What are the most popular ice cream flavors in the US? Preferences by state
Ice cream has been a staple dessert for many decades partly in thanks to its wide range of flavors. What is the flavor of choice in your state?
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What are the most popular ice cream flavors in the US? Preferences by state
Instacart, an online grocery delivery store, used data from purchases on its store to determine what flavor of ice cream is the favorite of each state. It made its analysis using data from peak summer months last year, from June to August 2023.
Many states preferred the usual suspects like rocky road, chocolate chip, coffee, and butter pecan. However, some chose flavors that were a little more exotic than simply vanilla or chocolate, such as green tea and orange sherbet.
Here’s the full list of uniquely flavored ice cream favorites per state:
- Alabama: Moose Tracks
- Alaska: Green Tea
- Arizona: Rocky Road
- Arkansas: Rum Raisin
- California: Rocky Road
- Colorado: Rocky Road
- Connecticut: Cookie Dough
- Delaware: Orange Sherbet
- Florida: Rum Raisin
- Georgia: Butter Pecan
- Hawaii: Green Tea
- Idaho: Rocky Road
- Illinois: Moose Tracks
- Indiana: Moose Tracks
- Iowa: Moose Tracks
- Kansas: Chocolate Chip
- Kentucky: Chocolate Chip
- Louisiana: Pistachio
- Maine: Green Tea
- Maryland: Orange Sherbet
- Massachusetts: Coffee
- Michigan: Moose Tracks
- Minnesota: Orange Sherbet
- Mississippi: Butter Pecan
- Missouri: Cookie Dough
- Montana: Rocky Road
- Nebraska: Orange Sherbet
- Nevada: Rocky Road
- New Hampshire: Coffee
- New Jersey: Green Tea
- New Mexico: Rocky Road
- New York: Rum Raisin
- North Carolina: Orange Sherbet
- North Dakota: Moose Tracks
- Ohio: Chocolate Chip
- Oklahoma: Orange Sherbet
- Oregon: Rocky Road
- Pennsylvania: Orange Sherbet
- Rhode Island: Coffee
- South Carolina: Moose Tracks
- South Dakota: Orange Sherbet
- Tennessee: Moose Tracks
- Texas: Rainbow Sherbet
- Utah: Rocky Road
- Vermont: Coffee
- Virginia: Orange Sherbet
- Washington: Rocky Road
- Washington, D.C.: Orange Sherbet
- West Virginia: Orange Sherbet
- Wisconsin: Moose Tracks
- Wyoming: Rocky Road