It’s the Elite Eight!
First, the results of the Wild Card! Mocha Chip totally trumped Spumoni, even when counting the many write-ins for Pistachio in the Spumoni column (what? Spumoni is part pistachio! That’s the point!). Other fun suggestions included cardamom (ed. note: gimme), salted caramel, ginger (ed. note: my mom makes her own, with candied ginger and rum, and it is fine), lavender, and tiramisu.
Spumoni 35% v. Mocha Chip 65%
Here’s how the rest of the bracket will play out:
Monday: Elite Eight pt. 1 (two match-ups)
Tuesday: Elite Eight pt. 2 (two match-ups)
Wednesday: Final Four pt. 1 (one match-up)
Thursday: Final Four pt. 2 (one match-up)
Friday: Championship
The triumphant flavor will be announced the following Monday.
Elite Eight Pt. 1
Chocolate v. Moose Tracks
Cookies & Cream v. Mocha Chip
You know the drill–I want to see vigorous arguments, passionate defenses, vitriolic attacks, poetry, the works! As you discovered last week, I will not hesitate to interfere should I see a lack of engagement. My favorite flavor is still in the running, and if you don’t make the case for your own choice… well, screw democracy, I’ll just crown the winners according to my preferences! Voting closes at 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday.
11 replies on “I SCREAM YOU SCREAM WE ALL SCREAM FOR OUR CHOSEN CREAM! Elite Eight, Day 1”
I love chocolate, and I love ice cream, but for some reason I’ve never liked chocolate ice cream so I am mostly voting against it. Cookies and cream is fucking excellent, especially if it actually includes the Oreo cream and not just the chocolate cookie part.
Chocolate ice cream is inherently problematic because the flavors of chocolate only bloom with heat (even if it’s just the heat of your mouth, hence the M&Ms tagline).
I think the key thing I am realizing in this bracket is that I love ice cream that has other bits of things in it (moosetracks has tiny peanutbutter cups, mocha chip has chocolate chips). It’s the ability to dig things out of my otherwise smooth and creamy canvas that appeals to me.
Same here – for some reason I like having things to chew while eating ice cream, especially if they are peanut butter cups (Moosetracks forever).
Same! I like being able to take just ice cream, or take chewy things, or both!
Lavender is da bomb.
Mocha!!!
Cookies & Cream!  My 2nd favorite flavor overall,therefore the best one in this match up. Plus I don’t care for Mocha flavored anything, there I said it.
TRAVESTY!
RIP PISTACHIO!!!
Moose Tracks because it is divine. Fudge and peanut butter cups all wrapped into one. Yum.
Mocha Chip because I will be Team Coffee/Mocha until the END. I think that much is obvious by now. :-p
Mocha is a ripoff off coffee. I don’t do ripoffs. Fffffff. Cream.