Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the ice cream of the future, and I'm not talking about Dippin' Dots! No, I'm instead talking about this little oddity, a Jetsons-themed ice cream put out by Dreyers in 2000. The flavor is apparently "Orbit City Swirl", but your guess is as good as mine in regards to what exactly that tastes like. I also don't quite know why Dreyers decided to issue Jetsons ice cream in 2000. The characters did get a brief resurgence with the beginning of the new millennium, so maybe this was a byproduct of that?
What's even more interesting is that there was a contest hosted by Cartoon Network and Dreyers for this collaboration, the winner of which would receive an entertainment center adorned with Scooby and Jetsons characters. I wonder if there are any pictures of this out there online? I have to say, this is one of the oddest Hanna-Barbera food promotions I've seen out there, and that's saying a lot! I've never even mentioned the Flintstones soda line!
The flavor is apparently "Orbit City Swirl", but your guess is as good as mine in regards to what exactly that tastes like.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the container, OCS consists of "Vanilla...with...Fudge Swirl, Chocolate-Coated Marshmallow Clusters, and Colorful Fudge-Filled Stars". Sounds guaranteed to turn your kiddo into a real-life Space Boy Zoom.
While we're on the subject of H-B-related frozen dessert product, anyone remember Nestle's Flintstones Ice cream Push-Ups with Nerds Candy from the mid-Nineties? I miss them every day--They were delicious.