Just In Time For Summer, Blue Bell Has A New Root Beer Float-Flavored Ice Cream

Grab a chilled mug.

Ask a Southerner about their favorite ice cream brand, and we’d wager that the majority would mention Blue Bell. Spanning generations of scoops and sundaes, the Brenham, Texas-based ice cream company has been around since 1907, with ice cream facilities in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and Sylacauga, Alabama. You could say Blue Bell’s just about as Southern as it gets.

And come summer, we rely heavily on ice cream to cool down during our hot, humid days. Often using fresh fruit, like peaches, we make the nostalgic dessert from scratch or picking up a half-gallon of Blue Bell to create an impressive, patriotic party dessert like Red Velvet Ice-Cream Cake.

Last summer, fans raved over Blue Bell’s decision to team up with fellow storied Texas brand Dr Pepper for Dr Pepper Float Ice Cream—creamy vanilla ice cream swirled with an unmistakably Dr Pepper-flavored sherbet. With many requests from ice cream lovers to keep the float trend going, Blue Bell has just announced a brand-new flavor that already has us rummaging in the cupboards for a glass mug to chill.

New A&W Root Beer Float Ice Cream is a creamy vanilla ice cream swirled with an A&W Root Beer-flavored sherbet just asking to be paired with crisp, bubbly root beer and brought out to the front porch for an evening sit. The A&W Root Beer brand is also owned by Keurig Dr Pepper.

“We received many requests for an A&W Root Beer Float Ice Cream,” said John Neal Robinson, Blue Bell general sales manager. “After the huge success of Dr Pepper Float Ice Cream last year, we were ready to work together on another delicious flavor. We recommend enjoying a few scoops in a chilled mug just like your favorite root beer.”

A&W Root Beer Float Ice Cream is now available in stores across the South wherever Blue Bell is sold, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. (And if you can’t find it at a store near you, Blue Bell can also ship it right to your door.) Root beer lovers can pick up this creamy new flavor in both half-gallon and pint sizes through 2025.

We can’t wait to try this refreshing summer flavor.

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