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Waxman Staff Writer Apr 22, 2014 1:30 PM UTC Häagen Daz Japan will debut two vegetable flavors, Carrot Orange and Cherry Tomato, on May 12\. Here’s a glimpse at other wacky new ice cream flavors that have been publicized worldwide so far in 2014: • **Soy sauce** ice cream with wasabi sesame topping at Chinatown Ice Cream Factory in New York City. • **Blackberry Sage** at [Treat Dreams](https://www.facebook.com/TreatDreams/photos/a.166628820040096.26529.137589879610657/663147873721519/?type=1&stream%5Fref=10) in Ferndale, Michigan, is exactly what it sound like: blackberries and fresh sage. • Lick Ice Creams in Austin, Texas, has made **Grapefruit Champagne Marshmallow,** grapefruit ice cream with “champagne marshmallows.” • Ample Hills Creamery in Brooklyn, New York, announced a **whiskey butterscotch** flavor boasting “homemade whiskey toffee coated in white chocolate.” • **Butterscotch Rosemary Budino** ice creamis the new spring flavor offered by Coolhaus, a fleet of artisanal ice cream sandwich trucks nationwide. • Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams [rolled out](https://www.jenis.com/blog/the-winter-woods-collection-2/) a **pine-flavored Oregon Fir** and Cedarwood Vanilla with a “small amount of Peru balsam (extracted from an Ecuadorian wood).” • In Scottsdale, Arizona, Sweet Republic offers a beer ice cream, [Hop Knot IPA](https://twitter.com/SweetRepublic/status/427147207913910272). • [Baskin-Robbins](http://news.baskinrobbins.com/Press-Releases/BASKIN-ROBBINS-ROLLS-OUT-THE-RED-CARPET-WITH-JANUARY-S-AWARD-WORTHY-FLAVOR-OF-THE-MONTH-MOVIE-THEAT-464.aspx#downloads) unveiled **popcorn ice cream** with buttered popcorn crisps and salty caramel ribbon. Movie night! How about a scoop of Movie Theater Popcorn after your movie theater popcorn? [pic.twitter.com/ntpQn1Y5Og](http://t.co/ntpQn1Y5Og) — Baskin-Robbins (@BaskinRobbins) [January 19, 2014](https://twitter.com/BaskinRobbins/status/424715342103867392?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) • Salt & Straw in Portland, Oregon, says honey nougat and “heavy ribbons of **bacon infused caramel** plus candied pecans” make up its Xocolatl de Davíd Bacon Raleigh Bar Ice Cream. • U.K. ice cream maker Charlie Harry of “Lick Me I’m Delicious” claims that his **Viagra** flavor “The Arousal” contains a 25mg dose of the blue male-enhancement pill in each scoop and tastes like champagne. He is also [known](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/05/glow-in-the-dark-ice-cream-now-available-for-your-next-rave/) for a “glow in the dark” kind made from the luminescent protein in jellyfish. **MORE:** [Two Scoops of Ube](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,2121079,00.html) **LIST:** [15 Funkiest Ice Cream Flavors on Earth](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/24/fifteen-funkiest-ice-cream-flavors-on-earth/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/70957/carrot-orange-and-cherry-tomato-the-12-wackiest-new-ice-cream-flavors/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/70957/carrot-orange-and-cherry-tomato-the-12-wackiest-new-ice-cream-flavors/"},"headline":"Carrot Orange and Cherry Tomato? 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