10 Facts About America's Ice Cream Preferences

If you had to chose only one food to eat the rest of your life, what would it be? I know my answer - ice cream! It's my favorite food, no matter what season it is. There are very few ice creams I've met that I haven't liked, and I know I'm not the only one who is obsessed with ice cream. A new survey was done that looked into America's ice cream preferences.

Here are 10 of America's ice cream preferences:

1. Ice cream is the most popular dessert in the country.

41% say ice cream is their favorite
20% said cake (how about ice cream and cake together?!)
11% said cookies
11% pie (also amazing with ice cream)
9% fruit (okay I'd eat fruit for dessert, only if it was topped with ice cream!)
7% candy

2. Chocolate is the most popular flavor.

16% say chocolate, followed by cookies and cream, vanilla, then cookie dough and mint chocolate chip. I like chocolate, but I like all those flavors on that list! My absolute favorite ice cream would have to be Ben & Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch.

3. 56% of people eat ice cream all year long, not just during the summer.

Women are more likely to eat it in the winter than men. I think I like ice cream better in the winter actually. In the summer if I'm hot and want a cool treat, I tend to like frozen lemonade or slush puppies.

4. 86% of us eat it at least once a week.

(Guilty!) 11% of us who eat it every day.

5. Breyers is the most popular brand, followed by Ben & Jerry's and Haagen-Dazs.

6. When people go out for ice cream, 40% like a regular scoop, 22% like soft serve and 21% get a sundae.

I tend to go for a regular scoop in a dish.

7. Dairy Queen is the most popular place to get ice cream, followed by Cold Stone Creamery and Baskin-Robbins.

Oddly enough, Cold Stone is one of my least favorite places for ice cream. I tend to like our local ice cream parlors.

8. 57% of people usually order ice cream in a cup, 43% get a cone.

I'm a dish girl!

9. The people who get cones, 67% say they go for the waffle cones.