Bringing a New Ben & Jerry's Flavor to Life, Step by Step

After seeing what we had to work with — items available at the local supermarket were also allowed — our group threw around a few ideas. We immediately zeroed in on a maple base, as we lamented that Ben & Jerry's doesn't currently have a maple flavor in its lineup. A maple bacon doughnut flavor was considered, but we feared the bacon wouldn't retain its crunch. Instead, we decided on a maple-vanilla base with speculoos swirl (because, cookie butter) and for the crunch factor, either French Toast Crunch cereal or Biscoff cookies, depending on what the flavor gurus could track down on short notice.