Ice Cream at 35,000 Feet

It’s always fun to get ice cream. Yet some people just can’t decide on a flavor. Ever been in line for ice cream behind someone who just can’t make that all-important flavor decision? We get it. Sometimes it’s tough to choose.

Now the people who fly on one airline are being given the honor of making an important ice cream decision. Three new ice cream flavors have been created for first-class passengers on Virgin America. Here’s the thing: Only one of the new flavors will be served on flights.

The three ice creams are creations from Humphry Slocombe, a San Francisco-based ice cream shop. The three flavors are Butter By Moodlight (buttery with a blueberry glaze), Red Hot Banana (featuring real Red Hot Candies) and Coconut Blond Ambition (vanilla marshmallow Fluff with lemon sorbet). All three of the ice creams are hand-made.

The voting will be done on social media. Passengers and fans have until Friday, February 28th, to tweet their favorites. The flavor that prompts the most tweets will be delivered daily to the terminal in San Francisco and served in first class on flights to New York, Newark, Boston and Washington D.C. starting next month. Passengers who want ice cream, but don’t want anything too crazy, will still be able to order Tahitian Vanilla (which we assume tastes like vanilla).

It seems like ice cream is always evolving as new flavors are created. Perhaps this is no limit to the flavors that can be created with ice cream. It seems the culinary world will never stop trying.

Of course, there is no need to fly from California to New Jersey to try different and delicious flavors of ice cream. Here in Connecticut, you can sample creations like Beez Neez and Cookie Kaboom. In fact, there are so many great flavors, you may have trouble deciding. Just remember to think of the person behind you.