Chancelor Johnathan Bennett, known to millions of alternative hip hop music enthusiasts around the world as Chance the Rapper, is “taking a spin” in the kitchen and bringing his ice cream dreams to life – and to the masses – with a Ben & Jerry’s flavor that will soon debut as Mint Chocolate Chance.
The product, featuring a cool mint base with fudgy chocolate brownies, was inspired by Chance’s favorite concoction growing up, when he would add his mother’s brownies to mint ice cream. The Ben & Jerry’s version is available as both ice cream and a sunflower butter-based Non-Dairy dessert.
Chicago’s own Grammy-award winning artist, humanitarian, and philanthropist – who can’t be so easily labeled other than that he magnificently colors the world – had this to say about the pending launch: “I’m so excited to have my own flavor of ice cream with Ben & Jerry’s. I grew up with their ice cream as a kid so getting to create a new flavor brought back a lot of great memories. It amazes me that no one thought to combine brownies and mint chocolate chip and I can’t wait to share it with everyone.”
“Chance the Rapper is a tremendous talent and inspiration,” said Matthew McCarthy, chief executive officer of Burlington, Vermont-headquartered Ben & Jerry’s. “Through his flavor we hope to inspire creativity in the next generation and to spread the word about SocialWorks in a delicious way.”
Mint Chocolate Chance will be available in supermarkets across the USA in the first quarter of 2022, offered at $4.99-5.49. A percentage of sales proceeds will benefit Bennett’s Social Works non-profit organization, which works to empower youth through the arts, education and civic engagement with programming that focuses on education, mental health, homelessness and performing and literary arts.
