Summer is here, and it’s time to indulge in some ice cream!
However, if you’re tired of the regular flavors from dessert shops, are you ready to challenge your taste buds with something new?
Mustard, jellyfish, traditional Chinese medicine, garlic ice cream… If you can think of it, someone has probably made it! 
Let’s take a look at the top 10 bizarre ice cream flavors around the world~!
Mustard Ice Cream – An Anti-Human Sensory Experience
If there was a vote for the most popular summer dessert in Japanese restaurants, mustard ice cream would definitely win by a landslide. The refreshing ice cream combined with the pungent sensation of mustard instantly dispels the summer heat.
The famous ice cream brand DQ has also introduced three mustard-flavored ice creams in the summer: Mustard Green Pea, Mustard Waffle, and Mustard Pecan, made with mustard sauce and other ingredients. It’s a bit spicy, a bit salty, and “people who generally like Japanese cuisine will prefer this flavor.”
Foie Gras Ice Cream – A Simple Addition of Fat on Fat
The French ice cream company Philippe Faur has developed foie gras-flavored ice cream by combining high-fat foie gras with fattening ice cream.
So why don’t French women get fat? Maybe because they don’t eat this kind of ice cream. The inventor, Faur, said this dessert underwent a four-month testing period. Just thinking about the testers having to savor this ice cream gives me the chills.
Crocodile Egg Ice Cream – A Different Taste from Chicken Eggs
The Sweet Spot ice cream shop in the Davao Crocodile Park in the Philippines introduced crocodile egg ice cream. According to the owner, Bianca Dizon, since there’s a crocodile farm nearby, he often receives unfertilized crocodile eggs.
As his main business is making ice cream, he had the idea to replace chicken eggs with crocodile eggs, and to his surprise, it turned out to be very delicious. Due to the larger yolk proportion in crocodile eggs, the flavor is more intense and the texture smoother than using chicken eggs.
Garlic Ice Cream – A Dessert You Can’t Eat on a Date
Sharing ice cream on a date is a romantic gesture, but if you choose garlic ice cream, you can forget about planning for a kiss that night.
Garlic is known as the “poison” in the food world; while its strong aroma is hard to handle, it adds a lot to the flavor of food. Garlic ice cream tastes like vanilla at first bite, but then the weirdness kicks in.
Viagra Ice Cream – An Ice Cream Men Dare Not Try Lightly
In the state of Mérida, Venezuela, there’s a famous ice cream shop named Heladería Coromoto. It’s renowned not only for holding the Guinness World Record for the most flavors but also because men line up to try the Viagra ice cream.
Apart from its color resembling the pill, its taste is like chewing wax. Besides Viagra ice cream, the shop also sells tuna-flavored ice cream.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Ice Cream – Dessert with a Bitter Taste
Many Americans are starting to appreciate traditional Chinese medicine, and now, acupuncture and massage seem weak compared to dietary supplements. Ginseng, Gastrodia elata, Notoginseng, Goji berries… These are not ingredients for traditional Chinese medicine but for Chinese medicine-flavored ice cream.
Although the bitterness of the herbs has been minimized as much as possible, it still dominates the flavor, much like the herbal teas sold in southern China. It seems that people from different countries have put some thought into localizing traditional Chinese medicine!
Jellyfish Ice Cream – Licking It Makes It Glow
Usually, when you get stung by a jellyfish in the sea, it comes with intense pain. So, the next time you see a jellyfish, would you think, “I want to put it in my mouth?” Clearly, Charlie Francis, the founder of the ice cream company “Lick Me, I’m Delicious,” thought so.
He developed an ice cream primarily made from jellyfish protein. What’s cooler is that the ice cream glows when you lick it. However, this ice cream is not cheap; a scoop costs $200 (approximately 1246 RMB).
Raw Horse Meat Ice Cream – A Subtle Flavor in an Amusement Park
If you’ve always loved the taste of raw horse meat, this raw horse meat-flavored ice cream will surely become your favorite. You can find it at Namja Town, an indoor amusement park in Tokyo.
However, you might want to wait until after riding the roller coaster to try it, as the sensation of raw horse meat in your stomach might not be pleasant. Besides, you can also try flavors like cow tongue, Japanese stir-fried noodles, and octopus, one of which will surely “ignite” your taste buds.
Pit Viper Ice Cream – The Best Ice Cream That Won’t Kill You
The pit viper, the most venomous snake in Japan, is one of the ingredients in this ice cream. A blogger who tried it wrote, “My taste buds fully experienced three flavors – garlic, a hint of almond, and an extremely intense flavor. I’ve never tasted snake before; this must be it.”
Breast Milk Ice Cream – A New Dish from the Land of Dark Cuisine
The usually gentle British actually have a dark side. At an ice cream shop named “Icecreamists” in Covent Garden, London, they use breast milk instead of cow’s milk, flavored with Madagascar vanilla pods and lemon zest, to make an ice cream called “Baby Gaga.”
Adventurous eaters need not worry about hygiene, as the breast milk collected from all over England is strictly tested. However, the price for this adventurous taste is hefty, at £14 per serving.
