Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream

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Ever wonder about the history of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream? It's one of my favorites. Everyone loves Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, and with great vanilla ice cream. Well, yum!

Here's Ben & Jerry's history of the invention of this great flavor:

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream:

Inspired by an Anonymous Fan in 1984 Way back in the early days of our first Scoop Shop in Burlington, Vermont, we had a bulletin board where people could suggest new flavors for Jerry and Ben to make. As the ideas flowed in, an anonymous flavor idea stood out. 

It seems like such a no-brainer now, but back then it was revolutionary. What if you put big chunks of chocolate chip cookie dough into vanilla ice cream?

One of the everlasting temptations of baking cookies is sneaking a bite or two of the dough. Sometimes it’s hard for the baker to get the dough onto the pan, since cookie dough is really tasty before it even hits the oven. 

The folks at the Scoop Shop went to work mixing up a batch of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. It was an instant hit.

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