I was in Vermont and I visited the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory. It was a good tour but I expected to have a sampling of new flavors at the end of the tour. This did not happen. ☹
As I walked around the property, I found Ben & Jerry’s Graveyard of Flavors. They dedicated a section for all the flavors that were tried and discontinued. Each of the flavors were represented by tombstones. A little morbid I guess.
What struck me were there a few flavors that I still do not know why they discontinued them. Why did they stop making Fossil Fuel and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frozen Yogurt. Each tasted great and should be in the steady rotation.
Fossil Fuel
Produced between 2005-2010
Sweet Cream Ice Cream with Chocolate Cookie Pieces, Fudge Dinosaurs & a Fudge Swirl
Tombstone Reads:
Fudgy dinosaurs galore
Got all dug up til there were no more.
A flavor re-design might be do-able
But Fossil Fuel is non-renewable
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frozen Yogurt
Produced between 1994-2001
Vanilla frozen yogurt with gobs of chocolate chip cookie dough
Tombstone Reads:
So now we know: our Dough Fro Yo
Just wasn’t as greate as expected.
Folks who love Dough as well as Fro Yo
Love ’em separate, not interconnected.
How do they decide which flavors to kill??