"I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly."

With that catchy chant, Ron Burgundy did more than establish his fondness for the drink of the gods; he also paved the way for a new flavour of ice cream.

As a tie-in for the upcoming Anchorman sequel, The Legend Continues, ice cream giants Ben & Jerry's have developed a limited edition variety of the frozen dessert, to be named Scotchy Scotch Scotch.

The new flavour, which contains "butterscotch ice cream with ribbons of butterscotch swirl", instead of any actual alcohol, was unveiled at a launch in New York.

The launch also featured the waterskiing squirrel from the first Anchorman film.



It will be available from US stores, but there are no plans as yet to bring it to the UK.

If nothing else, the ice cream has Burgundy's own seal of approval. The news presenter was quoted as saying: "Scotchy, Scotch, Scotch is a delicious ice cream and I hope Ben and Jerry consider my other suggestions. Malt liquor marshmallow, well liquor bourbon peanut butter, and cheap white wine sherbet."

We have been warned.

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