Stephen Colbert's Ben & Jerry's Flavor Is Not Going Anywhere After 'The Late Show' Ends
"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" may be over, but the ice cream it inspired is not going anywhere.
Ben & Jerry's confirmed that Americone Dream will remain in freezers nationwide following the cancellation of Colbert's CBS late-night show, which aired its finale on May 21, 2026, after an 11-year run. The Vermont-based ice cream company made clear there were never any plans to pull the flavor.
"The flavor is a top 10 and is going nowhere!" a Ben & Jerry's spokesperson told People magazine.
A Flavor Nearly Two Decades in the Making
Americone Dream debuted in 2007, launched on "The Colbert Report," Colbert's Comedy Central show that ran as a parody of conservative cable news commentators. The flavor is a vanilla ice cream base loaded with fudge-covered waffle cone pieces and a caramel swirl.
Now a top 10 seller out of Ben & Jerry's current 80 flavors, Americone Dream has been a fixture in the brand's lineup for nearly two decades. Part of its appeal beyond the ice cream itself: sales support charitable causes through the Stephen Colbert Americone Dream Fund.
New Packaging for a New Chapter
The flavor is sticking around, but the pint is getting a refresh. Gone is the late-night marquee and city skyline backdrop that defined the original design. In its place is a fireworks-filled sky, and Colbert himself appears in a casual button-down rather than his signature suit.
The updated look coincides with both the end of Colbert's late-night run and the country's upcoming celebration of America's 250th birthday.
Ben & Jerry Themselves Weighed In
The flavor's fate was not exactly a mystery heading into the finale. Ice cream founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield made an appearance on "The Late Show" in December to deliver the news themselves. "The Americone Dream will go on!" Cohen declared on air. Greenfield followed with: "The dream continues!"
The day before the finale, Ben & Jerry's posted an Instagram tribute to Colbert: "We'll think of you every time we follow a caramel swirl towards a chocolate-covered waffle cone piece."
Colbert closed out that December episode with a riff on Ted Kennedy's famous 1980 Democratic Convention speech. "For me, this show will come to an end," he said. "But for all those whose care have been our own, the work goes on, the hope still lives, and Americone Dream shall never die."
The show is done. The pint lives on.
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