The Most Popular Southeast Ice Cream Flavors
Are you feeling isolated by the polarizing issue of the best ice cream flavor? You have to pick. Saying Neapolitan is an amazing creation for combining three ice cream flavors into one is avoiding the conflict. The discussion of chocolate versus vanilla is bad enough, but with so many flavors, it’s difficult to find someone with similar tastes. Here are our region’s most popular flavors according to a new study by Workwise. Does your state have your back or do your taste buds require you to cross that state line?
Alabama: Butter Pecan
Keep growing those pecans because Butter Pecanwill never go out of style. Rich and with a little bit of crunch, Alabama foundthe perfect flavor for their chunky ice cream cravings. Now they have to agreeon a pronunciation.
Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi: Cookiesand Cream
Looks like our region has a sweet tooth! Thestudy revealed Cookies and Cream as the nation’s favorite flavor by state, andthese three Southern states agree. We just have one question: are you supposedto pair a glass of milk with each scoop?
North Carolina: Peppermint
It’s like Christmas every day! North Carolina issearching for all the Peppermint ice cream they can find.
South Carolina and Tennessee: Strawberry
A summer treat with a summer fruit, SouthCarolina and Tennessee can agree that Strawberry ice cream is the best flavorfor a hot day.
Virginia: Tiger Tail
Tiger Tail? It isn’t a regional American treatlike Superman ice cream. Tiger Tail is a popular flavor in Canada, but ithasn’t made a huge impact on this side of the border. Apparently, Tiger Tail isan orange-flavored ice cream with a black licorice swirl that gives the treat aresemblance to a tiger’s stripes. The people in Virginia somehow discovered thetreat, but shouldn’t this be more popular in the home state of the AuburnTigers?
Looking for something different than the rest of your state? For fun ice cream flavors you can make at home this National Ice Cream Month, check out our dessert recipes.