Cherry Garcia ice cream: Ben and Jerry’s

Ben and Cherry’s ice cream is a dessert that will get you in a cherry-full mood with its cherry-sweetness. But, cherry puns aside, we had to try another fruit flavored frozen treat from a classic ice cream brand like Ben and Jerry’s, especially named after the one and only Jerry Garcia. To every Dead Head out there, hopefully we did this flavor justice. 

Hasan: I cherry-ish this ice cream… Do you get it? Anyways, jokes aside, I loved this cherry ice cream! It wasn’t too fruity or artificial but rather subtle, and you can taste the creaminess of the ice cream and the chunks of chocolate in the ice cream. This is the best cherry-flavored anything I’ve ever tried. I was questioning this ice cream because many times, cherry-flavored desserts are either overpowering or underwhelming. Still, the Cherry Garcia did not fail to deliver: the cherry essence was subtle and authentic,  and the ice cream delivered some chunky, chocolate goodness. This flavor is very underrated and I recommend it if you like berries; however, if you don’t like the combo of slight chocolate with fruit, I wouldn’t try this.  For me, this cherry-licious delight gets a 9/10 for its refreshing  flavor that will cure all of your frozen fruit-flavored cravings.

McCarthy: Zoya took the best cherry pun I have, so we’ll start strong with how much I love cherries — the tart and slightly sweet fruit brings me back to the summers my family spent in Wisconsin, eating a whole tub of cherries and seeing who could win the Cherry Pit spit outside of the market. Ben and Jerry’s had already gained me as a loyal customer with their Raspberry Cheesecake ice cream, so I had a lot of excitement for this ice cream flavor. I was expecting to open the container and see pink ice cream, but I was surprised to see chocolate and cherry chunks swirled throughout. Chocolate and cherry is an incredible combination, but the chocolate in this ice cream was masked slightly by the overwhelming maraschino cherry flavor. The cherry flavor was very forward at first but got more pleasing as I ate it. The ice cream has the overwhelmingly sweet flavor of maraschino cherries rather than natural tart ones. You’ll love this frozen dessert if you always steal cherries from other people’s ice cream sundaes. If not, I might buy the raspberry cheesecake ice cream instead. Even if I wasn’t the biggest fan of the flavor at first, Ben and Jerry’s never fails to make a thick, creamy ice cream that leaves me wanting more, so, I think this treat deserves a solid 6.5/10. 

This was the perfect way to kick off summer and the perfect way to stock up our freezers with way more frozen treats  than we need. Each one of these unique frozen treats will keep you cool in the heat and content with every bite. Summer isn’t summer without a delicious bite of ice cream or a melting-in-the-sun popsicle, and these fruit-flavored frozen desserts will be the perfect treat for your summer stash. So, you should have been in your car yesterday to buy these icy delicacies. We mean it. You won’t be disappointed.