic. The brand’s motto is that they “season their garlic with food,” which translates to their dessert offerings. The star of the final course is Gilroy’s Famous Garlic Ice Cream topped with chocolate sauce, their nod to the garlic capital of the world, Gilroy, California.

It is another flavor that will almost certainly leave you with savory stinky breath after, but it’s also another shockingly delicious combination that you might have not expected. It doesn’t feature an overpowering amount of garlic, but it is enough in the mix so that the taste is present throughout. Garlic lovers must put the restaurant on their bucket list and it’d be a shame to make the trip and not try this one-of-a-kind frozen treat. “Stay away if you have a child’s taste buds,” one customer joked in a Yelp review about the frozen treat.

Flamin’ Hot Cheetos

Loblolly Creamery in Little Rock, Arkansas, took one of the internet’s favorite snack foods and turned it into ice cream. To create Flamin’ Hot Cheetos ice cream, Loblolly takes their sweet cream base and mixes in Flamin’ Hot Cheeto powder for that signature kick. The brand even whipped up some Hot Cheetos cones and sprinkles to make this treat even more Instagram-worthy. it’s not always on the menu so it’s a must-order whenever the brand decides to whip up a batch. (Many of Loblolly Creamery’s other flavors — like Strawberry Buttermilk or Little Rocket Pop Sorbet — are solid options as well if Cheetos aren’t your thing.) Luckily, it won’t be as hot as the Cold Sweat flavor, but it still has quite the kick for a treat that’s typically supposed to cool you down. Next time, maybe the brand will try to add a kick of acid by making a flavor based on Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Limon if they’re feeling wild.

Oyster

Namjatown is a destination in Tokyo for foodies and beyond. It’s an indoor theme park that’s anything but ordinary, and the largest in the entire country of Japan. Alongside some unusual attractions, there are two food-themes areas of the park: Namja Gyoza Stadium, where you can get all sorts of dumplings, and Dessert Alley, which features some of the wildest ice cream flavors known to man, per Go Tokyo. One of the notable flavors is oyster gelato, which uses the mollusk to create a briny, frosty treat.  As SoraNews24 wrote in their review, “While the smell is milder than you might expect, there is still a definite shellfish scent due to the chunks of actual oyster mixed into it.”

It’s interesting to see how the flavor was captured in some seemingly nondescript churned ice cream, so it’s worth the stop if you’re so inclined to see what it tastes like. If not, it’s still fun to walk through the dessert section and look in awe at all of the wacky flavors that you truly won’t find anywhere else.

Crawfish

If you’re based in the U.S. and have a hankering for some seafood-inspired ice cream, Red Circle Ice Cream in Houston might have just what you need. The brand is known for their over-the-top dessert creations including monster milkshakes, bubble waffles, donuts, and churros alongside their ice cream offerings. Sometimes, for a limited time only, Red Circle likes to serve up a real Southern treat: crawfish ice cream. This isn’t just regular old ice cream with a crawfish on top for dramatic effect. The flavor of the little crustacean is present throughout the cone. It’s bursting with flavors of butter, garlic, and cajun spice that’s ubiquitous with eating cajun crawfish, just with a total sugary twist.

It’s worth purchasing just to freak your friends out on social media with pictures of a cone with eyes, but die-hard fans also claim it’s a sleeper hit. Again, it’s not going to be everyone’s bag — and that’s okay. As Nickey Ngo of Red Circle Ice Cream acknowledged when she stopped by local affiliate FOX26 with a pint, the flavor is beyond bold.

Nacho Nacho

If you’ve ever eaten a plate of nachos and though “Wow, I wish I could be experiencing all of these flavors on an ice cream cone,” Rococo Artisan Ice Cream has you covered. The brand’s Nacho Nacho ice cream is everything you love about the appetizer in one. It features tortilla chips, nacho cheese, spicy tomato jam, chopped black olives, and candied jalapeños. The flavor was the result of a nationwide contest submission where a customer was inspired by a meal where they ate nachos at a local Mexican restaurant in Kennebunkport, Maine, and then got dessert at Rococo’s after.

