Why doesn't grape ice cream exist?

it does in Upstate/WNY.

Not sure anywhere else. It's kind of a weird flavor.

Sounds good!

Here we go OP:

that's kind of a lame article, to be honest.

but whatever. it still exists.

Grape Ice Cream is a thing, and it's popular in our area. It's sold at Handel's Ice Cream stores. Here's a picture of grape ice cream from their website.

Grape Ice Cream is not sour or tart. It's smooth and delicious.

I wish lemon ice creams were more popular

R6. I remember Hagen Daz did a wonderful lemon sorbet & Cream swirl years ago

R5 Thanks for the picture. My mouth waters...

I'm going to make avocado ice cream, it should be different.

I like all things grape including grape ice cream, but grape sorbet even more. Did Ben and Jerry’s do a lemon-grape sorbet at some point?

I remember loving a “purple cow” when I was a kid. It’s a vanilla ice cream float using grape juice.

Whyyy would you want to diveshious away from mmmmmaking delishoooos boxes of wiiiiine?

Because that sounds kind of nasty, OP.

Grape is not a "flavor."

That's why it was discovered to be a perfect medium for improvement via wine.

And sugared jams and jellies.

Baskin Robbins used to sell grape ice cream when I was a kid.

I don't know how grape isn't a flavor.

Raspberry is a flavor. Blackberry is a flavor. Blueberry is a flavor.

There are recipes for Concord grape pie and Naples (in the Finger Lakes region of NY) is the Grape Pie Capital of the World.

You could always go suck on a Concord Grape popsicle. I think Welch's still makes their frozen juice bars.

I made a grape pie once with pastry/nut crust. Probably better than fresh cherry pie, which comes out completely bland without almond extract.

What exactly do blueberries taste like? Can someone explain and also let me know their season?

I eat them because they're healthy but I don't taste any sour or sweet or anything. To me, they are the fruit equivalent of plain rice cakes.

They taste like blueberries, for christ's sake! Can you not tell a blueberry from a raspberry from a strawberry, R19??

And the Snozzberries taste like Snozzberries!

R19, saying they 'taste like blueberries' is not telling me what they taste like. Are they sweet? Sour? A mix of both?

R19, I think blueberries are one of those things that taste way different (better) in the wild vs. commercially grown, like strawberries.

I don't think blueberries, commercially grown, have that much flavor. They're not really tart, they're not very sweet. Blah.

Commercially-grown strawberries can be doctored up to bring out the flavor.

Just add grape Koolaid powder.

They even discontinued grape Pop Tarts, so there must be some explanation. Consult Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huertes.

Pop Tarts have gone down the shitter (measly fillings, "pastry" tastes dry, like nothing).

My town has a grape jamboree each year where grape pies and ice cream are sold.

Thank you, R23. Like I said, I eat them. I thought maybe I wasn't buying them in season.

Blueberries are rather subtle R28. They increase their flavor when cooked, as jams or pies or compotes. I adore blueberry pie but admit it isn't something I could describe as tasting a specific way, the way that a lemon meringue or squash or peach pie tastes.

Wild or farm-stand blueberries are preferable to supermarket fruit, but that tends to be true across the board.

r19 Honey you need to try Big Blue blueberries. Huge, flavourful and sweet.

R22 They have a sweet and rich flavor with a slight sour tang

Blueberries are better when they are slightly "soft" and ripe.

Blueberries you find in the wild are so good. They're small, but so flavor-packed. Several years ago I went on an outback camping trip in a Canadian Provincial park and they were part of our daily diet.

Blows away the huge berries you get in the market.

Picture this: blueberry and maple swirl in vanilla ice cream 🤤

To get the most out of supermarket berries, score about 30 of them with a sharp knife and then stir a teaspoonful of sugar into the berries, mixing gently.

I haven’t been to the ice cream shops lately but grape was always on the menu.

I want to find marionberry ice cream. Unfortunately I don't think they sell it in the Midwest..

I think that's a regional/PNW thing (although we in Northern CA sometimes are able to get Marionberry pie).

[Quote] It’s a vanilla ice cream float using grape juice.

Ew.

[Quote] I want to find marionberry ice cream.

Ice cream that tastes like a crackhead mayor? DisGUSTING!!!

So many ice cream flavors have potential. We need more banana ice cream. And grapefruit ice cream. Justice for papaya ice cream. I suppose these are fairly common gelato flavors. Suddenly I feel the urge to visit an authentic gelateria. Woe is me, to yearn for exotic frozen desserts whilst trapped in a suburban desert.

[quote]There are recipes for Concord grape pie

R16 Grape pie? I'm googling a recipe STAT!

[quote] We need more banana ice cream.

Chunky Monkey

OP, have you ever thought of making grape ice cream yourself? I started making no churn, no machine ice cream about two years ago and array of flavors, including grape. I started with the frozen grape juice they sell at target. Making it is easy to the point of ridiculous, although it does help if you have a decent stand mixer. I’m attaching a link, but there are others. I avoid the recipes that require sweetened condensed milk because that’s what makes you thirsty after you’ve had a nice round of ice cream.

I eat a lot of fresh blueberries in yogurt and on cereal and I’m just happy if they don’t have tough skins. That’s when they’re really tasteless.

Pop tarts have always had measly fillings.

Well, call me old, but Pop Tarts used to be a little plumper with fillings. More icing, as well.

[quote]Baskin Robbins used to sell grape ice cream when I was a kid.

And a sherbet too, Champagne Grape Ice maybe?

Ask Ben. He’s the prick that vetoes all the good flavors.

Marcella Hazan has a recipe for black grape gelato in her second cookbook.

It’s truly extraordinary.

I think she meant people to use a black wine grape, but every September, i make it with local concord grapes.

I tried to find it online - if you scroll down through link, you’ll find the recipe.

I highly recommend it.