March means spring and warmer weather approaching, but it also means the start of Turkey Hill’s annual Ultimate Flavor Tournament held right here on the Ice Cream Journal starting next Monday.
The Ultimate Flavor Tournament is a weekly contest that pits one ice cream flavor against another and your votes will determine the winner. The first week (starting on Monday) will feature 16 match-ups (32 total flavors). The 16 winners will face off the next week, which will be whittled down to eight flavors the week after and so on. The contest will culminate in the middle of April with two flavors going head-to-head for the title of Turkey Hill’s Ultimate Flavor.
In 2008, Vanilla Bean swept through the tournament with ease to win the title, but was stopped in the final round the next year by our 2009 champ, Light Recipe Moose Tracks. Both former champs are sitting out this year to give other flavors a chance at the title (we’ll stop short of saying that the previous winners are serving as “coaches” this year because that would be taking the sports theme a little too far). Who will reign supreme as 2010’s Ultimate Flavor? Your votes will help to answer those questions and your comments could land you some sweet prizes. More on that in Monday’s blog entry!
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Can’t wait! It an ice cream showdown!!!
This is going to be intense!
I’m ready to try all the flavors! Let the showdown begin.
let the games begin!!
This will be like “dueling banjos’ “..right on!
32 flavors!!!!let the games begin!!!!
LOL @vanilla winning! Anxious to vote!!
LOL @vanilla winning! Can’t wait to vote!!
i hope touchdown sundae is in it.
Let the tasting begin!
tongues be wagging….pmsl ought 2b quite the tasting.cant wait
Light Chocolate Moose Tracks is so delicious that I am casting my ballot early.
Actually vanilla digests well and goes with everything. But I like vanilla fudge best!
I bet all 32 flavors are winners!
Death by Chocolate – the best ice cream I’ve ever eaten!!!
Let the tasting begin!!!
Can’t wait to see who wins this year!
Pick my favorite ice cream! I’ll have to start thinking about it right now!
YEAH!!!!!!! wish we had more available flavors in our area !!!!! thanks
Let the games begin so I can vote for “Box of Chocolate”
Bring it on!!
Nothing beats coffee!
I hope Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup is one of the the flavors to choose from – Yum!
Oh boy!
So excited!
just make sure there’s a chocolate, with dark chocolate over natural chocolate ice cream in the running this year!
Can hardly wait!
Go cookies n cream!!!!!!!!!
Can’t wait, I love trying new flavors!!!
I cannot wait for the tournament to begin. It is so much fun trying all the flavors and voting for our faves.
Let the fun begin! I am looking forward to vote for the best flavor of 2010. ^.^
Just gained 10lbs reading this!
I love your ice cream!
I am looking forward to this contest again. It’s interesting to see other people’s favorites and how they vote so I am ready!
I can’t wait to see the match ups. My favorite did win last year, I guess it’s only fair not to be a contender this year.
Simply put, ALL of the Turkey Hill products are Awesome!!!!!! look forward to the tournament. : )
I love reading about all of the flavors and going in search of them at my local grocery store.
I always like the games and especially the match ups…so bring it on….Mariyn
I always like the games and especially the match ups…so bring it on… one for all and all for one….really ready.Mariyn
March Madness!!! Also known as Hoosier Mania here in Indiana! Bring it on!!
Very difficult tournament because (in my opinion) ALL Turkey Hill flavors are equally delicious I honestly could go to the store and select my Turkey hill ice cream blindfolded and be happy.
I can hardly wait for this to start–it means the warm weather is just around the corner!
Say what you want,there is nothing like Southern Lemon Pie ice cream for me.
All flavors of Turkey Hill Cream are winners! There is not a bad one amongst the bunch. My favorite is vanilla but like everyone else…I enjoy seeing the different flavors and who comes out the winner each week. Let the flavors begin!
we eat turkey hill year round
It should be a very exciting tournament this year. Can’t wait until Monday.
Cool, sounds like fun!
I wonder if you ever have repeat winners. Of course if you start off with an entirely different group from last year there will always be a new winner. This seems fair. How do you arrive at the original 32 Turkey Hill flavors?
CAN’T WAIT. I HOPE I’M NOT SITING OUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE WINNERS CIRCLE. I WOULD BE THERE WITH MY FAVORITE MOOSE TRACKS THOUGH.
to all the lovers of Rum Raisin, get ready to vote early and often. I just think it is the best flavor of all.
We’re glad to see everyone is so excited about the tournament. We are too!! To answer Bob’s question about how the starting 32 flavors are chosen, it’s definitely not an easy process because there are so many Turkey Hill flavors to choose from. There was a lot of debate here at the Dairy when we sat down to figure out this year’s line-up, but I think we have a good list.
We basically chose a field made up of some of the most popular flavors and some of our rising stars. Whatever happens, it’ll surely be interesting!!
I hope I can find all flavors in my local store. I have to try all of them before I can vote.
Sounds Exciting!
Good luck to all the flavors.
Oh how fun!
Can’t wait to play!
So much more exciting than basketball..;)
So excited for this contest!
Good idea to keep the previous winners out of the tournament. Then when you have 4, 8 or even 16 differnet winners, you could make them the top 16 seeds for the following year and see which flavor is the best of the best.
Let the games begin
I’ll be waiting to play the game! Butterscotch should be a new flavor!
I LOVE Turkey Hill ice cream! Can’t wait to vote on the flavors.
My favorite is Banana Split
rum raisin is awesome. the market i shop in has the same flavors all the time so i printed up the special turkey hill flavors for the year and gave it to the manager. on my next visit (4 days)there was so much coconut ice cream (which i love) that i bought 4 cartons. the check-out lady said she was gonna get some too cuz she never saw it before…. thanx for the yearly list of flavors of the month. it worked!
