Ice Cream Graveyard Honors The “Dearly De-Pinted”
Ice cream lovers know that Ben & Jerry’s makes a lot of great flavors. My personal favorite is Cherry Garcia. The Vermont company has also had a few duds over the years. Discontinued flavors, also known as the “dearly de-pinted,” are laid to rest in Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard.
Before you go thinking that the graveyard is just some gimmicky page on the Ben & Jerry’s website, think again. Yes, you can see all of the fallen flavors online, but you can also pay your respects in an actual cemetery at the factory in Waterbury, VT.
Just a theory, but I think that some of the flavors might have been buried because of their vague names. I like to know what’s in my ice cream before I buy it. Some of the monikers etched onto the tombstones include Bovinity Divinity, Cow Power, Dastardly Mash, Economic Crunch, Fossil Fuel, Schweddy Balls, Vermonty Python, and What A Cluster. See what I mean?
Around forty flavors have been interred in Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard. However, if there’s one that you’d like to see resurrected, you can appeal to the powers that be by submitting an online form.
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