Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Thought up the Perfect Flavor for Bernie Sanders

The flavor-making geniuses behind the Vermont-based ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s are no strangers to coming up with some of the most creatively themed flavors on the market. Equipped with a unique knack for mixing ice cream with people and puns, Ben & Jerry’s has given life to some pretty incredible concoctions such as Stephen Colbert’s “Ameri-cone Dream” and President Obama’s “Yes Pecan.”

So when tasked with re-imagining the current cast of presidential candidates as political ice cream flavors, like Spoon University recently did, it’s only right to look to the company for guidance. But as it turns out, one of the co-founders already has an idea for a flavor when it comes to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

Bernie Sanders Ben & Jerry’s Flavor: Ice Cream Social-ism http://t.co/nC3fCXeN2q pic.twitter.com/HEqTVyplbn

— Personal Finance (@prsnlfinance) October 14, 2015

At a Donald Trump campaign rally last week, outspoken Sanders supporter and Ben & Jerry’s co-founder and flavor creator Ben Cohen revealed to MSNBC his flavor idea for his fellow Vermonster.

The ice cream would be called “Bernie’s Yearning,” and is a take on the classic mint chocolate chip ice cream. Cohen explained:

When you open up the pint, there’s this big disc of chocolate covering the entire top, and below it is just plain mint ice cream.The disc of chocolate represents the 90 percent of the wealth that has gone to the top 10 percent over the last 10 years.

The way you eat it, you take your spoon, you whack that big chocolate disc into a bunch of little pieces, you mix it around, and there you have it: Bernie’s Yearning.

Unfortunately the metaphorical flavor may never find its way onto consumers’ shelves since the company lost its creative freedom after being bought out by consumer goods giant Unilever in 2001.

But I, for one, am still holding out hope that one day I can live out my new chocolate wealth whacking food fantasy.

Alexis Evans

Alexis Evans is an Assistant Editor at Law Street and a Buckeye State native. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and a minor in Business from Ohio University. Contact Alexis at aevans@LawStreetMedia.com.