I really enjoy the special holiday flavors like Candy Cane and Pumpkin, but how can you go a day without Mint Choclate Chip.
I voted today!
Luv the contest! Turkey Hill is the only brand in our freezer and we typically have 8-10 different flavors at any given time. When the numbers get below 4, we’re out looking for the best deal to restock!
Sorry I cannot vote for Tin Roof Sundae, that’s my favorite. Many years ago Turkey Hill had a limited time offering of muddy sneakers — I wish I could get that again!
The showdown begins. And the choices are terrific! Some of them will let you think you are eating healthier and who dont love cheesecake! LOL! The choices are tough to pick though! Turkey Hill-here I come. Maybe I better saample each choice again….LOL!
Please, more low sugar and sugar free varieties! Thanks!
Trying each flavor sounds like a great idea!!
This is my first time here. Looking forward to the voting!
Looking forward to the contest.
All of the flavors are sooooooooooooo good! This is gonna be a TASTY TOURNAMENT!
I’m ready for this “tasty tourney!” Let the licking begin!
This has got to be the ultimate tournament! Just bring your spoons!
I already count many of Turkey Hill’s flavors amongst my favorites. Now your going to make my decision tougher by throwing in new ones. By the way new Coconut Cream Pie makes an awesome Pina Colada!
How cruel to pit two peanut butter flavors against each other. Then again, I think I need to head to the store and do a taste-off before casting my vote!
I love Turkey Hill ice cream and the contests. Linda
I like this contest. Per usual, the frozen yogurt category (for those of us who are Lactose Intolerant) misses out on some of the better flavors. My personal favorites are: Graham Canyon and Peanut Butter Pie. Good luck with the contest, and hope to win. Good luck to the eventual winners!
I absolutely LOVE Skinny Minty, but I cannot find it anywhere by my house:( I would love to win a supply of Ice cream….mmmm:)
I think that although the chocolate peanut butter cup is more of the traditional mixing of the products the peanut butter ripple is the better of the two because you can really taste the peanut butter which is greatly complimented by the vanilla ice cream.
I ate Light Bavarian Espresso today for first time – it’s wonderbar!!!
Turkey Hill has fantastic flavors! I’m a huge fan, look forward to the next picks.
I am very lactose intolerant I will chew those nasty pills everyday just so I can eat Turkey Hill Ice Cream. It used to be that with Turkey Hill Ice Cream I didn’t need to take any pills. But lately things have changed with me. But that isn’t going to stop me from trying all the special flavors and my favorite Butter Pecan.
All of my family loves Turkey Hill Ice Cream. Our family that lives in AZ can’t get your ice cream so when they come to PA I have their favorites in the freezer for them. The main one is always chocolate marshmellow. Maybe with the new flavors this will change.
Can’t believe how close so many are. GO…..Phillies Graham Slam
i voted
Sounds like a lot of great matchups
Sounds like winner
I love the fat free chocolate marshmallow frozen yogurt. MMMMMM! Also the light recipe choc chip cookie dough!
I love the fat free chocolate marshmallow frozen yogurt. MMMMMM! Also the light recipe choc chip cookie dough! It’s the best!
The best ice cream ever – banana split!! Great contest!
Temps in the 50′s. With the wide selection of turkey hill ice creams spring must be coming. Go anything chocolate
I love spring time and Turkey Hill Icecream!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Black Raspberry or Coffee all the way!
Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I gotta put Chocolate Peanut Butter in my tummy!
Any time that you combine coconut with chocolate and nuts, you have my vote. I love the root beer, too. It’s like having a root beer float.
Turkey Hill Chocolate Mint Chip is the best mint chip ice cream ever made!
Gertrude Hawk Box of Chocolates is the BEST! Wish they made it ALL year!
Oh my gosh! This is wonderful. I haven’t found a Turkey Hill flavor yet, that I don’t like. Sometimes it is so hard to choose, I love them all. Keep up the good work, Turkey Hill.
It was difficult to make some choices, strawberries and cream and orange swirl are equally good. The ducettos make the best shakes.
Sorry to see Peanutbutter Fudge brownie did not make it to a limited edition this year. It was fabulous. Only found it once too, please bring it back on a permanant basis!
I live in SC and we are already getting spring. Today has been 72. Bring on the ice cream!!!!!!
Love the Root Beer Duetto — like an RB float on a cone or in a dish!
thanks !!! again, I wish I could get more flavors so I could vote on more –the Detroit area only gets certain kinds !!!! love Turkey Hill—
Ah, the Duettos… why do you make me choose?!
I saw a vote for Rum & Raisin – I second (and 3rd and 4th)…yummmy it
Extreme chocolate cookie is like a single-serving size for me! I have to dig out all the goodies…can’t stop!
Chocolate Marshmallow Frozen Yogurt, you are the winner in my book!!! *\o/*
The latest flavor I tried was the Coconut Cream Pie – when I add a little chocolate topping I imagine I am eating a giant coconut candy bar…Yummy. Holding off on buying the root beer duetto because it is my summer time ritual. Summer is almost here!
strawberries and cream are yummy!
Light recipe strawberry cheesecake is beyond awesome. I have some in the freezer right now and it is calling my name!
I need to win this contest. I live in North Carolina, and it is so hard to find TH Ice Cream, and when I do, there isn’t much selection. Pick ME Pick ME!!!
two words EGG NOG
come on peanut butter ripple, love ya!
South of teh border
OLE!!!!
South of the Border
OLE!!!