This new ice cream set is out of this world.
In honor of the total solar eclipse on Friday, April 8 and the upcoming supermoon on Monday, August 19, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams is celebrating 2024’s celestial events with a debut otherworldly collection of ice cream flavors.
The Punk Stargonaut collection comes with a backstory: A fictional flight through the galaxy during which Jeni’s collected alien fruit and out-of-this-world flavors to create cosmic inspired pints and scoops.
The four new flavors will be available at midnight on March 28, for shipping by the pint.
The collection includes a new Nebula Berry flavor, which is a radiant hot pink with a bright blue center. The flavor is tart like a blueberry and vibrant like a raspberry, with the edition of elderflower fragrance. The new Cosmic Bloom is tropical, with mandarin citrus flavors, refreshing kiwi essence and a passionfruit punch to round it all out. Purple Star Born is said to be discovered in the bioluminescent bay of a meteor and in real life, it’s a juicy Concord grape and blackcurrant flavor, with a puckery quality. The fourth flavor, Supermoon, is a retired flavor that’s returning to scoop shops and pints, known for having a cereal milk flavor with marshmallows, candied violet and plenty of glittery moon dust.
In addition to the four flavors, Jeni’s Star Dust, has a fizzy popping candy can help bring customers to a new galaxy as a topping on any scoop.
Galactic decor will start popping up in Jeni’s scoop shops starting on Thursday, March 28. Free eclipse glasses will also be offered with any purchase starting on April 5. On April 8, Star Dust will be free to add to any order, or 50-cents any other day.
Jeni’s eclipse glasses will be offered with a purchase starting on April 5
Want a flavor a little more down to earth? Ben and Jerry’s Marshmallow Sky ice cream is also now available by the pint, and served in scoop shops.
Jeni’s isn’t the only American food brand offering special items in honor of the eclipse. SunChips just announced a partnership with astronaut Kellie Gerardi, dropping exclusive Pineapple Habanero and Black Bean Spicy Gouda chips on eclipse day.
Oreo also unveiled a limited edition Space Dunk cookie, filled with pink and blue marshmallow-flavored “cosmic creme” plus popping candies, which would probably be very good with some of Jeni’s creations.