Friday evening I stopped down to the Memorial Union Terrace to taste test the possible new ice cream flavors from the flavor contest. The line was amazingly long, but moved surprisingly quickly. Taste testers were given about a spoonful of each flavor, and a small ballot to mark their favorite. Here's the scoop: (groan)

Der Banana Splitskeller--Vanilla with chocolate chunks, fudge swirl, and pieces of banana, cherry, and pecanc: Good, tasty, definitely invokes the spirit of the banana split. I would not, however, go out of my way for this flavor.

Union Utopia--Vanilla ice cream with a ribbon of fudge, peanut butter, and caramel: Also tasty but nothing to write home about.

Terrace Chairy--Cherry ice cream with cherry chunks: Not a bad ice cream, though not terribly exciting. Certainly nowhere near as fun as my Terrace Cherry would have been.

Rathskeller Razzleberry--Coffee ice cream with raspberries and dark chocolate chunk: Based on the description, I though this was a shoo-in for my favorite. Unfortunately, while it tasted good, the texture left something to be desired. The raspberry seed in particular gave it a gritty crunch that was not very pleasing.

Never Terrace Apart--Chocolate with vanilla bean, malt powder and chopped peanuts: I love the name when I first heard it, but I wasn't too sure about the flavor combo, so I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was my favorite. It got my vote, and I hope it makes the cut.