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“Vanilla ice cream molded into a potato shape, coated with cocoa powder, topped with whipped cream and chocolate.”

Ice cream potato

What the real thing tastes like

The ice cream potato is a unique dessert of ice cream resembling a loaded baked potato. The dish does not contain any potato. Lou Aaron, of Westside Drive In in Boise, Idaho, created the dish. It can be found there year-round and various fairs and outdoor events seasonally. It is difficult to acquire outside of Idaho. The dish is an acknowledgement of the importance of the potato in Idaho's culture, as it is also the state vegetable. The creator, Lou Aaron, reportedly spent 40 years perfecting the recipe. It is estimated Westside Drive In sells over 1,000 a month and 10,000 in nine days at the Western Idaho Fair. Vanilla ice cream is molded into a potato shape and coated with cocoa powder to mimic brown skin. The ice cream potato is then topped with whipped cream, chocolate shavings, and chocolate syrup. Some vendors offer variations with yellow frosting as "butter" and green sprinkles as "chives." It can also be found prepackaged in convenience stores. The Westside Drive-In and its ic

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The ice cream potato is a dessert that plays with expectation and place—vanilla ice cream shaped and dusted to look like Idaho's most famous crop, then dressed up with whipped cream, chocolate, and syrup the way you'd load a baked potato. Lou Aaron spent four decades at Boise's Westside Drive In perfecting this confection, which has become something between a novelty and a genuine regional obsession: they move over 1,000 a month, 10,000 in nine days during the state fair. It's an edible joke that takes its subject seriously.

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