MONTPELIER, Vt. - Ben & Jerrys has done it again: Hoping to honor rocker Elton John before his first-ever Vermont performance, Vermonts crazy-cool confectioner has whipped up a flavor just for him Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road.
The limited-batch ice cream, made from an outrageous symphony of decadent chocolate ice cream, peanut butter cookie dough, butter brickle and white chocolate chunks, is a take-off on his 1970s album and song Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
It will be available from July 18 to July 25 in the companys Vermont scoop shops, with proceeds going to the Elton John AIDS Foundation, officials said Tuesday.
Itll also be doled out in cups, cones and dishes at Johns sold-out Champlain Valley Expo show Monday.
The Burlington-based ice cream maker whose rock n roll-themed products have honored late Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia (Cherry Garcia) and Vermont-bred jam rockers Phish (PhishFood) wanted to toast John because he was finally getting around to playing the Green Mountain State.
Hes performed in every other U.S. state.
Its hard to cram 50 years of musical history that Elton John brings to the table in one pint, said Sean Greenwood, a spokesman for Ben & Jerrys Homemade Holdings Inc.
John collaborated, and has given his stamp of approval to the ice cream, even though he hasnt actually tasted it, Greenwood said.
He said, Chocolate and peanut butter, guys, if you can make something like that work, said Greenwood.
Tickets for the show priced at $75 to $135 are sold out.
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