We’ve all imagined having a mouthful of Schweddy Balls at some point or another, and now 11 years after the fact, Ben & Jerry’s Schweddy Balls flavor is making that dream a reality. “The name is irreverent,†needlessly explains Ben & Jerry’s spokesman Sean Greenwood. “But we’ve always been about having some irreverence and having some fun … We’re not trying to offend people. Our fans get the humor.â€
Based on The Delicious Dish Christmas skit that aired on SNL December 12, 1998, Ana Gasteyer, Molly Shannon and, of course, Alex Baldwin’s Pete Schweddy will be memorialized in a limited run of the flavor, which will be in stores nation-wide but only for a few months. Balls will apparently be a rum-flavored vanilla ice cream packed with fudge-covered rum and malt balls, which frankly sounds less appetizing than actual human-ball-flavored ice cream, but hey, maybe that’s just me.
“For a long time, I thought that Here Lies Pete Schweddy would end up on my tombstone,†Alec Baldwin said in a statement. “Now, thanks to Ben & Jerry’s, the goodness of the Schweddy family recipe won’t go with me to the great beyond. It is immortalized here, right now, and it’s an ice cream. Ben & Jerry’s and Schweddy. Two great names in American dessert, together at last.†Adds Ana Gasteyer, “As a person and a performer, I am a sucker for holiday balls. And I have no doubt this ice cream will cause many to scream ‘Good Times.’â€