Here’s the scoop: No one’s melting for this classic ice cream flavor anymore.
Chocolate chip ice cream — once a beloved freezer staple — could soon become obsolete.
It didn’t even crack the top five flavors favored by consumers, falling to eighth place in a list of America’s favorite ice cream, per a 2024 survey from the International Dairy Foods Association. Just two years ago, chocolate chip ranked fifth among consumers but incredibly low in sales, signaling a national souring for the scoop.
Chocolate chip used to be a flavor we produced constantly,” Caroline Crowley, a communications specialist for the Madison, Wisconsin, manufacturer Babcock Dairy Plant, told The New York Times.
“Now it’s seasonal.”
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In fact, it hasn’t been considered a principal flavor in over a decade for the nearly 75-year-old company, which took nearly five months to sell out of 110 gallons of chocolate chip ice cream, but only three months to sell the same volume of chocolate chip cookie dough, which is available year-round.
Similarly, Texan creamery, Blue Bell, described chocolate chip ice cream as “a market-specific flavor,” telling The Times that the flavor fell out of favor as a classic in the early 2000s.
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Chocolate chip ice cream — once a beloved freezer staple — could soon become obsolete.
It didn’t even crack the top five flavors favored by consumers, falling to eighth place in a list of America’s favorite ice cream, per a 2024 survey from the International Dairy Foods Association. Just two years ago, chocolate chip ranked fifth among consumers but incredibly low in sales, signaling a national souring for the scoop.
Chocolate chip used to be a flavor we produced constantly,” Caroline Crowley, a communications specialist for the Madison, Wisconsin, manufacturer Babcock Dairy Plant, told The New York Times.
“Now it’s seasonal.”
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In fact, it hasn’t been considered a principal flavor in over a decade for the nearly 75-year-old company, which took nearly five months to sell out of 110 gallons of chocolate chip ice cream, but only three months to sell the same volume of chocolate chip cookie dough, which is available year-round.
Similarly, Texan creamery, Blue Bell, described chocolate chip ice cream as “a market-specific flavor,” telling The Times that the flavor fell out of favor as a classic in the early 2000s.
This classic ice cream flavor is on the outs — and diehard fans are devastated
Here’s the scoop: No one’s melting for this classic ice cream flavor anymore.
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kind of a swagless flavor
