Aggie Ice Cream releases new flavor

By Jamie Keyes

True Aggie Night is the newest flavor added to the “famous” Aggie Ice Cream menu. It is sold by the scoop at the Aggie Ice Cream shop, but containers will soon be available for customers to buy and take home. It is named after a popular Utah State University homecoming tradition.

The ice cream flavor became available this summer, the busiest time for Aggie Ice Cream. It is a vanilla based ice cream with raspberry swirls and dark chocolate hearts filled with raspberry.

“The flavor debuted back in August and was a screaming success, far more than we ever anticipated. Now it's being added to the permanent line of flavors,” said Sam Taylor, an Aggie Creamery employee that helped create the flavor. 

“At first we introduced 55 gallons, and it sold within six days,” said David Irish, the Aggie Creamery manager. “The next time we make it, we will put it into ½ gallon containers to sell for people to take home. That should be by the first of December.”

True Aggie night is a popular USU homecoming tradition for couples to kiss on the campus quad on the “A” at midnight, giving the ice cream flavor a romantic vibe.  

The marketing for the flavor is different from any others. The sticker representing the name is heart shaped instead of the normal oval.

“We just want to keep things fresh and make flavors that are not an everyday thing,” Irish said. “We want it so people can remember it, and it means something to them.”

The Aggie Creamery attempts to create a new flavor every couple of years.  

“At first we make ice cream on small scale, and manipulate it to find the right combination and ingredient blend,” Irish said. “If people like it, we manufacture it and put it on the shelves.”

The milk used to make the ice cream comes from USU’s Caine Dairy. The ice cream is made on campus in the Aggie Creamery located in the Nutrition and Food Sciences building.