AmeriCone Dream

This AmeriCone Dream from Ben & Jerry's is so far the best ice-cream I have tried. Vanilla ice-cream with chocolate fudges and waffle cone pieces and caramel swirls. The waffle pieces are surprisingly better than cookies with ice-cream! And it is named after the political comedian Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report, Comedy Central's highest-rated show.

I am not so fond of The Colbert Report myself, as it is a too right-winged to me. But as I read the wikipedia entry of Stephen Colbert, he is actually playing a fictional persona in the show. Colbert describes himself a democrat, and he has "no problem with the Republicans, just the Republican policies."

Maybe the right-wingedness of his show-persona wins him the honored of being invited as the entertainer at the White House Correspondent Dinner on April 29, 2006. In front of an audience from the Associated Press and only a few feet from George W. Bush, he said,

"I stand by this man. I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message, that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound—with the most powerfully staged photo ops in the world."

Wow. That's why his speech got little media coverage but the video of his performance became an internet and media sensation, and ratings for The Colbert Report rose 37% in the week following the speech.

Politics aside, Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream is delicious.

Ben &Jerry’s describes AmeriCone Dream as “a decadent melting pot of vanilla ice cream with fudge-covered waffle cone pieces and a caramel swirl. It’s the sweet taste of liberty in your mouth.”

As a bonus, Stephen Colbert is donating his proceeds from the sale of AmeriCone Dream to charity through The Stephen Colbert AmeriCone Dream Fund. It is only $3.69 a pint from Market Basket after all.

Ben & Jerry's factory is only about 4 hours' drive from me, and they have regular factory tours. I should go with some good company in the fall when the foliage is at its height.