Star Spangled Ice Cream

{{short description|American ice cream company}}

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Star Spangled Ice Cream was an American ice cream company founded in 2003 by three conservative activists.{{Cite web |date=2006-02-10 |title=Take that, Ben and Jerry |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11205169 |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=NBC News |language=en}} They marketed their ice cream as a politically conservative alternative to Ben & Jerry's which the founders felt to be too liberal.{{cite news |last1=Zernike |first1=Kate |author-link1=Kate Zernike |date=2003-04-16 |title=With Liberty and Ice Cream for All |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/16/dining/with-liberty-and-ice-cream-for-all.html |work=The New York Times |language=en |page=F4 |issn=1553-8095 |oclc=1645522 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314183317/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/16/dining/with-liberty-and-ice-cream-for-all.html |archive-date=2021-03-14 |access-date=2025-01-28}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11205169|title=Take That, Ben and Jerry|last=Johnson|first=Alex|date=2006-02-11|work=NBC News|access-date=2008-10-20}} Similarly to Ben & Jerry's, the names of the ice cream were puns, usually plays on conservative phrases and ideas, such as "Smaller Governmint", "I Hate the French Vanilla," "Navy Battle Chip," "Bill Clinton Im-peach" and "Choc & Awe".{{cite web|url=http://www.starspangledicecream.com/new/new-flavors.htm |title=Star Spangled Ice Cream - Flavors Now Available in Stores |date=2008-04-15 |work=Star Spangled Ice Cream |accessdate=2008-10-20 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924105902/http://www.starspangledicecream.com/new/new-flavors.htm |archivedate=September 24, 2008 }} The company donated 10% of its profits to organizations that it felt supported the United States Armed Forces.{{cite web|url=http://www.starspangledicecream.com/new/new-mission.htm |title=Star Spangled Ice Cream - Our Mission: Support Our Troops |date=2006-08-17 |work=Star Spangled Ice Cream |accessdate=2008-10-20 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120141712/http://www.starspangledicecream.com/new/new-mission.htm |archivedate=November 20, 2008 }}