The name of a new Ben & Jerry’s flavor is making a lot of people uncomfortable. I don’t even look at the Ben & Jerry section so I might never have known about this flavor if not for humorless prudes, God bless them. But now, I’m really tempted to see if I can find it (Probably not; This is Oklahoma after all.) not because of the name but because ice cream with “chocolate covered rum balls” sounds like something I might like. Oh who am I kidding? It’s rare that I find an ice cream that I don’t like.
Ben & Jerry’s is famous for silly flavor names. I really don’t care what they call it. When I first “discovered” B&J’s I got a kick out of some of the names but I quickly got over it. Now I’m neither impressed nor offended and only very rarely amused by such silliness in marketing. But if I was offended I hope I’d have sense enough to keep my mouth shut about it because, as everyone with more than two functioning brain cells knows, protesting against something just increases demand for that item.
October 25th, 2011 - 3:36 pm
I saw that flavor at Wal-Mart last time I went.
October 25th, 2011 - 6:38 pm
The name does nothing to make me want to try it, but I’m far from offended. If they can sell ice cream with a name like that, more power to ‘em.
October 26th, 2011 - 6:37 am
I don’t care for rum-flavored things, so I won’t be trying it, but eh, I’m not offended by the name.
I’m more likely to buy Blue Bell anyway….
October 26th, 2011 - 8:08 am
Blue Bell is excellent! It’s always my first choice but I haven’t bought any ice cream in a long, long time.