Breyers Just Dropped 2 New Ice Cream Flavors Inspired by Your Favorite Ice Cream Truck Treats

It looks like Breyer is in a collaborative mood this year. Just last week, we brought you the news that it had teamed up with Almond Joy to create a new ice cream infused with the flavors of the classic candy bar. Now, it’s decided that it’s gonna share its brand name with Good Humor and Popsicle (well, Creamsicle) for a spell, for two new flavors that draw inspiration from the good old ice cream trucks of our youth. 

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Intrigued? Yep, we were too. Here’s what to expect from these new flavors.

Let’s Get Nostalgic, People

These two new flavors dropped at the same time as Breyers’ new Almond Joy flavor, and @candyhunting brought us the scoop on them (sorry, we couldn’t resist the pun that was staring us right in the face, there). These flavors are:

• Good Humor Strawberry Shortcake: An ice cream (well, a frozen dairy dessert) made with a strawberry and vanilla base, and then mixed through with Good Humor cake crunch pieces.
• Creamsicle: A vanilla-flavored dessert with an orange sherbet swirl swizzled through, to recreate the flavor of the classic popsicle.

Although this is being billed as a collab, we should point out that it’s very much an internal one. Breyers, Good Humor, and Popsicle (which owns the Creamsicle name) are all separate brands, but they all exist as part of the Good Humor-Breyers family. As such, it’s just kinda a smart way for its umbrella company to create some new excitement around its respective products – but look, we’re not complaining. 

When Are These Flavors Available?

Right now! Along with the new Almond Joy flavor, these new desserts are available in stores around the country, including at 7-Eleven (which is currently in the midst of a lot of change). They should be around $4.49 per carton, but that might depend on the individual store. 

And Are People Excited About Them?

Well, yes and no. Understandably, these new Breyers desserts have gotten a fair bit of flak already for not actually being ice cream, but instead being a “frozen dairy dessert,” a term that manufacturers use when their ice cream-like products don’t have the necessary milkfat levels. This can often come with a perceived lack of quality, and there will no doubt be a fair few detractors. Having said this, if you’re in the market for a nostalgic-infused dessert that you’re okay with not having the same creaminess as regular ice cream, then you might get on with these two new flavors. If you try them, let us know what you think.