Originally, the flavor was named Luke’s Nachos Grande, as the person who submitted the idea named it after their son. Luckily, if you’re intrigued by this flavor but aren’t in New England, Rococo’s ships pints nationwide for you to enjoy the original flavor wherever you are.

Beef tongue

Namjatown in Tokyo has such strange ice cream flavors that it landed two spots on the list. Sure, the menu (via Appetite for Japan) features more approachable flavors like vanilla and rum raisin. However, the list also features flavors like shark fin noodle ice cream, crab-flavored ice cream, and grilled eggplant. One of the oddest on the list that only the bravest eaters would dare to order is beef tongue ice cream. A scoop is supposed to channel the flavor of not just beef, but the gelatinous tongue cut that isn’t as common in the U.S. as steak or hamburgers. Regardless of the absurdity, a trip to Namjatown should include an order of some of the most ridiculous scoops on the menu. Whether or not that includes the beef tongue flavor or something more simple like orange sherbet is totally up to personal preference, but the former is a flavor you probably won’t find literally anywhere else, especially not on your neighborhood ice cream truck.  Yellowfin tuna ceviche with basil and avocado ice cream

One of the fanciest ice cream creations on the list comes from SoBou NOLA, a Creole saloon in New Orleans with one-of-a-kind plates. This ice cream dish actually is served as an appetizer rather than a dessert. It starts with an ice cream cone which is filled with yellowfin tuna and pineapple ceviche. Then, a scoop of basil and avocado ice cream goes on top. It’s an explosion of flavors that also serves as a visual feast and is the unlikely mashup of ice cream and raw fish that you didn’t know you needed. “You can’t go into just any restaurant and get mini cones with tuna and avocado ice cream,” chef Juan Carlos Gonzalez, who created the dish, said to Nation’s Restaurant News. The best part is that this starter dish is only the beginning of your meal at SoBou, which is quite the way to set the tone for a meal.

Famous Idaho Ice Cream Potato

If you find yourself in Idaho with time to kill, the only appropriate way to spend it is to speed through the Westside Drive-In and eat the Famous Idaho Ice Cream Potato. It’s a treat that will only set you back $5 and will give you a lifetime of bragging rights. Don’t worry, this dish is all about deceiving the eyes. It looks like a real baked potato, but the base of the dish is actually a scoop of vanilla ice cream covered in cocoa powder to give it the look of tater skin. It is topped with whipped cream “sour cream” and “dirt” made out of Oreos, nuts, and chocolate. Westside Drive-In has been an Idaho institution since the ’50s and chef Lou Aaron has apparently spent 40 years tweaking the recipe and perfecting the potato-inspired dessert. The Instagram photos alone make it worth the few bucks, but on top of that? You get to enjoy the establishment’s authentic ’50s dining experience.

Spicy Peanut Butter Curry Coconut

Sebastian Joe’s Ice Cream in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is one of those shops meant for foodies to walk in and be in awe. The ice cream makers understand the importance of balancing flavors and expanding the customer’s ideas of what ice cream can be. One must-try is the brand’s limited-edition Spicy Peanut Butter Curry Coconut ice cream. It’s sweet, tropical, nutty, spicy, and aromatic, essentially checking all of the boxes and touching almost every flavor that your tastebuds can recognize. It almost sounds like a dish you might eat at a restaurant that serves Indian or Thai food, but it is a frozen treat created in Middle America. Sebastian Joe’s also serves up their scoops in wild cones, shakes, sundaes, and ice cream sandwiches, so you can really get creative with this spicy flavor — or any of the other unique pints they’ve got at the shop.

SOURCE: mashed.com

So…what’s the verdict?  Wanna try any of these??? Plain Jane here will stick with vanilla…or if I’m feeling adventurous, a TWIST!