The understanding of ice cream flavors stop at Blue Moon. If you can find it, you should try it. Its been my favorite for years, but after moving westward, it has been nearly impossible to find. Blue Moon ice cream is usually only found in the northern states of the Midwest: Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. Its my goal to visit Sherman's ice cream parlor when I'm in Michigan. There are a few brands that profess to make the stuff, but Sherman's is my fav. I think its the bluest. (In case bluest wasn't a word, then it is now*;)
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An interesting fact to note is that there is currently no patent for Blue Moon ice cream. (to my knowledge)
Most dairies that make this dynamic flavor refuse to reveal their secret ingredient. Blue Moon's origin is still an enigma. There are leads that suggest the possibility for the time of invention and the name of the inventor, but they are all mere possibilities.
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This flavor has the ability to confound even the most sensitive taste buds. How can the Blue Moon flavor even be described? The closest I have ever come to describing its flavor is its similarity to cotton candy. However, cotton candy still doesn't do this engimatic ice cream justice. Many have hypothesised this ice cream to be marshmallow, honeydew, cantaloupe, orange, raspberry, pineapple, Fruit Loops, lemon, cherry, peach, pistachio, coconut, almond, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, cardamom, buttercream, licorice, bubble gum, Blue Curaçao, Crème de cacao, Amaretto, cotton candy, cola, and combinations of many of these.
It all depends on who's tasting.
Blue moon is truly indescribable.
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In 2007, Nara Schoenberg: a reporter for the Chicago Tribune; went on a quest to discover the truth about Blue Moon ice cream. Few solid conclusions were made but I suggest it for further reading. The link I found is below.
I have had Blue Moon ice cream before and one taste was enough! It had nothing for my poor brain to connect to - the color is something you'd find in an ocean, not on your tongue and the taste was so ... well ... undefined! Kind of like Kool Aid where the color defines the taste and the palate is left out in the cold.
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