By Karen Vargo
The BYU creamery has two new members of their flavorful line-up: granny''s caramel apple and peach pie ice cream.
These new flavors, as well as the rest of the ice cream family, were born at the Dairy Products Lab on campus, where ice cream is tested and altered until the right combination is achieved.
'You''ll find this to be the best ice cream around,' said Orville Roylance, manager of the BYU Creamery on Ninth.
The secret that makes this ice cream family premium is the butterfat, which gives the ice cream its smooth and creamy texture, he said.
'You''re getting up with the Ben and Jerry''s type,' Roylance said.
Not only are these two new flavors premium, but this ice cream also contains real apple chunks in the granny''s caramel ice cream and pieces of piecrust and peaches, in the peach pie ice cream.
Various members of the ice cream family are rotated through the creamery as new flavors are born.
The introduction of two new flavors this month was unusual, Roylance said.
Usually only one new flavor is auditioned every couple of months, he said.
BYU students enjoy sampling the variety of ice cream at the creamery, comparing different flavors to ones they have tasted in the past.
After tasting granny''s caramel apple ice cream, Eisha Tengelson, 19, from Boezman, Mont., majoring in recreation management and youth leadership, said she thought it actually tasted like an apple pie.
'You don''t need to even eat the pie; you just need to get the ice cream and you''re fine,' said Tengelson.
Tengelson said she thought the pieces of crust in the peach pie ice cream gave it an odd texture but overall the two new flavors were good.
'It''s definitely unique,' she said.
The Creamery has sold a number of cartons containing the new flavors.
The sales of a new ice cream ultimately determine which flavors make the final cut and become a permanent member of the BYU ice cream family.
A potential star is identified by the number of cartons they have sold, Roylance said.
Raspberry almond fudge,for example, has become one of those stars, and is a favorite of Pres. Bateman Roylance said.
'You don''t go down to the supermarket and find these flavors,' he said.