{"id":345166,"date":"2026-07-19T11:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345166\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T11:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:05:10","slug":"universal-orlando-celebrates-national-ice-cream-day-with-unique-flavors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345166\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Orlando celebrates National Ice Cream Day with unique flavors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Universal Orlando is celebrating Sunday\u2019s National Ice Cream Day, a day of celebration first established by the Federal government in 1984, by showcasing some unique flavors for sale at the theme park.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Feeling adventurous? Universal\u2019s flavors include chocolate chili, earl grey &amp; lavender or, of course, Butterbeer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s almost unanimous \u2014 Americans love ice cream, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idfa.org\/resources\/ice-cream-frozen-novelty-trends-survey-april-2026\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">survey<\/a> this year from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idfa.org\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">International Dairy Foods Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c97% of Americans love or like ice cream. And chocolate has overtaken vanilla as America\u2019s favorite flavor since 2024,\u201d the association found after surveying 2,200 adults across the county. \u201cAnd two new flavors break into the top five: Cookies and Cream\/Oreo and Caramel\/Salted Caramel. According to the survey, America\u2019s favorite flavor is Chocolate, with Butter Pecan and Vanilla coming in as second and third top choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flavor is what matters most, Americans said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.suarezforflorida.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-765695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mike-Suarez-Display-Ads-728x90-px.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFlavor is the top driver of ice cream purchases, with seven-in-ten saying it\u2019s very important, followed by price and the size of the cone or container,\u201d the survey said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">That\u2019s what has helped Universal capitalize on its popular Butterbeer by turning it into a frozen dessert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Diagon\u2019s Alley at Universal Studios, Harry Potter fans can buy the Butterbeer flavors at Florean Fortescue\u2019s Ice-Cream Parlour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWizards and Muggles of every age can indulge in scoop and soft-serve ice-creams here, with fantastic flavors like Butterbeer, Granny Smith, Earl Grey and Lavender, Chocolate Chili, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Salted Caramel Blondie, Chocolate and Raspberry,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\/web\/en\/us\/things-to-do\/dining\/florean-fortescues-ice-cream-parlour\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Universal said on its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Universal also sells milkshakes at The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\/web\/en\/us\/things-to-do\/dining\/toothsome-chocolate-emporium-and-savory-feast-kitchen\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Toothsome Chocolate Emporium &amp; Savory Feast Kitchen<\/a> at Universal CityWalk, Satellite Shakes at Universal Epic Universe and a pi\u00f1a colada sundae at Chill Ice Cream in Marvel Super Hero Island at Universal Islands of Adventure and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.razackforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-800591 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Razack728x90-May-15-2023-at-17.01.44-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"91\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ice cream shops are located at Hard Rock Hotel, Loews Portofino Bay Hotel, Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Universal Aventura Hotel, Universal Cabana Bay Beach Resort, Universal Helios Grand Hotel, Universal Stella Nova Resort and Universal Terra Luna Resort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Universal Orlando is celebrating Sunday\u2019s National Ice Cream Day, a day of celebration first established by the Federal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[140718,139,141,140,16677,3434],"class_list":["post-345166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-national-ice-cream-day","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlando-tourism","tag-universal-orlando"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}