--- title: Harry Potter: Butterbeer Ice Cream Internet Reactions description: Thanks to Yuengling’s Ice Cream, Harry Potter fans and dessert aficionados alike can now get their hands on Butterbeer ice cream. canonical: https://time.com/4708243/harry-potter-butterbeer-ice-cream/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-21T19:50:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:29.449Z og:title: Butterbeer Ice Cream Is Officially the Most Magical Dessert og:description: Harry Potter fans are rejoicing on the internet og:url: https://time.com/4708243/harry-potter-butterbeer-ice-cream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a68e2cb31057e01/6988bf3c196cf457a303f51a/screen-shot-2017-03-21-at-2-05-09-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1223 og:image:height: 688 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2017-03-21 at 2.05.09 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Butterbeer Ice Cream Is Officially the Most Magical Dessert twitter:description: Harry Potter fans are rejoicing on the internet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a68e2cb31057e01/6988bf3c196cf457a303f51a/screen-shot-2017-03-21-at-2-05-09-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Butterbeer Ice Cream Is Officially the Most Magical Dessert That Exists > Sponsored content. 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Thanks to the Pennsylvania-based Yuengling’s, _Harry Potter_ fans and dessert aficionados alike can now get their hands on Butterbeer ice cream, a mix of the creamery’s buttercream and butterscotch flavors with a butterscotch swirl. “We are always looking for ways to inspire our fans and spark creativity. Whether it’s our flavor names and descriptions or the recipes themselves—we’re in the business of having fun,” said David Yuengling, President of Yuengling’s Ice Cream, in a [statement](http://www.pennlive.com/food/index.ssf/2017/03/yuengling%5Fice%5Fcream.html). “We hope we made J.K. Rowling proud with this flavor.”  Yuengling's Yuengling's Of course, wizarding world devotees quickly took to Twitter to express their joy over the news. > [](https://twitter.com/SarahLiz217/status/844188827778473984) > [](https://twitter.com/carinageek/status/844174398961672192) > [](https://twitter.com/disdownlow/status/844169320959762432) > [](https://twitter.com/LaurenNickols/status/844236502242607104) > [](https://twitter.com/CaseyCassinelli/status/844250077791117315) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4708243/harry-potter-butterbeer-ice-cream/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4708243/harry-potter-butterbeer-ice-cream/"},"headline":"Butterbeer Ice Cream Is Officially the Most Magical Dessert That Exists","datePublished":"2017-03-21T19:50:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:29.449Z","description":"Harry Potter fans, rejoice!","url":"https://time.com/4708243/harry-potter-butterbeer-ice-cream/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Harry Potter","Ice Cream","dessert"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a68e2cb31057e01/6988bf3c196cf457a303f51a/screen-shot-2017-03-21-at-2-05-09-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a68e2cb31057e01/6988bf3c196cf457a303f51a/screen-shot-2017-03-21-at-2-05-09-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2017-03-21 at 2.05.09 PM","caption":"Yuengling's Butterbeer Ice Cream","creditText":"Klunk & Millan Advertising/Yuengling's","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4708243/harry-potter-butterbeer-ice-cream/","name":"Butterbeer Ice Cream Is Officially the Most Magical Dessert That Exists"}}]}] ```