Ben from Ben & Jerry’s has just released a new ice cream flavour and we couldn’t be more excited.

The flavour – chocolate mint, aka Bernie’s Yearning – while sounding delicious, also represents something close to the heart of Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s.

It is named after Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.


The tub bears a passing resemblance to the famous Ben and Jerry’s tubs, but Ben has made it clear that the ice cream was created by him alone and should not actually be associated with Ben & Jerry’s as a company.

There are reportedly only 40 of these tubs in existence.

@kenvogel This was created by Ben as a citizen. The company is not involved. — Ben & Jerry's (@benandjerrys) January 25, 2016

The ice cream – which Twitter seem to think sounds like a political romance novel – was introduced by Ben was at a Donald Trump campaign event in snowy Burlington.



It’s a not-at-all-subtle hint about what Ben Cohen thinks about Trump’s policies and the current wealth distribution in the US.

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Cinnamon freakin’ buns people (Picture: Ben & Jerry’s)

The ice cream features a milk chocolate disc that covers the top of plain mint ice cream.

The disc is meant to represent ‘the huge majority of economic gains that have gone to the top 1% since the end of the recession. Beneath it, the rest of us,’ according to the description on the back of the pint.

‘When you open up the pint, there’s this big disc of chocolate on the top covering the entire top and below it is just plain mint ice cream,’ Ben told New York Daily News.

‘The disc of chocolate represents 90% of the wealth that’s gone to the top 10% over the last 10 years.’

But it turns out there’s something else that makes this mint chocolate so interesting, alongside the powerful background behind it.

And what’s that?

The way you should be eating it.

"Bernie's Yearning" sounds like the title of a political romance novel (cc @darth) — Emma Roller (@emmaroller) January 25, 2016

‘You take your spoon and you whack that big chocolate disk into little pieces and mix it around.’ he said. ‘To indicate the spreading of the wealth.’

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