There are many different kinds of desserts: brownies, cookies, donuts, cupcakes and much more. However, the most common dessert is ice cream. The question is which flavor is the most common. There are many flavors to pick, from vanilla to rocky road, it seems that everyone would have different opinions on what ice cream flavor is the most common.
Here at Mt.Vernon, the votes have shown that most people find cookie dough ice cream to be their favorite. Zonia Albright, a sophomore states, “I think that cookie dough is the best flavor because I love the little chocolate pieces in it and the cookie dough adds some nice flavor to the plain, vanilla ice cream.”
Cookie dough ice cream has a vanilla base with pieces of cookie dough in it. Sometimes this ice cream even comes with chocolate chips. Cookie dough places number seven in the top ten most popular ice cream flavors in America. In the midwest, forty-four percent of the population said that cookie dough was their favorite flavor of ice cream.
What makes cookie dough ice cream so likeable? The cookie dough and ice cream together creates a multi-sensory sensation to the tastebuds. It is not all just one texture the whole time. One gets a bite of a soft and chewy piece of chocolate chip cookie dough while eating smooth and creamy vanilla ice cream. The base ice cream is sweet enough, but not overpowering, so it blends in well with the cookie dough.
People also enjoy eating cookie dough ice cream because it brings them back childhood memories. Most people, when kids, would eat raw cookie dough before the cookies were placed into in oven, so eating cookie dough in ice cream can bring back those happy moments in life.
Another ice cream flavor that is popular here at Mt. Vernon is mint chocolate chip. Mint chocolate chip ice cream has a light green, minty base for the ice cream and thin squares of chocolate. Simon Smith, a senior at Mt.Vernon highschool, says, “The combination of chocolate and mint is cool and refreshing.”
What makes this ice cream flavor so desirable is the taste. The mint flavor is very refreshing to the tongue. When people think of something minty, they think of toothpaste or lifesavers to help refresh. Eating mint chocolate chip ice cream can also have that same effect, giving people that restart feeling. The mint flavor pairs well with cold ice cream on a hot day.
Of course, there are many other flavors, both common and uncommon, to enjoy. The next time when ordering ice cream, try one of the more popular ice cream flavors. These new flavors might become a personal favorite and a sweet treat to look forward to during the summer.