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Blue Bell brings back another discontinued ice cream flavor after contentious fan vote
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Date:2025-04-24 00:45:18
After some fans expressed some concerns on social media about Blue Bell's results for "The Great Scoop Revival Flavor Tournament" the ice cream company has another announcement to make.
If you have a sweet tooth and love cookies Blue Bell is bringing back another flavor just for you.
"Groom’s Cake Ice Cream is the winner of The Great Scoop Revival Flavor Tournament. But we have even more good news!" Lauren Lewis, Blue Bell's public relations manager, told USA TODAY in a statement.
The announcement comes after the ice cream company unveiled a March Madness-style competition beginning June 25 − 16 flavors went head-to-head in order to bring back a discontinued ice cream flavor. By June 28, Groom's Cake and Cookie Cake ended up in the final two.
Here's the scoop on the two flavors that battled it out for Blue Bell's The Great Scoop Revival Flavor Tournament.
Blue Bell's flavor tournament:Here's the scoop on the flavor that won
Blue Bell fans had mixed emotions about the Groom's Cake win
After Blue Bell announced that Groom's Cake had won on Monday, July 1 to start National Ice Cream Month. many fans were happy for the discontinued ice cream's return.
"Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m so excited," one user wrote in a comment. "I have been hoping Groom’s Cake would come back for years."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!" another fan wrote. "You don’t know how happy this makes me and my Blue Bell Ice Cream loving daughter!"
However, some fans didn't want to believe the results. In a screenshot from an X post one Facebook user showed that Cookie Cake had 66% of votes and Groom's Cake only received 34%, leading to confusion for some users.
"You’re kidding???" one follower wrote, referring to one of the social media votes that showed Cookie Cake winning. "Something feels fishy here."
"That can’t be true," another user wrote. "Cookie cake was winning by a long shot."
Blue Bell responded and explained how the results were accounted for.
"The total votes are a combination of all social media accounts and the voting on our website," the comment read. "Ultimately Groom's Cake was the winner. There is always a chance Cookie Cake could return one day!"
Blue Bell announces that Cookie Cake will return alongside Groom's Cake
Since fans expressed their devastation that Cookie Cake lost the competition, the ice cream company decided to add a sweet surprise for their cookie-loving customers.
"After a BIG response from so many of you, we have decided to bring back not only Groom’s Cake but Cookie Cake, too!" Lewis said. "Both flavors will join our lineup in 2025."
The Cookie Cake ice cream is made with cream ice cream with added chocolate chip cookie cake pieces. The ice cream is finished with chocolate and vanilla icing. The Groom's Cake ice cream flavor gives an "I do" feeling which features a mixture of chocolate ice cream and cake with chocolate covered strawberry hearts, swirls of strawberry sauce and chocolate ice cream.
The two ice creams are expected to return on store shelves in 2025.
Ahjané Forbes is a reporter on the National Trending Team at USA TODAY. Ahjané covers breaking news, car recalls, crime, health, lottery and public policy stories. Email her at aforbes@gannett.com. Follow her on Instagram, Threads and X (Twitter) @forbesfineest
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