Ice Cream that Tastes Like a Pothole?

It is spring and that means a time of warmer temperatures, blossoming flowers and all-around renewal.

Of course, for areas of the country that dealt with a harsh winter, it’s also a time to deal with the potholes left behind by that winter.

One ice cream parlor in Michigan is trying to put a positive spin on the state’s pothole problem. The folks who run the ice cream shop have unveiled a flavor called Michigan Pothole. The flavor was created by an ice cream company in Sterling, Michigan. The owner of the ice cream parlor says the ice cream is a “chocolate base, with a thick tar that goes through and then the little chocolate chunks are pieces of asphalt.”

The company that distributes the ice cream says it will donate a portion (about one percent) of the sales to the Michigan Department of Transportation to, you guessed it, fix the potholes around the state. Is one percent enough to make a dent (sorry) in the pothole problem? Who knows? At the very least, it’s an excuse to eat some ice cream.

If you want to enjoy ice cream that does not remind you of potholes, check out the ice cream menu at your nearest Praline’s in Connecticut. There is no pothole ice cream, but there is Rocky Road. This is chocolate ice cream with mini-marshmallows, chocolate chunks and pecans.