Herrell’s Introduces Five Flavors from UMass Ice Cream Competition

AMHERST — Beginning on Friday, March 13, Herrell’s Ice Cream will be introducing five new flavors from the UMass Amherst Food Science Department’s 2025 Ice Cream Competition. The new flavors will be sold in both the Mill District and Thornes Marketplace locations.

The flavors being introduced are:

• $treet Nut$ (this year’s winner), a smoky molasses-cinnamon base with peanut butter, caramel swirl, and chocolate-covered pretzels;

• Guavalicious, a guava-cardamom base with cream cheese chunks;

• Date Night, floral date ice cream with a goji berry swirl;

• Tahini in a Bottle, a tahini-almond base with both pomegranate/raspberry and chocolate swirls; and

• Funky Monkey, a banana, goat cheese, cream cheese, gorgonzola cheese, and brie cheese base with apricot and graham cracker pieces.

“We are very impressed with all these flavors,” said Rose Ritter, Herrell’s kitchen manager. “They were fun to recreate, and we can’t wait for our customers to try them.”

Added owner Judy Herrell, “the UMass Food Science Department Ice Cream Competition is a fun way to learn food chemistry, and Herrell’s feels grateful and thrilled to be a partner in the project. Congratulations to the five teams from the University of Massachusetts and their creative, fun, delicious flavors.”