One Up Cookies and Cream

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History
There are competing claims as to who first invented and marketed cookies and cream ice cream.
- Malcolm Stogo, an ice cream consultant, claimed to have created the flavor in 1976,[1] 1977[2] or 1978.[3]
- South Dakota State University claims the flavor was invented at the university’s dairy plant in 1979 by plant manager Shirley Seas and students Joe Leedom and Joe Van Treeck.[4][5]
- In a 2005 press release, Blue Bell Creameries claimed they were the first company to mass-produce the flavor, in 1980.[6] In 2006, The New York Times reported that Blue Bell made “no claim to have invented it but certainly pioneered the flavor.”[7] However, as of 2020, the company’s website proclaimed, “We were first to create this innovative flavor.” Blue Bell Creameries applied to register the trademark “Cookies ‘n Cream” in 1981.[9]
- John Harrison, the official taster for Dreyer’s/Edy’s Ice Cream, claims he invented it first for the company in 1982[10][11]
- Another claimant is Steve Herrell of Massachusetts’ Herrell’s Ice Cream.[12]
In 1983, cookies and cream became one of the top five best-selling flavors of ice cream.[13]







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