It's National Ice Cream Day! We Ranked The 6 Best Ice Cream Flavors Of All Time

Today is National Ice Cream Day, when we pay tribute to the best summer treat around.

We decided to celebrate by answering the age-old question: What is the absolute best ice cream flavor?

After polling the Business Insider newsroom (and getting responses from blue moon ice cream to the Choco Taco, which technically, is not a flavor), we finally had our answer.

Herewith are the top six, a nd to help you out on your next grocery run, we included our editors' picks for best brands, too.

6. Cookie Dough

Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream with orange spoon
Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream with orange spoon

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Editor's Pick: "Häagen-Dazs Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. Because cookie dough." William Wei, Video Producer

5. Cake Batter

cake batter ice cream with sprinkles
cake batter ice cream with sprinkles

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Editors' Picks: "There's a small place back home in Jersey called Colonia Dairy Maid (aka 40 Flavors) that makes the absolute best with rainbow splashes throughout." Kirsten Acuna, Entertainment Reporter

"Cold Stone Creamery Cake Batter." Sam Ro, Markets Senior Editor

4. Cookies and Cream

Cookies and cream ice cream in a bowl
Cookies and cream ice cream in a bowl

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Editor's Pick: "Cookies & Cream by HomeMade." Steven Tweedie, Tech Intern

3. Chocolate

chocolate ice cream on a plate
chocolate ice cream on a plate

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Editors' Picks: "ALL BRANDS." Tony Manfred, Sports Reporter

"Straight chocolate from Häagen-Dazs ." Megan Dickey, Tech Reporter

2. Coffee

coffee ice cream in a bowl
coffee ice cream in a bowl

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Editors' Picks: "Coffee Coffee BuzzBuzzBuzz! from Ben & Jerry's." Julie Zeveloff, Deputy Editor

"EDY's Espresso Chip. It is coffee flavored with chocolate chips in it." Mandi Woodruff, Your Money Editor

1. Mint Chocolate Chip

mint chocolate chip ice cream scoop
mint chocolate chip ice cream scoop

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Editors' Picks: "Mint Moose Tracks > Every other response you will get." Paul Szoldra, Front Page Editor

"I grew up eating EDY's slow-churned — it has the perfect mint to chip ratio!" Melissa Stanger, Lists & Rankings Associate Editor

"Breyer's Mint Chocolate Chip. I like it because it doesn't have any bogus extras like barf-green food coloring. It's just pure joy." Steve Kovach, Tech Senior Editor

Do you disagree? Add your favorite flavors in the comments!



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