Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen on Monday announced a new flavor in honor of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
“Nothing is so unstoppable as a flavor whose time has finally come,” Cohen wrote on his Facebook page next to a picture with a pint of “Bernie’s Yearning” ice cream, celebrating Sanders’ 2016 presidential run.
The new flavor isn’t an official Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor yet, however. The company he created with fellow co-founder Jerry Greenfield is not involved with the flavor, and Cohen whipped up 40 pints of the ice cream on his own.
Twenty-five of those pints were sent to Sanders’ campaign, and a contest is being held to determine the winners of the final 15.
“Jerry and I have been constituents of Bernie Sanders for the last 30 years,” Cohen said of the Vermont senator.
“We’ve seen him and we believe him,” he wrote separately on a website touting the ice cream. “When we’re out speaking on his behalf people always ask if there’s a Ben and Jerry’s flavor. There’s not. But if I were going to come up with one, this is what it would be.”
Who knew the political revolution could taste so sweet? https://t.co/zMMt60MHRe h/t @YoBenCohen #BerniesYearning pic.twitter.com/2v2MSbDMU5
— Working Families Party (@WorkingFamilies) January 25, 2016
Cohen describes the ice cream as plain mint ice cream beneath a solid layer of chocolate on top.
“The chocolate disc represents the huge majority of economic gains that gone to the top 1 percent since the end of the recession,” the flavor’s packaging reads. “Beneath it, the rest of us. Dig in, and share with your fellow Americans.”
