A recent survey indicates that the favorite dessert in America is ice cream! Here are some facts about the cold treat the survey uncovered.
Yahoo conducted a survey about ice cream and it revealed that I am in the majority when it comes to my love of the cold dessert. I will admit that in many of the questions below my response would be right there with the majority from how often I eat it to the favorite flavor and more. I also fall in the majority that I eat ice cream all year, not just in the summer.
The one question I would have liked to see asked is which do you like more store bought or homemade ice cream? My response would be a resounding HOMEMADE!
By: Buck Stevens
Here are ten stats the survey revealed about our obsession with ice cream:
1. Ice cream is the most popular dessert in the country. 41% say ice cream is their favorite . . . 20% said cake . . . 11% said cookies . . . 11% said pie . . . 9% said fruit . . . and 7% said candy.
2. Chocolate is the most popular flavor. 16% say chocolate, followed by cookies and cream . . . vanilla . . . cookie dough . . . and mint chocolate chip.
(Personally my all-time favorite is rocky road which is a form of chocolate I guess.)
3. 56% of people eat ice cream all year long, not just during the summer. Women are more likely to eat it in the winter than men.
4. 86% of us eat it at least once a week . . . including 11% of us who eat it every DAY.
(It is almost daily for me. If it’s in the freezer, it’s dessert!)
5. Breyers is the most popular brand, followed by Ben & Jerry’s and Haagen-Dazs.
6. When people go out for ice cream, 40% like a regular scoop . . . 22% like soft serve . . . and 21% want it in a sundae.
7. Dairy Queen is the most popular place to get ice cream, followed by Cold Stone Creamery and Baskin-Robbins.
8. 57% of people usually order ice cream in a cup . . . 43% get a cone.
9. Of the people who like cones, 67% say waffle cones are the best option. 16% go for a sugar cone, and only 8% go for the traditional cake cone.
10. And finally, 51% of people under 35 and 41% of people over 35 say they’d eat more ice cream if it weren’t unhealthy.
